I read slop. Paranormal romance, YA type shit, scifi, whatever. But something fun I can engage my imagination with. Problem is they’re usually ignorant as hell of real world shit so the whiplash can be a bit maddening sometimes. I need some polyamorous communist werewolf romance slop instead of them always being military or cops or some shit. I did ready the Iron Widow series a couple weeks ago and the second book, Heavenly Tyrant, is pure commie propaganda. So that was a nice change.
I finally made the move and bought Iron Widow. Idk when I’ll read it but I will give it a try eventually.
Word. Note that Iron widow is still pretty YA tropey, kinda rough writing. Though there’s good polyamory going on. The commie propaganda really kicks in on Heavenly Tyrant.
I hope i make it to reading Heavenly Tyrant.
Btw, A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers is very warm, sweet, short, and majorly changed my view on life. Idk if she’s communist, but money doesn’t exist in the world of that book. You also don’t have to work if you can’t/don’t want to in this society, and people will still take care of you. Reading it has been describes as the feeling of someone handing you a warm cup of tea.
I LOVE Becky Chambers! The Monk and Robot series are wonderful, as are the Wayfarer series, AND she’s starting a new duology coming out this October!
Someone here on hexbear recommended the Monk and Robot series a while back and I read the first one and like a week later I had read everything I could find that she had published. 
Oh damn As You Wake Break the Shell is good ass title and cover art. I’m exciteddd
Hell yea, me too!
Huh, Heavenly Tyrant
The book is dedicated to Qiu Jin, Rosa Luxembourg, Thomas Sankara, Salvador Allende, and “others who came before, along with those who will come after”.
Written by Xiran Jay Zhao (nice)
It’s good. YA so temper your expectations, but it’s good propaganda. The writing in the second book is better too, but ya gotta read the first one for the story to make sense.
gotta take a slop break for sure
Reading about fictional colonialism and imperialism >.>
I can endlessly doomscroll because I’m an absurdist, but I balance anything sociological or historical with nature and natural history. That’s the real thing we’ve built man-made horrors beyond our comprehension on. All of those can be compartmentalised as human shit instead of Earth shit.
As a caveat though, nothing radicalises me more than being a naturalist.
Reading smut.
The fuck is ‘reading’.
That thing one sometimes does in-between posting
You read about counterinsurgency.
I like to read about the details and strategy of revolutionary movements. It’s uplifting and useful. Reading Amilcar Cabral: A Political Life in Motion right now and loving it
Breaking : User struggling with baseness addiction
drugs and/or technical literature. I like to geek out on manufacturers specs for stuff I work on/install.
Usually if I’m reading something heavy I make sure to get up to play a little basketball or walk my dog. Some sun and fresh air always helps. Since it’s the winter in the northern hemisphere I guess that option is less available but I think that just generally trying to go outside for a bit is helpful.
Usually light reading like Fantasy or comics. Maybe video games.
Touching grass with friends or by myself.
Also, watching films.
I’m still listening to Fallout: Equestria and I’m not even close to half-way through.
I run out of new stuff on hexbear
Occasionally working because I still need money to buy physical books. Sure, I can pirate a PDF on my phone or computer and then read, sure, but there is a special feeling about having an actual book of paper. Even better if it’s a hardcover.
