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ARC Review of When the Duke Loved Me by Lydia Lloyd
Summary:
Catherine Forster was ruined by John Breminster, Duke of Edington a decade ago, and thanks to the enmity between their families, he refused to marry her. Now, a decade later, Catherine is a penniless spinster, and John is on her doorstep, asking for her for her help with a sensitive matter that concerns the scandal that occurred between their families years ago...
My review:
This is Lydia Lloyd's debut novel, and I thought she did a great job of writing main characters who were individually sympathetic and dynamic together, as well as an overarching mystery plot that kept me on my toes the entire time.
A lot of the plot is centered around the enmity between the Breminsters and the Forsters. About a decade before the prologue starts, John's father Reginald and Catherine's Aunt Mary (who raised her) were caught in flagrante and the fallout meant financial and reputational ruin for Catherine and her family, as well as John's family being torn apart. Now, John's father is dead and he's left behind an annuity that Mary must accept, or it will spell social ruin for John's sister. The problem is, Mary's disappeared and John is convinced Catherine can help him find her.
Catherine is a heroine who's reduced to some pretty dire circumstances (girlie literally has the residents of her household faking the plague to avoid debt collectors), so she's scrappy and realistic enough to go along with John's scheme without much fuss. John is presented as something of a feckless rake (with rake friends who I hope get their own stories), but we see the hidden, more caring side to him soon enough.
What's interesting is, between the ruination from a decade prior, as well as John initially casting aspersions on Catherine's morality ("a spinster can't kiss as well as YOU did"), you would think they have an uphill battle to even tolerate one another, but they didn't. I thought it was refreshing that despite everything, they don't bother to deny their mutual attraction right from the get-go. They grow to care for one another along the way (this is definitely a case of sex helping their relationship grow, and sex is their form of communication), and it's fairly smooth sailing all things considered. Really, the greater conflict(s) are how they individually grapple with the complicated relationships between them and their respective parental figures.
This relative lack of tension until the end also makes the climax more poignant, when Catherine is faced with the choice to break off their engagement and leave, or be forced to keep secrets from John, which she can't bring herself to do because of how much she loves and cares for him.
The mysterious relationship between Reginald and Mary serves as a compelling backdrop. For one, there are a lot of parallels between them and John/Catherine (like I think John tries to fuck Catherine on the same desk he caught them on when he was younger lol). They ultimately served as a warning for the main couple for how not to proceed with their relationship.
The sex:
The overall sex vibes in this book can probably be best described as "down and ready any time, anywhere". Delving into the specific, I'm shameless enough to say I'm all for an instant gratification moment and Lydia delivered with the beginning "ruination" scene... set in the middle of ruins at that. And the ramifications even a decade later are pretty damn hilarious: At some point John admits to Catherine that he couldn't get off unless he was thinking about her to which my reactions in order were a) GASP b) *cackles* c) wait.... this is actually romantic?
There's also a great dry-humping scene pretty early on which honestly might have been hotter than the actual sex? It starts with him telling her he wants to suck ink off her fingers, and ends with him high-tailing out of there with a Boner of Shame and Guilt (we love a selfless man) so I was 100% entertained the whole time.
Overall:
If you enjoy a your historical romances with a side of mystery, then this is the book for you. I loved the easy chemistry between the main couple and how they slowly unraveled the truth of the past. This is a fantastic debut for Lydia Lloyd, and I look forward to future books in this series.
Thank you to Tule Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my review.
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A Royal Wedding
A while I ago, at the invitation of Tule Books, I got together with three writing friends and we wrote a quartet of books set around a royal wedding.
It began with emails flying back and forth as we decided on locations.
The much travelled Sophie Weston found us the perfect spot for the prince. Tucked just below Italy on the Adriatic.
For the English setting, I’d recently been to…
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Something Deadly on Desert Drive (The Accidental Detective)
by Kris Bock
It is my pleasure to welcome Kris Bock to Escape With Dollycas today
Hi Kris,
Please tell us a little bit about yourself.
I live with my husband and our two ferrets in a small town in New Mexico. I’ve been here for twenty years, three times longer than I’ve lived anywhere else.
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A historically and culturally significant lake in California's San Joaquin Valley that first disappeared in 1898 has returned after last year's atmospheric rivers flooded the region.
