Category: Book Club
The Real Work of Writing Happens in Revision
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Remember, this month I’m going to do some writing about the non-club books I read over the course of 2025, or at least some pieces that tie everything together between books. If you like this and want to keep the content coming become a member The part of the writing process that gives me the
Autocracy Inc Shows How the West Is Using the Autocrats’ Playbook
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We’ll do something a bit different next month…no specific book. I’ll be looking back at all the books I’ve read this year and building out some common themes over the course of the month. If you’re not part of book club then join to get all the posts. After reading Autocracy Inc and looking at
The Firehose of Falsehoods is Turning Democracy into a Nazi Bar
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According to Applebaum, one of the key tactics that autocracies use to encourage citizens to opt out of any type of democratic process is a firehose of falsehoods. When presented with something bad the regime did the autocrat will produce as many reasons as possible that the bad thing, be it corruption or literally killing
Democracy for Me, Poverty and Exploitation for Thee
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We’re not even out of Chapter 1 in this month’s book and another thought has been sticking with me. Democracies love to preach the virtues of freedom – but they’ve never hesitated to install “friendly” leaders abroad when there’s profit to be made. This isn’t the first time I’ve come across the idea either. In
Democratic Hubris
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The first point that stuck out to me in Autocracy Inc is that many democratic countries believed if they engaged with autocrats economically they’d export their clearly superior ideas and democracy would spread throughout the world. This is a very common thought because we all want to believe that our ideas are the right ones,
What We Lost When We Made Sex Casual
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Next moth’s book is Autocracy Inc. Sign up to book club to get all the discussion on it free. This month’s book was The Case Against the Sexual Revolution by Louise Perry. Perry sets out to answer the question, was the sexual revolution good for women? Was it all good, all bad, what parts were
Take Sex Seriously
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The main premise of The Case Against the Sexual Revolution is that while freedom was gained for women in the sexual revolution, many things were lost that were good. Perry digs into this heavily in the first chapter which looks at how liberal feminism tries to say that sex is no more meaningful than any
My Freedom Was Built Before I Was Born
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While we’d like to think our world is one of freedom but it’s not. The world is only free for some while others live under rules made by people who want to strip their freedom. These rules are made by others, often rich white people, as a way to suppress the freedom of others and
The Cost of Taboos, Freedom and Chronological Snobbery
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I wasn’t quite sure what I was getting into with The Case Against the Sexual Revolution in this month’s book club but I’d say that it surprised me from the outset with some excellent questions I’ve been mulling over recently. First, Perry talks about the taboo discussions of liberalism which I also recently encountered in
Chase Jarvis and the Myth of the Self-Made Creator
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Next month’s book is The Case Against the Sexual Revolution. Join the book club to get all the posts. This month we read Never Play it Safe by Chase Jarvis. Jarvis’ premise is that the best stuff in life lives just outside your comfort zone. While comfort isn’t bad, and can lead to a good