Prologue: (whaaaat? Two photos of her face in a row?! Is she turning over a new leaf?! Or did she just have a friend in town willing to take pictures… 🧐)
This week, my book club discussed our reading of Emily Nagowski’s Come As You Are. And aside from saying I love this book and had emotions and regret because I wish so very much that I’d read this book at least a decade ago, and that I think everyone should read it for pure human understanding purposes— the thing that really struck me in our book club discussion is how this book appealed to us all because it understood what we were taught to believe and our actual reality.
Our book club is a small group of women raised in different regions, in families with different belief systems, and we are now in all different professions. Yet, this book brought out the similarities we were all taught, albeit in different ways. The essence of the narrative we’re socially conditioned to believe is: anyone who isn’t a straight cis white man is taught to be critical of themselves for things they cannot control. We’re taught we’re wrong in one capacity to another, because we don’t fit the mold of the sexuality stereotype at the top of the patriarchal ladder. And pop culture, from books to movies, plus regular old gossip, perpetuates harmful stereotypes that make everyone feel that they are lacking in some way (but I’ll save my rant about how that’s all to feed the capitalist machine for another time).
The beauty of this book is it dispels a lot of those myths and seeks to empower people. And the power of discussing this book with friends is that it lifts the taboo on discussing trouble spots women may face in and out of the bedroom, which strengthens our sense of solidarity and community. And if supporting a respectful, welcoming, and compassionate community isn’t a super power, I don’t know what is.
[Image Description: Shannon, a white woman with curly brown hair in a purple sweatshirt sits on a pink bench and holds up Come As You Are in both hands, showing it’s pink cover]
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I knew basically nothing about Dave Grohl, but I kept seeing rave reviews of his autobiography, The Storyteller. Very enjoyable and revealing. I was impressed by Grohl’s humility and genuineness. A lot of fun nostalgia for me since Grohl and I are about the same age. I used this audiobook to fulfill prompt 30 in @the52bookclub challenge: audiobook narrated by the author. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #audiobooks#julyreads#summerreading#bookstagram#foofighters#nirvana#davegrohl#thestoryteller
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All programs will be offered to individuals or friendship pods, and, for the first time, we’re offering referral discounts.
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