Tulare Lake, known as Pa'ashi — or "big water" — to the local Tachi Yokut Tribe, was "once the largest body of freshwater west of the Mississippi River," per Earth.com.
Vivian Underhill, who published a paper on Tulare Lake as a postdoctoral research fellow at Northeastern University, noted it was mostly sustained by snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada mountains and was 100 miles long and 30 miles wide at its peak.
The lake served as a key resource for Indigenous Peoples and wildlife and was once robust enough to allow steamships to transport agricultural goods throughout the state.
However, government officials persecuted and displaced the indigenous communities in the late 1800s to convert the area for farming through draining and irrigation.
"They really wanted to get [land] into private hands so that indigenous land claims — that were ongoing at that time — would be rendered moot by the time they went through the courts," Underhill told the Northeastern Global News. "It was a deeply settler colonial project."
While Pa'ashi periodically reappeared during the 1930s, '60s, and '80s, the barrage of atmospheric rivers California experienced in 2023 revived the lake despite the region receiving just 4 inches of rain annually. According to Underhill, Tulare Lake is now the same size as Lake Tahoe, which is 22 miles long and 12 miles wide.
Its resurgence has led to the return of humid breezes at least 10 degrees cooler than average and native species, including fish, amphibians, and birds. Lake Tulare was once a stopping point for migratory birds traveling a route known as the Pacific Flyway.
"Something that continues to amaze me is — [the birds] know how to find the lake again," Underhill told the Northeastern Global News. "It's like they're always looking for it."
The Tachi Yokuts have also returned to Pa'ashi's shores, once again practicing their ceremonies and planting tule reeds and native sage.
#submission#!!!#good news#lakes#Tulare Lake#Pa'ashi#big water#water#water is life#revitalization#anti colonialism#decolonization#nature#Tachi Yokut#indigenous peoples
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Journal des Dames et des Modes, Costume Parisien, 18 février 1798, (7): Capote de Satin, bordée en tule Schall noué par derrière. corsage lacé agrémens en Soie et en Perles au bas de la Robe. Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Netherlands
'Capote' made of satin, trimmed with a strip of tulle. A long scarf around the shoulders, which is tied at the back. The bodice of the dress is laced at the back and decorated at the hem with a diamond pattern of silk and pearls. Colored stockings and flat shoes with pointed toes. The print is part of the fashion magazine Journal des Dames et des Modes, published by Sellèque, Paris, 1797-1839.
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Somehow, trying to redesign Batman rogues is way more difficult than redesigning Spiderman rogues.
Somehow, they aren't inspiring many ideas for me, and much like a lot of dc content, the variations of the characters as a mainline fresh new take on everything is extremely limited in the creativity of variation to their genders and backstories that lead up to them becoming who/what they are. (Or it's left as a one-time one-off thing)
I think we could do with some more genderswaps and stuff, y'know? It would help inspire more creativity with the concepts of the characters. Give more substance to work with.
Some ideas/concepts for what I mean:
Joanna Crane, excluded from her field of research because her methods were too extreme and her research was becoming unethical and against all tules and regulations. Excluded due to being a woman in a field dominated by men within the corrupt city of Gotham.
Oswin Cobblepot, worked exceptionally hard despite her appearance to get where she is in life. Becoming powerful with an impressive influence in the underbelly of Gotham. All stemming from or origins in seeking insurance and protection for her high class club/bar after it had been wrecked one night by thugs. Ever since, she'd managed to firmly plant herself proudly in the underworld.
Arnona Wesker, always had a fascination with puppetry ever since she was little. Due to a sudden house fire when she was just a teen, she lost her collection of puppets.. well, all but 1 head. She salvaged it and kept it for later. Later never came, and her life progressed like a roller coaster of hills. At some point early in her adulthood, she started to hear a voice. It wasn't her own, and it always seemed to come from where she kept that dummy head. The dummy had become sentient.
Arlo Quinzel, talk show radio therapist and psychologist who received one too many prank calls from a bored Joker that ended in his career on the airways. He was highly influential, for better or for worse. Besides psychology, Arlo also enjoyed reading about classical theater and watching performances. An interest of his that had been forced out of him by his family, forcing him instead to go into a more "appropriate" and beneficial field of work. Safe to say, he finally got his wish to entertain through theater and the arts.. albeit twisted into something less playful.
