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Just finished "Maybe an Artist" by Liz Montague. A really nice graphic memoir that centers in identity and the choices we make growing up about careers faced with so much pressure about "succeess" in society.
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2026 års ord - träldomsattityd / serf mindset https://poddtoppen.se/podcast/1623084348/forum-med-saga-och-myrna/74-traldomsattityd

74. Träldomsattityd - Forum med Saga och Myrna
Forum görs i samarbete med tidskriften Flamman. Bli prenumerant på ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠flamman.preno.se⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Saga har märkt en tendens i kulturen av att vi längtar tillbaka till mänsklighetens själens dunkla natt, den mest mid historiska epoken. Myrna återberättar återigen en aktuell debatt för Saga, den här gången om SVT:s besatthet av att leda i bevis att Jockiboi faktiskt hade en lycklig barndom. Men är det något som ka…

Från SCB för den som är intresserad av arbetsmarknad
"Undersysselsättningen, det vill säga att vilja jobba mer än man gör, har blivit vanligare i Sverige. Till exempel innebar pandemin att vi jobbade mindre och inflationen att vi behöver mer pengar. Samtidigt har kvinnor börjat arbeta mer än tidigare, vilket har minskat könsskillnaderna."

Just finished "Age 16" by Rosena Fung. It's an excellent semi-autobiographical graphic novel about beauty standards, being fat, and how these things echo down generations, connecting 1954 Guangdong, 1972 Hong Kong, and 2000 Toronto.
The art is lovely, as is the message of accepting your body and standing up to your family when necessary.
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Just finished "Roller Girl" by Victoria Jamieson, a graphic novel about navigating preteen social changes, dyeing your hair, and of course, roller derby! It's got a great subplot about dealing with complicated feelings, and I like that it doesn't tie things up neatly with a bow at the end.
I actually know the rules of roller derby now.
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Just finished "Check, Please" volume 2 by Ngozi Ukazu. I had read volume 1 earlier and enjoyed it; as I said at the time I'm a bit uncomfortable with such an uncomplicated portrayal of a subculture that's usually quite toxic, and even though it gets addressed a little bit in volume 2, it's not really unpacked very much. I do see the value in aspirational contemporary fiction here though, so I'm definitely happier about this angle than I was after volume 1. In any case, hockey, baking, and gay romance continues to be a very entertaining combination from Ukazu's pen, and overall I enjoyed the series quite a lot!
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Re: https://kolektiva.social/@LukefromDC/115676746960203520
Unsurprising but bad news, however, the language of this post "this time, millions of Americans like you and I could be the target," stands out to me. What about the people targeted after 9-11 was "not like you and I" (millions of Americans were definitely targeted at that time)?
Seems like we (myself included here) didn't stand up when they came for Muslims, and now we're shocked when they come for us...?
The non-Muslim leftists who *we're* targeted after 9-11 know who they are and were/are doing things right.

Just finished "Fitting Indian" by Jyoti Chand and Tara Anand.
Indirect CW: alcohol, self-harm, and suicide.
A graphic novel about mental health issues, being a second-generation Indian immigrant in America, international trauma, and both peer and family bullying. Beautifully illustrated and of course gripping given the subjects.
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Just finished "Bunt!" written by Ngozi Ukazu, illustrated by Mad Rupert, with colors by K. Czap. A really fun and well-written graphic novel about crappy college financial aid and a ridiculous softball team of misfits. It's light-hearted but also touching, and has a wonderful cast with lore that's introduced deftly: a great balance of just enough exposition supported by a whole lot of implication and background art details to flesh out 8 supporting characters in a single book.
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Just finished "Dawnrunner" written by Ram V, illustrated by Evan Cagle, with colors by Dave Stewart & Francesco Segala and lettering by Aditya Bidikar. It's a graphic novel that's heavily Evangelion-inspired, and while the artwork is *fantastic*, I felt that the story was kinda meh. The overall plot setup and big points were predictable, which I don't mind, but several of the details got lost or didn't bind into a coherent message, and the final philosophical conclusion doesn't stand up to the setting or even really make much sense. These days I'm finding myself with much less patience for sci-fi stuff that doesn't tackle social problems, presenting a society where they're driving forces but then not bothering to even try to ponder how they might get resolved. The art is as mentioned excellent though, so I won't say I disliked it overall...
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