jenniferPagebound
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The River Has Roots
Amal El-Mohtar
13jenniferPagebound commented on jenniferPagebound's review of The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
a beautiful little book that will make you yearn for community with humans and communion with the natural world. Anyone already steeped in discourse around exploitative capitalism, toxic individualism, and the pillaging of our earth will likely not find anything new in these pages; however, since it is such a quick read, I still found it worthwhile as a reminder that there are people out there with sound value systems who are fighting for a more abundant world for us all.
7jenniferPagebound commented on a post
(bernie sanders voice) i am once again complaining about survivalist culture and shows like "Alone"
i know this is lightly offtopic, but this reminds me sooo much of the thoughts i always have when i watch these shows. it's like a microcosm of capitalist/imperialist co-option of indigenous ideals and practice while simultaneously devaluing indigenous ideals and practices. the survivalists are clearly informed by indigenous wisdom, with some of them fully appropriating indigenous teaching, but many are too limited by the framework of their own individualism to really practice the type of reciprocity and mutuality Kimmerer talks about
i see often people talk about indigenous wisdom in these environments, things they learned about "living off the land", even attempting to be grateful; yet they will inevitably do something that goes against the practice (and usually, ends up in their loss)
there's also a bit of sad irony in the fact of a show like "Alone" specifically. indigenous culture thrives on the idea of community, connection, caring for each other, everyone providing what they can for the greater good. yet Alone strips all of that away, and these survivalists are expected to survive with nobody, no connection, no assistance - and this individualism results in doing things that would be unheard of had they had a community (or at least a partner, damn) to survive alongside
killing animals that provide really no sustenance out of desperation, or killing huge animals that require intense amounts of work for storing/drying because it's way too much for one person, hoarding forageables even when it's counterintuitive, it's all a symptom of the scarcity mindset Kimmerer is trying to combat here
not only that, but the achievement is in who is able to do this the best. who is able to prove that they need nobody but themselves? all for a cash prize to top it all off đ« it's a one-for-one, super niche example of the extractive nature of capitalism & colonialism while appropriating indigenous land & wisdom
"A hunter had brought home a sizeable kill, far too much to be eaten by his family. The researcher asked how he would dry and store the excess. Smoking and drying technologies were well-known, storing was possible. The hunter was puzzled by the question. Store the meat? Why would he do that? Instead, he sent out an invitation to a feast, and soon the neighboring families were gathering around his fire, until every last morsel was consumed. This seemed like maladaptive behavior to the anthropologist, who asked again, given the uncertainty of meat in the forest, why didn't the hunter store the meat for himself, which is what the economic system of his home culture would predict. 'Store my meat? I store my meat in the belly of my brother,' replied the hunter."
20jenniferPagebound commented on a post
I love this section on little free libraries. I saw a group of people complaining about how much they hated when others took books from their lfls and never returned them to the same lfl. They called it greedy and hoarding, and they were sharing tips for marking books all over to designate they belonged to that particular lfl. It was one of those posts that made me so frustrated I just had to keep scrolling. In my community, we have a thriving lfl network thanks to volunteers throughout. There has never once been an expectation that a book needs to be returned or compensated for. It is a gift, and hopefully it finds its way into new hands continuously either via a gift between friends and families, a donation to a different lfl, or a donation to a community library. Booksta's obsission with owning makes me so uncomfortable, I'm relieved someone far better at articulating this than I am addressed it
12jenniferPagebound finished reading and wrote a review...
a beautiful little book that will make you yearn for community with humans and communion with the natural world. Anyone already steeped in discourse around exploitative capitalism, toxic individualism, and the pillaging of our earth will likely not find anything new in these pages; however, since it is such a quick read, I still found it worthwhile as a reminder that there are people out there with sound value systems who are fighting for a more abundant world for us all.
7jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
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Chapters Field in Forum Posts
Add an optional field in forum posts that allow users to indicate which chapter of the book they are posting about
(% read/page count is not consistent across different book editions, audiobooks, languages, etc)
jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
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Hiding forum posts past your % complete?
I was wondering if it would be possible on the main feed to toggle on/off posts about books youâre reading that are past the percentage you have tracked as completed. I donât know if this would be helpful to anyone else but sometimes even when things arenât direct spoilers, Iâve definitely seen plot points obliquely referenced that told me about the direction my book was going!
jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
5Toggle/Filter for all Shelf types in feed
There are already settings to toggle on/off TBR and Interested books in your feed, which I love. It'd be cool if it were possible to do this for other Shelf types (maybe even including custom ones). It'd be really cool to be able to make changes to these toggles on the fly, as you're viewing the feed.
What I'm picturing is a filter button at the top of the feed, under the "Main Feed / Following / My Books" tabs, with a multi-select dropdown to choose which Shelf types you want to filter your feed by. Maybe these filters are transient, whereas the toggles in your settings are the default when you load your feed?
I imagine this filter only appearing when you're on the "My Books" tab, though I can imagine a "Following" tab equivalent that lets you filter by user qualities - for example, filtering to just see posts from mutuals.
jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
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Finishing a Book as Progress
With the understanding that points are not necessarily the point of Pagebound, I do like to try to maximize my daily point allowance by logging some progress each day. Iâve noticed, though, that finishing a book does not grant the same 5 points that any other update would. Itâs an easy enough workaround to update at the very last page before finishing completely, and it makes sense that books simply marked as âreadâ would not qualify for the 5 progress points, but it would be nice if finishing books I have previously marked as âreadingâ checked the same box as any other progress update. Thanks!
jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
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Allow books to be in plan multiple times
I'd love if the plan feature allowed for a book to be added to multiple months in your plan. Multiple planned "instances" basically. Right now, it can only be planned for one month at a time which means planning for a reread just shifts the book
jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
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See comments (& the post) when using the 'People I follow' toggle in forms
When using the 'People I follow' toggle to filter book forums, would it be possible to also filter in posts that people I follow have commented on? I love utilizing the filter in bigger forums but feel like I'm missing discussion from people I follow because they're commenting on existing posts.
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The Grimoire of Grave Fates
Hanna Alkaf
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jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
5Toggle/Filter for all Shelf types in feed
There are already settings to toggle on/off TBR and Interested books in your feed, which I love. It'd be cool if it were possible to do this for other Shelf types (maybe even including custom ones). It'd be really cool to be able to make changes to these toggles on the fly, as you're viewing the feed.
What I'm picturing is a filter button at the top of the feed, under the "Main Feed / Following / My Books" tabs, with a multi-select dropdown to choose which Shelf types you want to filter your feed by. Maybe these filters are transient, whereas the toggles in your settings are the default when you load your feed?
I imagine this filter only appearing when you're on the "My Books" tab, though I can imagine a "Following" tab equivalent that lets you filter by user qualities - for example, filtering to just see posts from mutuals.
jenniferPagebound commented on a feature request
5Library data export
It's not a priority but would be nice if we could download our current book shelves info (such as title, author, corresponding shelf name) from Pagebound as a file, such as a csv or excel table.
Rationale:
- useful in cases when we want to migrate to another book tracker;
- within the gdpr laws such as in the eu, usually the ability to get own data is required for any website (so it may be easier to deal with these requests in the future if it is already partially automated);
- personal use: i like to make own databases with my book data and analyze it using software, and it's very convenient when I can get the info about hundreds of books with a couple clicks.
I am not sure how technically complex it is to organize, so I understand if it is currently impossible.
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