I am a little shocked that we've gotten to "end of the year post" time already. I know everybody says this but this year really has passed quickly it seems, at least the fall has.
As always, these are things that were new to ME this year, not necessarily published or released this year. And not just 10 of things!
Books:
The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan BradleyThree Parts Dead by Max GladstoneThe Death of Bees by Lisa O'DonnellFive Days at Memorial by Sheri FinkMy Real Children by Jo WaltonLife After Life by Kate AtkinsonThe Lucifer Box series by Mark GatissThe Silkworm by Robert GalbraithPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiKindred by Octavia ButlerThe Bone Clocks by David MitchellNight Film by Marissa PessiFever Pitch by Nick Hornby
Graphic Novels:
March, Book 1 by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate PowellSaga, Volume 3 by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona StaplesSex Criminals Volume 1: One Weird Trick by Mat…
Hmmm...I think if I was a woman I'd be a bit pissed about this one. Seems to be the kind of thing that sets any kind of Woman's Movement back two or three decades.
ReplyDeletei think they are both bad because they are both full of ridiculous stereotypes. The narrator for the Dodge commercial is describing a terrible, toxic relationship. The rebuttal does point out that women do have plenty to complain about in life but we frequently have a tendency to just do what's required (someone has to pick up the kids, walk the dog, make dinner). There are a lot of choices that the narrator of the women's version that they could also make differently too. Don't have kids if you don't want them. Don't wax if you don't want to. i guess both pieces are just so awful and full of "what society says men and women should do/are like" when everyone i know is NOT like that. does this rant make any sense?
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