Victoria Fries, a well-known cryogenicist who merely studied the effects of cryogenics on living things, trying to find a way to prevent the death of cells on the body when frozen. In a way, trying to slow down death and aging. Her experiments were done mostly on plants as any suggestions for small animals to help progress her research had always been denied.
Edlyn Nygma, the smartest student in all her schools growing up. She was the brightest despite her dark and dreary homelife. She worked extra hard to prove herself to her old-fashioned misogynistic father, and when that failed, she worked even harder to exceed him and escape the life she suffered through for years. After succeeding, her life hardly picked up. Being forced to work in a small publishing company that made riddle and joke books, the only place that wanted to accept her regardless of her qualifications. The years of monotony and lack of approval to her ideas finally made her crack, burning the place down after. Seeking now to challenge Gotham to prove her mind and self as something worth listening to. Becoming Gotham's anonymous "Riddler" and learning to use people's underestimations of her to her advantage.
Waylynn Jones, ..idk her story could be left alone from the original. Skin condition she was born with that disfigured her, or it was like some kind of genetic mutation that made her look more crocodilian than human, only getting worse as she grew up before finally reaching a point it wouldn't progress any further, leaving her looking big and monstrous.
Salem Kyle, his backstory can also remain pretty much the same as canon with minimal changes. Why change what works? Also I have no ideas for him tbh
Harper Dent, another than could be left the same as the main canon, just swapped around so they're a woman instead cuz we appreciate complex women 👍
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Hey, welcome to my tumblr! I don't think a lot of cozy writers have tumblrs so this might be a silly venture, but I find tumblr to be the least offensive of the social media platforms and way more fun, so here I am.
I write paranormal cozy mysteries! My current (and only) series centers around a mediocre witch who has the unique ability to communicate with plants and finds herself having all sorts of adventures as she learns more about who she really is. My books are diverse, queer, and in my humble opinion, a lot of fun.
I am published by Tule Publishing Group, and you can find my books here!
Watch this space for book snippets, behind-the-scenes blog posts about my writing process, the inspiration behind my works, and other things besides.
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I was getting my notes ready for the next chapter of my novelization when I noticed something odd about the world map I was looking at: there was a mysterious lake north of Jacole that is not there in the game itself. Further investigation into a pull-out map from an activity book from 1992 revealed not just an actual lake, but canals and a lake around Karnak and its town that are no longer there in the final product. Other things of note: the bird-shaped peninsula between Tule and Tycoon is decidedly more beaky than the end result, and the sealed area east-northeast of Tule is smaller. Areas around Tycoon and Walse are much the same as in the game.
The globe projection from the 1992 book Basic Knowledge retains the mystery lake area and beaky peninsula, but loses the canals around Karnak.
This can be excused by the fact that the books are compiled from Famitsu and related magazine articles that were released before the game itself. Several of the books were published in October and November of that year, while the game was released in December.
So, okay, you'd think they'd fix it in future publications, right?
Here is the world map from the PSX-era guidebook:
Same mystery lake area north of Jacole, same canals around Karnak, same elongated beak at the peninsula, same smaller sealed area.
The same problem is in the Final Fantasy Complete Works vol. 1, but not the Ultimania vol. 1.
This was fixed in the later GBA publications, but I'm honestly surprised these errors were kept around for so long.
For reference, here's the final product in the Pixel Remaster version on Steam:
As an aside, here are some other things that ended up not being available in the finished product.
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ARC Review of When the Viscount Wanted Me by Lydia Lloyd
Rating: 3.75/5
Heat Level: 3.5/5
Publication Date: January 16th
Premise:
Lady Henrietta Breminster's indiscretion with her friend Lord Hartley is coming back to haunt her. The indiscreet lord won't stop hounding her for her hand in marriage, and the only person who can intervene is her brother's friend the Viscount Tremberley. Henrietta has long harbored feelings for Trem, and during the course of handling this situation, it turns out Trem is not so indifferent to Henrietta either.
My review:
I'd been looking forward to Trem and Henrietta's romance ever since they were teased in When the Duke Loved Me, and it doesn't take very long for them to get together in this book, that too, inadvertently thanks to another man.
