The weather is still amazing.
The Habs are in the playoffs,
I had a decent night’s sleep,
all in all,
not too bad,
here at,
bookish butch central.
Yesterday, I acquired,
a whole bunch of books,
at the bookstore,
some weird and interesting,
stuff,
a few books,
that I thought,
“I’ve always wanted to read that”
One of them is,
Soul On Ice,
Eldridge Cleaver.
Cleaver was a big man,
in the Black Panthers,
he called himself,
the Minister of Information.
I’m interested,
in clandestine,
political movements,
of the past,
The I.R.A,
the F.L.Q.
and the Black Panthers.
Revolutionary movements,
that start,
with lofty ideas,
and often degenerate,
into violent,
narrow focused,
power trips.
I am interested in the history,
of oppression,
and the attempts to rise,
above,
that oppression.
Soul On Ice,
is a book of essays,
and looks,
like it might be,
a disturbing read,
for instance,
one of the essays,
is about raping,
white women,
in order to stick it to,
The Man.
Ok, this is an old book,
still,
why is it,
that women,
are always the victims,
of choice,
for men who,
feel weak and disenfranchised,
this goes on,
still today,
in troubled,
parts of the world,
in our parts of the world.
If the world emasculates you,
beat up your wife,
your girlfriend,
kick your dog,
sick stuff.
I don’t mean,
to be reductive,
I, in no way,
say men are like that,
or that the ideas,
of revolution,
are beset with this kind,
of attitude.
It is however, undeniable,
that women and girls,
bear the brunt,
of war, revolution, and poverty.
Sorry, girls,
didn’t mean to get all soapboxish,
talking about this book sent,
me on a bit of a tiraid,
maybe, I should just,
read it and tell you,
what I think,
it qualifies for,
The Bottom Of The Box,
category,
it’s hard to find,
and is in sorry ass,
condition.
I’ll let you know.
Another book which was,
part of the acquisitions was,
Freakonomics,
I’ve read a lot,
about this book,
controversial,
and brilliant,
apparently.
I think I’ll read that next.
I gave up on Forster’s Maurice,
I hated it.
Well, I’m going downtown,
shop and walk,
I wish you all,
an excellent Sunday.
Later girls,
BB