bookishsophia | BEACH READ BY EMILY HENRY @bookishsophia | Uploaded June 2020 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
nothing much to say in this review except that i liked this book a lot :-) but i want to say something about escapism, which i mentioned in the video but thought more about while i was editing this. it is an absolute privilege to try and find spaces that help you feel comfort, because many people right now can't find any comfort anywhere. in every corner, there are structures and systems that have failed them, have been designed to exclude them, have the single intention of keeping them in the margins. i wanted to upload this review because it's a book i enjoyed and i wanted to recognize that, but i also don't want this to suggest that what's happening in the US can be or should be ignored in favor of fun fiction. if you are able to find peace in literature or other forms of creative media, i hope you can find that, but i also know that it's not possible for everyone. please know that i have been reading and learning and donating (at first, to the minnesota freedom fund, and then to the black visions collective), and even that is not enough, because until there is justice, there is no peace.
places to donate:
black visions collective (secure.everyaction.com/4omQDAR0oUiUagTu0EG-Ig2)
reclaim the block (secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy0MKXTIcQ2)
official George Floyd memorial fund (gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd)
justice for Breonna Taylor (gofundme.com/f/9v4q2-justice-for-breonna-taylor)
Ahmaud Arbery fund (gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud)
a comprehensive website for ways you can help (not just donation, but petitions, contacting legislators, etc.):
blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#
FIND ME ELSEWHERE:
email: thebookbasement[at]yahoo[dot]com
twitter: twitter.com/thebookbasement
instagram: @bookishsophia
goodreads: goodreads.com/thebookbasement
blog: thebookbasement.blogspot.com
MUSIC USED:
Fluffy by Smith The Mister smiththemister.bandcamp.com
Smith The Mister bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT
Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/stm-fluffy
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nothing much to say in this review except that i liked this book a lot :-) but i want to say something about escapism, which i mentioned in the video but thought more about while i was editing this. it is an absolute privilege to try and find spaces that help you feel comfort, because many people right now can't find any comfort anywhere. in every corner, there are structures and systems that have failed them, have been designed to exclude them, have the single intention of keeping them in the margins. i wanted to upload this review because it's a book i enjoyed and i wanted to recognize that, but i also don't want this to suggest that what's happening in the US can be or should be ignored in favor of fun fiction. if you are able to find peace in literature or other forms of creative media, i hope you can find that, but i also know that it's not possible for everyone. please know that i have been reading and learning and donating (at first, to the minnesota freedom fund, and then to the black visions collective), and even that is not enough, because until there is justice, there is no peace.
places to donate:
black visions collective (secure.everyaction.com/4omQDAR0oUiUagTu0EG-Ig2)
reclaim the block (secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy0MKXTIcQ2)
official George Floyd memorial fund (gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd)
justice for Breonna Taylor (gofundme.com/f/9v4q2-justice-for-breonna-taylor)
Ahmaud Arbery fund (gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud)
a comprehensive website for ways you can help (not just donation, but petitions, contacting legislators, etc.):
blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#
FIND ME ELSEWHERE:
email: thebookbasement[at]yahoo[dot]com
twitter: twitter.com/thebookbasement
instagram: @bookishsophia
goodreads: goodreads.com/thebookbasement
blog: thebookbasement.blogspot.com
MUSIC USED:
Fluffy by Smith The Mister smiththemister.bandcamp.com
Smith The Mister bit.ly/Smith-The-Mister-YT
Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/stm-fluffy
Music promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/OM9G3nyLT_w
