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[tuathla]

I have been taking a hiatus from caring about politics and policy and society's direction for a while now-- I've just felt tired (absolutely mind-weary) and apathetic. I think I may be starting to come out of that mindset, though no promises.

Time to start reading to educate myself. Che and Malcolm X are on the list/bookshelf, to start. Other

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[khokhmah]

Do you want more academic texts or more good reads? I like Paradise Lost, and I like the Malcolm X idea - I read his autobiography for a religion class at UW. Michel Foucault can be interesting, especially his texts on health care (with a focus on mental health). There are a few good books on politics and linguistics in the U.S. The autobiography of Margery Kempe is also really interesting - religion, gender and madness in the fourteenth century!

[tuathla]

Thanks! I feel like I've got to educate myself or else what kind of revolution can I bring, even if only to myself? (let alone society?)

[babyclover4]

You want to educate yourself?! Silly girl. Your hotness contributes plenty to society. ;) But if you insist on reading something political and important, I'm partial to "Living History" by Hillary Clinton.

[darcydeux]

Uhhh.... although having little to do with politics, may I recommend the Duino Elegies by Rainier Maria Rilke? and just good ol'fashioned good reads:
Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins (they find Jesus Christ's corpse at a roadside flea circus with vigilante monks)
Roughing It by Mark Twain (series of short essays about random adventures in the West)
and for serious thinking:
The Second Sex by Simone DeBeauvoir
Women, Race & Class by Angela Davis.- Angela Davis also studied German, and studied with Theodor Adorno.

[khokhmah]

Ditto on The Second Sex =)