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So, I joined this group mainly because I am stressing about going back to college. My first year away at school left me isolated, clinically depressed, and in a state of depersonalization. Afterward, I took off a semester and then took some classes near my home. Now, I am looking to move away again for school, and I am terrified that it will be…[Read more]
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Hey, I just wanted to say, I definitely felt something similar back in my first year of university/college. I’m now in my last year and graduating soon. At the time I just sucked it up and kept going anyway, mostly because I didn’t have much of a choice (for many different reasons). It does get better though — it takes time to settle into places,…[Read more]
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Not to detract from the seriousness of either of our posts, but damn, those emoticons look ridiculous.
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Yeah, not going to lie. Those emoticons do look kinda random winking and smiling there in the middle of the paragraph. Almost creepy even…:-)
But your response is full of positivity and useful advice so it’s all good.-
…and I fail at making emoticons…
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I just graduated from college a couple of months ago and felt similar to you during my first year. I started off with a roommate but by the second semester I’d moved into a single dorm and further isolated myself.
During my second year I decided to do something different. I got another roommate – who turned out much better than the first, got an…[Read more] -
God yes, this sounds like my first year of college to a T! I was really alone. It sucked, but I have great news- I know what to do. You just have to make yourself sign up for volunteer and group activities. Specifically, I’d say join your university’s feminist and/or LGBT groups, and get involved. You’ll make friends, be happier, and feel like…[Read more]
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Philly Straddles Hard! 12 years, 2 months agoI would like to share something really important with you all. Passional, located at 704 S. 5th Street, has unicorn horn, jellyfish, and octopus tentacle dildos. They are pretty neat.
You can see an example of what they look like on this site: http://www.blowfish.com/catalog/toys/nonreal_dildos.html
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Wow, look at all these people who joined the group and didn’t say anything. Shocking ; )
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Leah posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel @julia1
I just finished Obsession by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker (366 pages), which is about Douglas’s experince with the Investigative Support Unit in the FBI and his other experiences in profiling violent criminals, and what lessons the general public can take from his experiences. I was amazed at how often violent offenders are…[Read more] -
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel @julie1
I just finished Harry, A History: The true story of a boy wizard, his fans, and life inside the Harry Potter phenomenon by Melissa Anelli (of the Leaky Cauldron), 330 pages. I had started this book years ago but only read the first chapter (as indicated by a bookmark) and then for some reason set it aside. I had to make a…[Read more]-
@julia1 * fuuuu
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molllllly posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoLast week, I read a fascinating biography of Alice Roosevelt Longworth by Barbara Kerley and Edwin Fotheringham. What To Do About Alice focuses on her unconventional childhood and outlook on life, as well as the complicated bond she had with her father. The sometimes strained relationship between Alice and Teddy Roosevelt…[Read more]
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months ago@internrachel, @julia1, bookclubbers, greetings
a few days ago i finished ‘a visit from the goon squad’, jennifer egan, 352 pages. i quite enjoyed this though it was quite different from what i expected – as a pulitzer prize winner i expected gripping detail and interwoven stories and strong characters. actually it had all those things but in a…[Read more] -
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Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoI just finished Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende (457 pages).
It follows a woman named Zarité, who was born a slave to the owner of a sugar plantation in Saint-Domingue (Haiti, back when it was still a French colony). The story doesn’t just focus on her, but on a whole cast of characters whose lives intertwine…[Read more]
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it only took you 14 hours to read 457 pages? Dang girl! Did you read it in one continuous sitting? I wish I had that kind of free time to read :(
On another note I love Isabel Allende and I’ve read almost all her novels, but I hadn’t heard of this one, so thanks! Another book to add to my must read list.-
I’ve always been a fast reader, but I had to become lightning fast in grad school just to survive! My program was really, really heavy on the theory, so that meant unreasonable amounts of reading assignments. But I didn’t read all of that book in one sitting. I read about 100 pages the night before, then the next day I took a short lunch break…[Read more]
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LCB posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoThis morning I finished Andrew Holleran’s Dancer From The Dance (250 pages). I had mixed feelings about it. Holleran’s writing style tends toward the overblown (overblown in an often lovely way, don’t get me wrong), and I think I just don’t romanticize the experience of gay discos enough to be taken in by his extended riffs…[Read more]
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i’ve been meaning to check out that holleran book because it’s on so many lists of queer classics. another good classic to check out is ‘sexual outlaw’ by john rechy, which is an account of being a hustler in LA. he uses newspaper stuff from that period to talk about police violence against queers. and he’s generally an amazing writer but also…[Read more]
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Chloe posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoI read Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett (398 pages) and another one I’d forgotten to write about here, A Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham (352 pages). I’m trying to read more books from BBC’s Top 100 Books list and a bunch of friends have recommended Good Omens. I haven’t read fantasy-type books in a while and…[Read more]
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I get pretty excited any time anyone says they’re reading Good Omens. I just needed to share that.
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Good Omens! Love Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, separately or together. Reading more of the BBC top 100 sounds like a fun challenge to give yourself. If you want any recommendations as to what to read next, I thought the ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy by Philip Pullman was brilliant and a lot of fun.
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I actually have had that trilogy on my shelf for ages, I’ve been meaning to read it for years. One of these days!
A lot of the books on the list that I haven’t read are ones I’ve been meaning to read anyway, so it’ll be fun, even if I never have as much time as I’d like to read.
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Kaitlin posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 2 months agoHey guys!
So, I saw the Harry Potter movie last Saturday, and I decided it would be fun to reread the books! Like, all of them! So I did. (309, 341, 317, 734, 870, 652, and 759 pages, individually, and 3,982 pages total!)
On the whole, it was a really strange experience. I had read the books when I was much younger and…[Read more]
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Raksha posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 3 months agoToday I read Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation by Elissa Stein and Susan Kim (288 pages).
This traced historical attitudes toward menstruation, as well as the products and medical interventions developed to deal with it, mostly from an American perspective, but with occasional dips into ancient history as well. It…[Read more]
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Jess posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 3 months ago@internrachel, @julia1
I finished The Road (256 pages) right after I read A Separate Peace. Here’s the review I wrote after I finished:
Reading The Road was like watching a particularly disturbing episode of Criminal Minds, an episode that makes me sick to my stomach and I want to turn of the tv but I can’t because I would probably imagine a much…[Read more] -
Jess posted an update in the group
Autostraddle Summer Book Club 2011 12 years, 3 months ago@internrachel, @julia1
I have been reading a lot these past few weeks because I just moved to Texas and don’t have internet at my house yet. I’m accessing autostraddle.com from my local library, where I can’t check out books because I don’t have any form of Texas ID yet. A couple of weeks ago I read A Separate Peace (196 pages), mostly while…[Read more] - Load More