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gopika

grumpy goofer with a generational reading slump. i want to read so bad

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Reading...I am Vidya: A Transgender's Journey
My Taste
Coming Out as Dalit: A Memoir of Surviving India's Caste System (Updated Edition)
The Bluest Eye
Milk Fed
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
Disability in South Asia: Knowledge and Experience

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  • Book recs like Black Swan

    Hi! I just watched Black Swan (the ballet movie with Natalie Portman) and loved it. I wanted to read a book with the same psychological thriller feel. I would love any recommendations.

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  • Help me work through my nonfiction...

    After almost no reading in 2024, I'm really getting back into it this year but I'm struggling big time sticking with nonfiction, even though I have always enjoyed reading theory. I want to slowly work through my nonfiction shelves and I've noticed the best way to get to it is to buddy read and chat about the nonfiction I'm reading with other people. Anyone interested in picking up some book with me? :) Here is a selection of what I have ahead of me: Tithi Bhattacharya - Social Reproduction Theory Laura Miles - Transgender Resistance Rox Samer - lesbian potentiality & feminist media in the 1970s Silvia Federici - Caliban and the Witch (I would read this one in german, but happy to chat about it in english ofc!) Not necessarily looking for an academia-worthy discussion, since some of these topics are newer to me as well, but even just low stakes chatting about what I've read often helps both motivate me and understand more/have it stick in my memory. I'm imagining a chapter by chapter buddy read where we are open to take as much time as we need (though for me personally deadlines are helpful). Anyone interested? :)

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  • Help me work through my nonfiction...

    After almost no reading in 2024, I'm really getting back into it this year but I'm struggling big time sticking with nonfiction, even though I have always enjoyed reading theory. I want to slowly work through my nonfiction shelves and I've noticed the best way to get to it is to buddy read and chat about the nonfiction I'm reading with other people. Anyone interested in picking up some book with me? :) Here is a selection of what I have ahead of me: Tithi Bhattacharya - Social Reproduction Theory Laura Miles - Transgender Resistance Rox Samer - lesbian potentiality & feminist media in the 1970s Silvia Federici - Caliban and the Witch (I would read this one in german, but happy to chat about it in english ofc!) Not necessarily looking for an academia-worthy discussion, since some of these topics are newer to me as well, but even just low stakes chatting about what I've read often helps both motivate me and understand more/have it stick in my memory. I'm imagining a chapter by chapter buddy read where we are open to take as much time as we need (though for me personally deadlines are helpful). Anyone interested? :)

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  • Slump Suggestions?

    Currently in the middle of a reading slump. Not only does everything I start to read end up feeling lackluster but basically every book on my shelf is holding no appeal to me. (Please note: this is not due to a lack of books. I have so many and even the Libby books I look at don't sound good.) So I'm looking for suggestions to end this slump whether that be activities, books to read, or even a crazy reading method you use to get into a book quick! Please help!! I want to start making progress on my TBR again.

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  • how long do you read before needing a break?

    my attention span is so bad right now and i can only really go an hour max before needing a phone break lol. i'm trying to work myself up to be able to do a 12 hr readathon (prob broken up into two 6 hr intervals) just for fun.

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    non fiction to the rescue

    these look like really good recommendations :^)

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    gopika set their yearly reading goal to 15

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    gopika's 2025 Reading Challenge

    3 of 15 read
    Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding
    The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature
    The Yellow Wall-Paper
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  • The Yellow Wall-Paper
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    Jul 16, 2025
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  • The Yellow Wall-Paper
    the yellow wallpaper
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    The Yellow Wall-Paper

    The Yellow Wall-Paper

    Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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