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slaughter-books · 2 months

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Day 3: JOMPBPC: Intersectional Feminism

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thereadingchallengechallenge · 9 months

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it’s Booklr Reads Australian Eve!

I’ve just gone and raided my library’s ebook catalogue to borrow all the books I wanna read 😂 I found most of my TBR but I’m so annoyed that one of the books was there last week but isn’t there now

anyway, I thought I’d take a quick moment to ask: what book are you starting the challenge with? 👀

I haven’t completely nailed down my decision but it’s probably going to be either Sugar by Carly Nugent or Inkflower by Suzy Zail ☺️

I’m so excited to start the challenge with you all! and if this is the first you’re seeing of it, it’s never too late to join! (unless you’re reading this on September 1st lol) grab an Aussie book and get reading!

#booklr reads australian #trcc original #em reads #loveozya #carly nugent #suzy zail

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darkmatterzine · 10 months

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Suzy Zail

This is a Dark Matter Zine podcast and I’m your host Nalini Haynes. DMZ welcomes back author Suzy Zail with her new book Inkflower. Dark Matter Zine Acknowledges this recording is taking place on the unceded Country of the Bunurong Peoples’ of the Kulin Nation as Traditional Owners and Custodians of this Country. I pay my respects to their Elders past, present and emerging. Introducing Suzy…

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#AWW #LoveOzYA #Suzy Zail

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lightningmonarchda3 · 7 months

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Berke (girl me) is in charge of the body today <3

she and Aseman (demi-girl me) have been having an obsession with golbehi (light pink)

also, the book, I Am Change by Suzy Zail is amazing. im halfway through it and already recommend it to bookworms and feminists. it's about how women and girls are treated and looked upon by society, men and women themself in uganda (not sure, but it was set in africa).

muslim rep and class differences. there is a lot of talk about sex, periods, marrige and "pleasing men"

tw: rape, sexual assault, violence, physical abuse, an alcoholic charcter, and some others

#genderfluid things #genderfluid #lgbtq #girl #tumblr girls #coquette #pink #light pink #aesthetics #aestheticly pleasing #book rec #i am change - suzi zail

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beautifulpaxielreads · 4 years

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No of pages: 340

Triggers: Forced marriage, underage marriage, genital mutilation, misogyny, masturbation, domestic violence, early childhood death, prostitution, teenage pregnancy, sexual harassment, sexual assault

Safe for work: No, there is violence against women, and there is one scene featuring female genital mutilation

Blurb:

Lilian has learned to shrink herself to fit other people’s ideas of what a girl is. In Lilian’s village in Uganda a girl is not meant to be smarter than her brother. A girl is not meant to go to school or enjoy her body or decide who to marry. Inspired by true stories, I am Change is the tragic but empowering story of how a young girl finds her voice and the strength to fight for change.

(https://www.suzyzail.com.au/description.html)

Warning – SPOILERS AHEAD.

My Review:

If I were to select one book that I’ve read so far this year (and granted, this is only my seventh) that changed my view of the world and changed my perspectives on feminism, this would be it.

I suppose some might say that Suzy Zail has no right to tell this story, as she is not of the same cultural background as the protagonist, and that no matter how much she has researched, no matter how much effort has gone into the writing, it isn’t enough, she hasn’t lived this experience – and ordinarily, I would agree with you.

However, in this case, I would ask you to go to Suzy Zail’s website (https://www.suzyzail.com.au/inspiration.html) and read what she has to say about the research she did, about the people she spoke to, about the care, the effort, and attention to detail that went into this book. Not only that, she has set up a fundraising initiative entitled “Help Girls Learn, Uganda”. All funds raised go to five organisations working to improve the lives of girls in Uganda. The goal is to raise $10,000. So far it has raised over $4000.

If that doesn’t speak to her commitment, compassion, and determination to get this right, I don’t know what does.

Before I go any further with this review, you should know that this is not a book for the faint of heart, or for those who have suffered serious trauma. I’ve read it and even though I got a lot out of it, it was still heavy going in places. If you’ve gone through the list of triggers above and don’t think you can handle it, please, in all seriousness, don’t read this book.

If, however, you do choose to read it, know that, despite the dark themes, there is a sense of hope and empowerment to be found.

My eyes were opened by this book. Lilian Chelangat, the “change” of the title, lives in a small Ugandan village with her parents and brother. She lives without many of the conveniences that most of us take for granted – no running water, no electricity, and food is scarce. Her family has known great hardship. Women and girls are treated as second-class citizens – ingrained in the culture of her ethnic group, the Baganda. They are subservient to males in almost every single way. They get taken out of school when they get their period and forced into marriages with much older men.

Books and writing are a lifeline for Lilian and she uses both to try and escape both the life she is living, as well as the life that her family wants for her – that she doesn’t. I really related to Lilian’s love of books and writing as so often they’ve been an escape for me too.