I appreciated this book's treatment of sex and female sexuality; Henrietta is curious about sex and decides to experiment with a friend (who is not the hero), and her experience is a good one. You don't see this in a lot of historical romances, namely, the heroine having premarital sexual experience before the hero, or if she does, the experience is a positive (and consensual) one. When Trem demands to know why she did this, Henrietta quickly impresses on him that "because I wanted to" is an absolutely valid answer, like it always has been for men. And Henrietta explicitly acknowledges the pregnancy risk and states she would be fine with having Trem's child out of wedlock, which, again, isn't something I see very often in a historical romance. Also, I did find it funny that while Trem felt suuuuper guilty about debauching his best friend's sister to the point where he sent ye olde batsignal to his other friends to counsel him, that didn't stop him from doing it over and over again (not that Henrietta was complaining)
Here is where I became a bit confused about the direction of the plot and conflict: Henrietta and Trem quickly become engaged without revealing they've had sex to Henrietta's brother John (the previous hero and Trem's best friend). John is happy at first but becomes suspicious about why they've suddenly decided to get married. After that, he devolves into this almost comic state of immaturity and freezes out Trem. On top of that, Hartley is demanding Henrietta marry him and goes as far as to make a public fuss, but he's never quite treated as a villain and is instead treated as a mere nuisance. Eventually, Henrietta runs away to see her birth mother, with Trem chasing after her, however, even that conflict is quickly resolved between them as well as Henrietta and her birth mother. Hartley ends up making a random, final appearance where he does actually try something dastardly, but there's still no explanation or motivation for his actions.
There were also a couple plot points I think could have been explored further: Henrietta is given an opportunity to run a ladies' magazine, and she wants to expand its offerings to include political articles on subjects such as abolition. In addition, Trem comes to the realization that he's, well, an indolent lord, and he could be doing more with his life, but there isn't much development or discussion on that front apart from his one grand gesture near the end of the book.
The sex:
Plentiful would be the best way to put it. Trem seduces Henrietta by asking her to show him exactly what she did with Hartley which I thought was just great, and after that, nothing can stop these two: Not being at a public ball or the middle of the woods, not cockblocking siblings, not even gunshot wounds (as Trem tells Henrietta, "I could fuck you with a bullet in both [arms]").
Funnily enough, this will be the second book this year I'll be recommending by saying if you felt cheated by that scene in A Wallflower Christmas by Lisa Kleypas where St. Vincent insinuates he's going to use a pearl necklace on Evie but we never read the follow-through, this is your book.
Overall:
I'd recommend this book for anyone looking for a historical romance with instalove, plenty of sex, and a relatively low-stakes plot.
Thank you to Tule Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my review.
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Something Shady at Sunshine Haven (The Accidental Detective) by Kris Bock #Spotlight / #Giveaway
Something Shady at Sunshine Haven (The Accidental Detective) by Kris Bock #Spotlight / #Giveaway
Something Shady at Sunshine Haven (The Accidental Detective)
by Kris Bock
I am pleased to shine my spotlights on
Something Shady at Sunshine Haven today!
About Something Shady at Sunshine Haven
Something Shady at Sunshine Haven (The Accidental Detective)
Cozy Mystery
1st in Series
Setting – Arizona
Tule Publishing (April 7, 2022)
Paperback : 324 pages
ISBN-10 : 195489449X
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I’m in the holiday celebration in Tule’s Book Club on Facebook right now! Join me to celebrate all of my Christmas titles published by Tule (starting with Blame the Mistletoe in 2014!) There will be recipes, giveaways, and lots of friendly chatting. I’ll be in the group from 12-2pm Pacific time today (3-5pm Eastern.) Pop in anytime and, if you can’t make it, be sure to check in later to enter the giveaway. Click on the image or join the Tule Book Club group here .
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Project to translate and republish the literary magazines of Tule Lake
Tule Lake is the final frontier for the study of Japanese American incarceration. After 80 years, the Segregation Center at Tule Lake remains the least-understood and most-avoided subject in polite Japanese American society. And the fiction and poetry written by the Issei and Kibei Nisei during this tumultuous period and published in the camp’s literary magazines has languished unread by those…
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They Called Us Enemy
The book.
They called us enemy by George Takei. Published on July 16th, 2019. Reviewed by EKP.
Historical Content.
