Christine Gabrièlle

Okay, so BOOM!

No, but seriously, I have been reading Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good for about a month and it’s been a slow read—mostly because I’ve been neglecting my reading time. BUT I’ve been doing better this past week, and I finally transcribed the notes I’d put into my voice recorder app while reading, so I can come here and share with you.

I’ve mentioned this book before as I was trying to read the eBook but kept getting stuck. I finally bought the book earlier this year as a reward for one of my monthly challenges (the intro page to each month in my daily planner has a spread for a challenge of the month and I’ve been picking some productive things to challenge myself with. V proud.)

I’m not even halfway through the book yet, but the length of the notes for four of the pieces I’ve transcribed already (I’m around piece #21 [there are no chapters, just a collection of pieces organized by sections and subsections] but I didn’t have “out loud thoughts” for everything I read) tells me I need to approach this one in pieces and parts.

Some of the notes will be short; some lengthy. Some thought-heavy and some quote-heavy (I will make sure to distinguish between book text and my thoughts with a color difference).

Like I mentioned, I haven’t had “out loud thoughts” for every piece in this collection thus far, and likely won’t have them for every piece going forward, so you will not see a blog post for each of the 68 pieces, only for the ones I express thoughts on as I’m reading them… provided the thoughts are coherent.

With each post, I’m likely going to just jump into the parts that stood out for me. All the posts will be under the Tag: Pleasure Activism once they’ve published, so check back in a couple months if you want to read them all at the same time (or subscribe to get them in your inbox when they post).

Ready?

Stay tuned!

🖤