Lilian is one of the strongest characters I’ve read for a long time. She goes through some horrific things and is forced to watch the women in her life do horrific things in order to survive. Lilian’s father makes a deal with her Uncle Beneh so she can get access to a good school in the big city of Kampala. But while on the surface things seem better for women, dark secrets lurk not far underneath. Lilian’s elder sister who ran away has been forced into selling her body and is a single mother, and Lilian’s aunt Amara – married to Uncle Beneh – tries desperately to conceive a son and endures horrific abuse at the hands of her husband.

But it is also in the city where Lilian finds her voice. She joins a feminist group at her school and learns that the indignities women are forced to suffer in her home village are, in fact, illegal. For the first time, she reads books by African women – and discovers Beyoncé! All of this empowers her to fight for change when she returns home.

Can you tell how much I loved this book? It made me realise how lucky I and so many women in the Western world are to have so much freedom and how much we take that for granted. We shouldn’t. Because as Zail points out in her authors' notes:

“Lilian and the characters who people her world are fictional, but their circumstances are real.”

Recommended for any feminist.

My rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

#beautifulpaxiel reads #my book reviews #book reviews #book photography #mine #suzy zail

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greenlightpaperbacks · 3 years

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the books i've read in 2021 so far bc i'm bored

worship me bitches

the diary of a young girl - anne frank (reread)

only dull people are brilliant at breakfast - oscar wilde

call me by your name - andre aciman (reread)

sense and sensibility - jane austen

the german girl - armando lucas correa

beautiful boy - david sheff

the book of longings - sue monk kidd

night lessons in little jerusalem - rick held

the wrong boy - suzy zail

the little friend - donna tartt

illness as metaphor and AIDS and its metaphors - susan sontag

a thousand mornings - mary oliver (reread)

how to be invisible - kate bush

the lightning thief - rick riordan

song of achilles - madeline miller (re-read)

the bluest eye - toni morrison

fairyland: a memoir of my father - alysia abbott

let me tell you what i mean - joan didion

the nightingale - kristin hannah

know my name - chanel miller

the paris library - janet skeslien charles

on earth we're briefly gorgeous - ocean vuong

i know why the caged bird sings - maya angelou

a court of thorn and roses - sarah j. maas

the history of love - nicole krauss

the penelopiad - margaret atwood

turtles all the way down - john green

harry potter and the half-blood prince - j.k. rowling (re-read)

my invented country: a memoir - isabel allende

stickeen - john muir

they both die at the end - adam silvera

shadow and bone - leigh bardugo

heartstopper vol. 1 - alice oseman

the soul of a woman - isabel allende

the song of achilles - madeline miller (yes i re-read it twice this year mind ur business)

how proust can change your life - alain de botton

heartstopper vol. 2 - alice oseman

negotiating with the dead - margaret atwood

six of crows - leigh bardugo

heartstopper vol. 3 - alice oseman

heartstopper vol. 4 - alice oseman

the librarian of auschwitz - antonio iturbe

poems of john keats - john keats

the complete maus - art spiegelman

persepolis vol. 1 - marjane satrapi

the house in the cerulean sea - t.j. klune

saga vol. 1 - brian k. vaughan

the secret history - donna tartt (re-read)

women & power: a manifesto - mary beard

weight: the myth of atlas and heracles - jeanette winterson

such a fun age - kiley reid

one last stop - casey mcquiston

the decameron project: 29 new stories from the pandemic - various

a thousand ships - natalie haynes

hag: forgotten folktales retold - various

sirius - jonathan crown

why she wrote - lauren burke

red, white & royal blue - casey mcquiston

i want you to know we're still here - esther safran foer

#let's talk about books babey #books #reading #currently reading #fi's ramblings #isabel allende #donna tartt #dark academic #classic literature #classics #greek mythology

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flavio-milani00 · 3 years

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La pianista di Auschwitz è un libro bellissimo scritto da Suzy Zail, figlia di un sopravvissuto ad Auschwitz.

Nel libro viene raccontata tutta la crudeltà dell'Olocausto dal punto di vista di Hanna Mendel, una quindicenne amante della musica (pianista) che riesce in qualche modo a sopravvivere alla brutalità di Auschwitz.

All'impressionante e anche se vogliamo crudo racconto di una strage pazzesca si associano poi altri valori fondamentali come l'amore e il coraggio che in qualche modo avvalorano ancora di più l'opera. La tragedia di Auschwitz compensata da questi due elementi.

Nell'immagine qui sotto potete leggere un commento dell'autrice che si trova in fondo al libro.