On Sunday, December 7th, 1941 the Japanese attacked the Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. It was broadcasted on the radio for everyone in the united states to hear. About thirty minutes later the president declared war on Japan. Seventy- four days after Pearl Harbor the president issued an executive order 9066 on February 19, 1942. Ten days later the entire west coast was declared a "military zone." Throughout the spring of 1942 all Japanese Americans living was to report to designated landmark for processing removal. Over the time of June 17th, 1940-1942 financial assets property and businesses of nearly all Japanese American were seized. 1943 California passed a law that any farm equipment left behind could be seized by the states. And on March 24th the Army began targeting first districts for evacuation, a curfew was issued. Anyone of Japanese Ancestry needed to stay home from 8pm-6am. Japanese Americans could not travel more than five miles from their residence or place of employment. Spring of 1942, Japanese were unloaded at Santa Anita racetrack. Each family were assigned a horse stall.
October 7th, 1942 Rohwer Relocation Center AKA camp Rohwer was the easternmost of the ten internment sites. The camp had thirty-three blocks, which housed two-hundred and fifty people. Rohwer was home to 8,500 Japanese Americans. January of 1943 no Japanese american was not allowed to join the military, and all Japanese already in the military were forced to surrender their weapons. On February 3rd, 1943 Japanese Americans were able to join the military if they were "Loyal citizens." 442nd regimental combat team was created, as a special all Nisei unit, made of thousands of volunteers from Hawaii and from Internment camps on the mainland. Over at eastern France the 1st battalion, 141 regiment of 36th "Texas" division was surrounded and cut off from supplies while patrolling the Vosges Mountain. Segregated soldiers of the 442nd were sent to break through German lines on October 26th, 1944. Five days of intense fighting, but the 442nd were able to break through and rescue 211 men. The 442nd suffered over 800 casualties. 42 were sent to Bavaria as prisoners were they were held until the POW camp was liberated in April 1945.
May 9, 1944. One year and seven months after arriving at Rohwer, George and his family relocated to Tule lake. July 1st 1944, H.R. 4103 was drafted by attorney General Francis Biddle. The bill gave Japanese Americans the right to give up their rights as United States citizens. February 23, 1944 house vote for H.R. 4103 by a vote of 111 to 23. December 18, 1944 was the closure of the Japanese Camps. August 1945, News from the outside reached the camps, Hiroshima bombing and the Nagasaki bombing. August 14, 1945 Japan surrenders and the war was ended. The government cut camp services. November 15, 1945 the first ship of deported "enemy Aliens" was to depart. Among those was George's mother.
September 1945 nearly 1,000 renunciants formed the Tule Lake Defense Committee. And on November 13, 1945 two days before deportations were scheduled to start Collins filed habeas corpus suits representing 935 plaintiffs. November 14, 1945 a Japanese American attorney and an associate of Collins delivered the good news. More than 3,000 people that received hearings, nearly 90 percent were released. But in 1945, courtroom success meant they were cleared to relocate anywhere in america. March 6, 1946 And George and his family were one of the last remaining internees on the block. July 15, 1946 and the 442nd was the most decorated unit of its size president Truman honored dozens of its members with distinguished service cross. The second- highest honor that could be awarded. Many years later the government recognized their heroism with the congressional medal of honor in July 21, 2000.
Perspectives.
"Though they responded in different ways; caring for their family, fighting on the battlefield. Or serving time for their principles, all Japanese Americans showed incredible courage and heroism. They proved that being american is not just for some people. They all made difficult choices to demonstrate their patriotism to this country, even when it rejected them." (Takei 123) No matter what your genetics comes from, everyone showed their heroism to the country, even when it wasn't accepted.
Summary.
The story "They Called us Enemy" by George Takei is a book about the unjust treatment the Japanese American's served after the attack on Pearl Harbor. After the attack George and his family living in Boyle, Los Angeles was taken from their home and sent to a concentration camp. His family of five include him, his younger sister and brother and his two parents, where sent to camp Rohwer. They were forced on trains with nothing and kept hidden from public. When they arrived their family was given their own horse stall to use as their new home. It was smelly, but worst of all because of the horrendous condition the stables was in many contracted illnesses. including George and his little baby sister. With medicine they was able to overcome it. But even in the dark time George remembered good memories like meeting other Japanese american families like the Takahashi family. Mrs Takahashi had four children and was a single parent because her husband was arrested for being a Buddhist minister. Next was the Yasuda family. Mrs. Yasuda's husband was arrested or being a Japanese Language school teacher.
