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The Knitting Circle Rapist Annihilation Squad (2012)

by Derrick Jensen(Favorite Author)

3.13 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1604865962 (ISBN13: 9781604865967)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

PM Press

review 1: If half stars were a thing on good reads, I'd give it a half star. I almost liked it. I admit that I'm probably being influenced by what I know of the author and his work with Deep Green Resistance. Deep Green Resistance is an organization I wish I could get behind 100% but their policies that exclude transgender people keep me from being a supporter. No sign of transphobia in this particular book but DGR is also fond of using the words "slavery" and "enslavement" to talk about income inequality and capitalism, which I find to be problematic and counterproductive towards creating a social justice movement that is inclusive. There's a bit of that language used in the book. It's a shame that all of the above things plus writing that was sort of meh had to happen here. The sa... moretire was quite well done. I think someone well versed in the concept of rape culture would have a greater appreciation of the satire than average person.
review 2: so, the rape culture is over the top, and this is an attempt at over-the-top satire, but it's really poorly written. even if i'm on board with quite a few of the political rants, there's no story stringing them together. i couldn't suspend my disbelief long enough to appreciate an unapologetic "fuck you!" to rapists. there is no such thing as a cheese factory that makes a different cheese every week, for starters. gaperon and roquefort are made in FRANCE. blah blah, the attempt to make fun of mindfulness meditation and nonviolence was pretty disappointing. not to mention the likelihood that we'll have enough death in the coming clusterfuck and don't need pile up corpses to revolt. or perhaps i am just naive. anyway, annoying rather than funny. less

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