Ocean Songs, by Ethan Rutherford is likely my favorite thing from Covered with Fur so far. The language is startlingly beautiful and highly Melville-esque. I mean, the first chapter is: "Before we were swimmers we were men. In the Morning and cramped it were our hunger that turned, and before us the Quaker laid the sea and … Continue reading weekend reading
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What We’re Reading This Week
BETHANY The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol J. Adams "Carol Adams takes a fascinating look at the many connections between the oppression of women and the oppression of animals throughout human history. She considers, among other topics, the cultural phenomenon of conflating women's bodies and cuts of meat (in advertisements for chicken that ask … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week