Something George noticed was that the police went after people with high positions of power. George Takei father was selected to be responsible of their community inside the camps because he had a good understanding and comprehension in both English and the Japanese languages, and the democracy process. He was titled as he block manager which came with many benefits. While his parents were trying to settle to their new locked up home George and his brother saw the camp as a new place to explore. George learned from his father about many things like how to be polite. One of his memories to that was when older teens from the camp convinced him to yell 'sakana beach' to the guard in hopes of getting what he wanted. He was shunned and got kicked away, the confused kid went to his father where he learned that it was a bad word. Now being older George understands that 'sakana beach' sounded like 'son of a bitch' in English.
Because of his fathers block manager position they was able to rent a jeep and explore father parts of camp Rohwler. They went to farm and saw many animals one being the hog which George calls an Arkansas dinosaur. Even though something as small as a jeep ride to a barn was, it will always remain in George's memories. "It was a fond memory that glows radiantly with warmth." He wrote.
Many months passed Christmas came and in January 1943 everyone in the camps were force to pledge their loyalty to the states and Japanese Americans were finally able to serve in the military due to high casualties numbers. To test their loyalty questionnaires were handed to every adult in the campus. Two questions stood out the most. George Takei's parents became known as the no-no's because of answering no's to those questions. Whereas other Japanese American families whole heatedly pledged their loyalty to the states.
One year and seven months after arriving at Rohwer they was being relocated again, but this time they were sent to camp Tule Lake a maximum- security segregated place, guarded by battle ready soldier, machine gun towers and tanks for no-no's like his parents. The new camp was very different from the Rohwers. Some people rallied in full support of Japan which caused many raids. Even with all the negative things happening around there was some good in it all. A man named Herbert Nicholson delivered books to everyone in the concentration camp, even after being attacked he still showed. He devoted his life to advocating for Japanese American's during and after the war.
July 1st 1944 public law 78-405 was signed by the president. Any Japanese american could sign their rights on being an american citizen. They had the right to become an enemy alien. George takei's mother took that offer in hopes of trying to protect her family. August and word spread of America's bombing on Hiroshima, than Nagasaki. Japan surrendered and the war was ended. So the government closed all concentration camps. Scared of what would happen to their family they seeked legal advice from Theodore Tamba. He was able to grant all their American citizenship back after signing it away.
Getting back into society was difficult for George he still faced the constant open discrimination because of his race but he was strong to push through. He was able to look back into his and many other cases and grant many people the citizenship and freedom they deserve.
Theme
The theme of this book is to show the injustices and discrimination that Japanese American's faced during World War 2. Sharing the joy and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother's hard choices and his fathers faith in democracy, and how those experiences changed his future. Citizenship is important even in the most valuable times. "While some protested against the U.S. Government, lured by pro-Japanese militans other had more personal concerns with thoughts of trying to force washingtons hand in order to protect her family my mother made the bold decison to renounce her citizenship." (Takei 154) "As a teenager I became curious about the internment camps. I searched all my civil and history books, but there was nothing about the internment of Japanese Americans." (Takei 173)
Perspectives.
"There were fishermen and farmers, shopkeepers and professionals. We were so diverse, all so different and yet, we were all the same. We were all Japanese Americans and were all in block 6 at camp Rohwer. That was our common denominator." (Takei 76) Everyone at the camp were so different but shared one thing; their race.
Character.
George Takei changed when he was a teenage in high school. Having many fuzzy memories about his childhood in the concentration camp, so he searched for anything on that topic but found nothing. It was like America had swept what they did to his family and many more under the carpet. So he worked hard to make his voice heard about his and many of the United States injustices based of race. "It was after those dinner talks with my father that informed so much of my world overview and instilled in me a desire to share our story with as many people as possible." (Takei 196)
Perspectives.
"We were loaded onto trains headed east, but not being 'tagged' to keep of us like cattle. To my parents, it was yet another de-humanizing act." (Takei 36) Because of Takei's young age he never understood how unfair he was being treated. But to his parents everything was inhuman and degrading seeing the country you supported turn their back on you.
Character.
Was putting Japanese Americans in camps reasonable? The emergency Detention Act Title 11 of the Internal Security Act of 1950. It restricted the freedom of a certain individual or a group of individuals based on actions that may be taken that would threaten the security of a nation or a particular area. "Masumi Izumi links the Emergency Detention Act with Japanese American wartime incarceration in her cogent study, The Rise and Fall of America’s Concentration Camp Law. She dissects the entangled discourses of race, national security, and civil liberties between 1941 and 1971 by examining how this historical precedent generated “the concentration camp law” and expanded a ubiquitous regime of surveillance in McCarthyist America." (Temple University Press, Izumi, 2020)
Reflection.