Un libro che consiglio davvero a tutti ma in particolare penso a tutto quello che si sente da tanti "geni" in questo periodo di vaccini e green pass. Farebbe davvero bene leggere questo racconto a tutti quelli che hanno il coraggio di paragonare l'obbligo di green pass ad una dittatura o a chissà quale limitazione alla libertà delle persone. Forse così scopriranno cosa sono veramente le limitazioni alla libertà e la vita sotto dittatura.

#pensieri #riflessioni #opinioni #scrittura #scrittoriitaliani #bellezza #Libri #Lettura #Auschwitz #Lapianistadiauschwitz #Shoah #Olocausto

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stefito0o · 3 years

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Dedication of the day

Dedication of the day 56 24/03/21

I Am Change by Suzy Zail:

For all the girls who are silenced. And for those who shout.

What do you think of today's dedication?

Check out more dedications in the tag #dedicationoftheday 🤗

#dedicationoftheday #book dedication #books #reading #booklr #bookworm #my posts

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oubliettemagazine · 5 years

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“Non c’era vergogna nel desiderio di cavarsela. Non volevo morire. Avevo a malapena iniziato a vivere. Volevo continuare a vivere e volevo continuare a suonare il pianoforte.”

#suzy zail recensione

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okchiarapi · 4 years

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MANUALE DI SOPRAVVIVENZA DURANTE LA QUARANTENA PT.2

allora il primo post per combattere la quarantena è piaciuto, quindi ne farò un altro, anche perché sto sperimentando un sacco di cose in questi giorni.

15 LIBRI CHE POTETE LEGGERE NELLA QUARANTENA:

la saga di harry potter, J.K. Rowling

la saga di percy jackson, Rick Riordan

la saga di shadowhunters, Cassandra Clare

gomorra, Roberto Saviano

Hard Times, Charles Dickens (ce l'ho in inglese, in italiano presumo che lo troviate come tempi difficili)

The Help, Kathrynn Stockett

Liv Forever, Amy Talkington

La Pianista Di Auschwitz, Suzy Zail

Tredici, Jay Asher

Darkest Minds, Alexandra Bracken

Beautiful Creatures, Kami Garcia & Marfaret Stohl

Simonetta Agnello Hornby, Il male che si deve raccontare

Laggiù mi hanno detto che c'è il sole, Gayle Forman

la saga di giovani, carine e bugiarde, Sara Shepard (sì, sono i libri da cui è tratto pretty little liars, ma sono completamente diversi rispetto alla serie, è simile solo il primo libro che è praticamente la prima puntata, poi cambia completamente)

Cercando Alaska, John Green

i primi 3 sono saghe e vi occuperanno diverso tempo, ma di shadowhunters consiglio soprattutto le origini che sono veramente belle.

12 GIOCHI DA POTER FARE A CASA SE AVETE FRATELLI O SORELLE:

l'uno

nome, cognome, città

il gioco dell'impiccato

monopoli (per chi lo possiede, ma penso quasi tutti)

jenga (come sopra, ma su amazon dovreste trovarlo)

cluedo (come sopra)

trivial pursuit (uguale)

il labirinto magico (uguale)

qualunque gioco fattibile con le carte siciliane (si, vivo in sicilia)

qualunque gioco fattibile con le carte di scala 40

scotland yard (io ad esempio nin ce l'ho ma quest'estate con i miei amici ci divertivamo un sacco quindi se ce l'avete/potete comprarlo meglio per voi)

risiko (eddai questo qua ce lo abbiamo tutti)

questa è qualche idea ovviamente. nelle prossime settimane farò altre liste probabilmente, perché boh chissà quanto staremo chiusi in casa. mi raccomando, come si dice qua, stapitivi queti e soprattutto, stapitivi intra che ora come ora fa solo bene, ma cercate di non impazzire. ne usciremo vivi, abbiate speranza. 🤞🏻

-Chiara Pi

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beautifulpaxiel · 4 years

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Rules: Tag 9 people you’d like to get to know better

I was tagged by @mega-aulover. Thank you!

Top 3 Ships:

Ron and Hermione

Katniss and Peeta

Phryne and Jack

Last song:

A piece of ‘50s-’60s bubblegum pop on the radio. Can’t remember the name, sorry!

Last movie:

Knives Out (so good!)

Reading:

I am Change by Suzy Zail

I am tagging: @hannahreadsthings, @itellhimreal, @avlh-1994, @rosegardeninwinter, @drivingdeanwinchester, @mariahflows @speakslowtellmelove, @asuckerforromance, @eeteeaytay

#tag games #get to know your fellow bloggers

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slaughter-books · 3 months

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Day 1: JOMPBPC: February Goals

My immediate TBR for February, 2024! 💜

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thereadingchallengechallenge · 10 months

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I took myself on a good ole fashioned bookstore crawl today in search of some recent Australian YA and found these beauties 👀

will definitely be giving a few of them a go next month now that I'm running Booklr Reads Australian again in August 😊

