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thebodaciousperiod

linguistic anthropology major || enjoyer of found family, linguistic/language, a good 'ol spaceship fight, a lovable heist crew, and a mysterious illness/disease

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  • The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
    thebodaciousperiod
    Aug 25, 2026
    The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket
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    I usually don't leave reviews on books I DNF, but this one is such a bizarre instance that I wanted to comment. Over the course of the handful of pages I read the author's odd attitude towards women floated to the surface. It's the type of misogyny that one expects in a book from the 2000s but this was written in the late 2010s and published in 2020. Without fail, whenever Lorr references a position of power he puts masculine pronouns or mentions them as "men". An example is when he is talking of executives he calls them "men of power" even though "people of power" works just fine. This is not uncommon but as the book carries on he mentions housewives "scrambling to purchase their goods" and "women at the checkout overwhelming the clerks". I get that he's talking about the 1950's when grocery stores are new, but it feels weird to make continuous comments that place women/wives in the "always be shopping" role and men as the ones in power. It put me off the book as a whole. I would still like to recognize the ethnographic work that Lorr did, and I congratulate him for it, but as an anthropologist myself I expected more thought and care to be put into the subjects of the book than I got.

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  • You’re at the bookstore 👀

    You are browsing at a bookstore and see a cover that catches your attention. You know nothing about the author or the story so you flip a third of the way into the book. You read two sentences and slam the book shut. Shelve it and walk away. What did you read?

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    Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter

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    The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket

    The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket

    Benjamin Lorr

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  • Spread Me
    thebodaciousperiod
    Aug 21, 2026
    Spread Me
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    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 5.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 3.0
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    Spread Me

    Spread Me

    Sarah Gailey

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  • Several People Are Typing
    thebodaciousperiod
    Aug 18, 2026
    Several People Are Typing
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    Enjoyment: 4.5Quality: 4.0Characters: 5.0Plot: 3.0
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    Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

    Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

    Shane Hawk

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