Reading Wednesday
Feb. 5th, 2025 07:38 am Currently reading: Faust Part 2 by Goethe. You know, did Faust need a sequel? I guess. This is acutely stranger than the first one, and the extremely long (like half the book) explanation of why didn't really clarify it? We go from fairies in the meadow to the Emperor's court to bringing back Helen and Paris from Greek mythology because why the fuck not. And of course, there is the bizarre tangent into a discussion into the gold standard, which is why ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ioplokon wanted me to read this. Look. I kind of thought he was kidding? Maybe, or that it would be more metaphorical??? but no it's literally a discussion of the gold standard vs. paper money. Bless.
The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 2 by Kent Monkman. Finally getting around to reading this and it is excellent for several reasons. It picks up during the Red River Resistance and the buffalo slaughter, where colonialist expansionism westward decimated the Indigenous population in the Prairies. Which is obviously grim subject matter, but Monkman is careful to emphasize the many episodes of resistance and cultural resiliency. Of course, it's also beautifully illustrated—the narrative is, in many ways, a framework on which to hang the artist's history paintings—and extremely queer. The highlight, as with the first volume, is learning some fun words in Cree that you can use in all kinds of contexts.
ioplokon wanted me to read this. Look. I kind of thought he was kidding? Maybe, or that it would be more metaphorical??? but no it's literally a discussion of the gold standard vs. paper money. Bless. The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 2 by Kent Monkman. Finally getting around to reading this and it is excellent for several reasons. It picks up during the Red River Resistance and the buffalo slaughter, where colonialist expansionism westward decimated the Indigenous population in the Prairies. Which is obviously grim subject matter, but Monkman is careful to emphasize the many episodes of resistance and cultural resiliency. Of course, it's also beautifully illustrated—the narrative is, in many ways, a framework on which to hang the artist's history paintings—and extremely queer. The highlight, as with the first volume, is learning some fun words in Cree that you can use in all kinds of contexts.