Something I learned from this book is to keep your spirit until you cant no more. Don't let fear dictate or control you life or decisions like the American Government did with locking up the Japanese Americans. But while I learned life lessons from the book I learned a new insight on another cruel american treatment to something that isn't accepted by them. I would rate this book 3.5 stars out of 5. I think this book needs more insight on the camps. But overall it was a good book, that didn't openly say America was wrong. While also giving us happy moments in such a dark moment.
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4 dicas para usar roupas de calor no inverno
Especialista explica como você pode aproveitar peças para criar um look estiloso e quentinho
Durante o inverno, a versatilidade é essencial para criar looks estilosos e aproveitar ao máximo todas as peças do guarda-roupa – inclusive, as roupas de verão -, adaptando-se a dias de sol e temperaturas variadas.
“Saia, vestido ou camiseta de manga curta são ótimas opções para serem usadas nesse período, sempre com um complemento que garanta uma produção quentinha e confortável”, conta Indira Magalhães, coordenadora de estilo da Caedu.
A seguir, a profissional ensina como usar essas peças em looks de inverno. Confira!
1. Camiseta de manga curta no inverno
Nos dias de inverno, com temperaturas mais amenas ou quando surge a vontade de elaborar uma produção mais divertida e moderna, tirar a blusa de manga curta do guarda-roupa e investir nela é uma opção perfeita ao complementá-la com outra peça.
“Uma dica que está sendo superusada no momento é colocar uma blusa de tule ou de gola alta por baixo de uma t-shirt mais larga. Ou, até mesmo, usar uma regata embaixo dessa blusa, principalmente quando ela for estampada, como o animal print ”, indica a profissional.
Mas, quando a vontade for de usar uma camiseta de manga curta embaixo de uma jaqueta, por exemplo, Indira Magalhães sugere apostar nas opções com gola alta e de tecidos mais quentes , como o canelado.
2. Charme no visual com saia ou shorts
Usar saia ou shorts no inverno pode garantir um visual superdescolado e estiloso, principalmente utilizados com uma bota. “Para garantir que o look fique quentinho e agradável, a recomendação ideal é colocar uma meia-calça por baixo, que, além de esquentar, pode dar um toque de charme na produção”, explica a coordenadora de estilo da Caedu.
Outra dica de Indira Magalhães é usar essas peças com um casaco comprido por cima, já que a terceira camada também aquece essa região do corpo . Além disso, escolher bem o modelo de saia ou shorts pode ser fundamental para essa estação. “Tecidos como veludo ou suede, principalmente em tons neutros, ajudam a esquentar o corpo e combinam superbem com essa época”, finaliza.
3. Praticidade do vestido e do macacão
Quem não ama um look prático e versátil, não é mesmo? E vestidos e macacões, dos mais variados modelos, são ótimos exemplos disso. Coringas, podem ser usados de inúmeras formas durante o inverno, desde os dias com temperaturas mais amenas até nos mais frios.
“Para escolher a melhor opção de vestido, uma boa dica é apostar nos de cores mais escuras, que combinam mais com a temporada, principalmente os modelos mais compridos, como o midi, ou os que possuem as mangas maiores. Já para aquecer o look, abusar de jaquetas ou casacos pesados com meia-calça e bota. Tudo isso vai garantir um look com muito estilo e conforto”, explica Indira Magalhães.
Para os macacões, a profissional recomenda os modelos que possuem comprimentos longos, como a jardineira, que ajuda a aquecer ainda mais o corpo. “As opções em jeans ficam bem descontraídas com uma camiseta básica de manga comprida por baixo. E, até mesmo, podem ser usadas com um casaco por cima ou tricot mais quentinho”, sugere.
4. Elegância da camisa
A camisa é uma peça clássica e coringa que pode ser usada durante todas as estações do ano. Porém, há alguns elementos que deixam essa vestimenta mais quentinha e apropriada para o inverno, como uma terceira peça sobre ela.
“A tendência do momento é usar um colete ou uma peça de tricot em cima da camisa, deixando apenas a gola e manga de fora, garantindo um visual supermoderno”, recomenda a profissional.
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