#book haul #booklr #bookblr #loveozya #suzy zail #leanne yong #miranda luby #gary lonesborough #harry cook #alice boyle #trcc original

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darkmatterzine · 5 years

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I Am Change by Suzy Zail

I Am Change by Suzy Zail: a #review of a #LoveOzYA novel by an #AWW author. This novel includes a cameo of a character with #Albinism

A review by Nalini Haynes

Lilian is a Ugandan girl dreaming of teaching while adults tell her she won’t amount to anything. The best she can hope for is to marry and keep her husband happy. At home her aunt teaches her to satisfy her husband sexually. While at school her education includes humiliations by wealthier students and male teachers. Outside of school, her mother expects Lilian to serve…

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beautifulpaxielreads · 3 years

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Find out what were my top reads for 2020!

Loveless by Alice Oseman

I Am Change by Suzy Zail*

The Hunger Games Trilogy audiobooks, written by Suzanne Collins, read by Tatiana Maslany (yes, I’m counting it as a single book - otherwise it would take up too many spots on this list. It’s a reread too, btw)

I Was Born For This by Alice Oseman (yes, I know she appears on this list twice. She’s just THAT good).

Catching Teller Crow by Ambelin Kwaymullina* and Ezekiel Kwaymullina*

White Night by Ellie Marney*

The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

Dark of the West (Glass Alliance #1) by Joanna Hathaway

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (I couldn’t not include this one, it had such an impact on me)

The boy who steals houses by C.G. Drews

* Australian author/s

Agree with my choices? Disagree? Let me know in the comments.

Further explanations for my choices below the cut.

So it was actually slightly tough to fill out this list!

The first three or four books were the ones I definitely knew would be there, but filling out the rest was a little harder. The criteria I used to choose these books were a) the star rating I gave them, and b) the impact that they had on me.

The tenth spot was hardest to fill, since there were many good books I read that fit both my criteria. In the end I went with The boy who steals houses, because immediately after I finished it, I wanted to read more by the author.

As some of you might know, I’ve compiled a spreadsheet tracking the details of all the books I read in 2020, including the star ratings (out of 5) that I gave them. The number of books I rated four stars or above is totalled at 30. That’s nearly half the number of books I read in total - 62. So you can see how difficult it was to choose just 10!

The fact that I rated these books so highly is, I think, a real testament to the superb talents of the current crop of authors working today - and the reason I say “today” is because the books I rated four stars or higher were all written in the last 10-15 years, meaning many of these authors are still actively practising their craft.

Major, major kudos to them, and to all the publishers, editors, and everyone else responsible for making them available for the general public to enjoy. You rock!

#beautifulpaxiel reads #my reading #book talk #lists #top 10

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quaintstudies · 7 years

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Tagged by @studyingcarat aye thanks for the tag hhhaah

Rules: answer 20 questions then tag 20 people

Name: for me to know and for you to find ouT HAHHA  Nickname: i have too many from young. here are a few: 花生 (peanut in chinese), penguin, pork chop (this is just pure mean) HAH i just realised they all start with Ps and oh joe qo HAHHAH it’s all weird yes  Zodiac Sign: Libra  Height: idk man i wanna say 160cm but probs 159cm HAHHAHA (making myself feel better)  Ethnicity: Chinese  Favourite Fruit: i have way too many but hmm pomelo and jackfruit???  Favourite Season: FALL  Favourite Book: i don’t read so many books man hmmmm OH i can’t rmb the title HAHHAH hang on OH playing for the commandant by suzy zail ohh it’s gooooood  Favourite Flower: baby breaths (future wedding flowers HAHH)  Favourite Scent: hmm i love sweet smelling smells??? or like fruity is nice too idk but it must be refreshing  Favourite Animal: i used to love this fox in the zoo but i can’t rmb the name and i think they removed the enclosure sads but i love penguins and polar bears??  Coffee, tea, or hot cocoa?: TEA actually hot cocoa is good too. just no coffee.  Average Sleep Hours: 6-7 hours (8-9 hours during holidays tho HAHHA what a pig)  Cat or dog person?: NONE (terrified of them)  Favorite Fictional character: i don’t have a fav :( OH I LOVE BROWN FROM LINE HAHHA or gusto from cinderella oh he’s a qtpie  Number of blankets you sleep with: 1  Dream Trip: zimbabwe, africa  Blog Created: late october 2016  Number of Followers: HAHA it’s too embarrassing for me to say

now i shall tag some of my followers and no pressure doing them ok!! thanks for following me, i really appreciate it :-)

@cloverynia @studygeeklife @cockatielstudies @studymiso @emmstudying @charliewantstostudy @luciastudieslaw @pamstudy @ygstudies @studyde

THANKS AGAIN @studyingcarat FOR TAGGING ME, SEE YOU TOMORROW!!

#answer #tag #quaintstudies

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