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Post by blurnette989 on Sept 14, 2017 2:17:27 GMT -6
Need to get my hands on a copy.
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Post by pictureitsicily on Sept 14, 2017 5:00:02 GMT -6
This is funny. Did y'all know HRC is funny? I thought the same thing when I was reading. I literally LOL-ed at the Antichrist story from the Inauguration. I've only had a chance to read a chapter and a half. Hoping to have more time to read on Friday and this weekend. |
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Post by summerbabe on Sept 14, 2017 5:04:13 GMT -6
My husband was given a copy, I need to remind him to bring it home from work. I'll get right on it!
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Post by justkeepmoving on Sept 14, 2017 5:15:43 GMT -6
My copy isn't expected to arrive until Monday. Thanks Amazon.
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Post by coconutbacon on Sept 14, 2017 5:24:52 GMT -6
My copy isn't expected to arrive until Monday. Thanks Amazon. Same here! |
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Post by blurnette989 on Sept 14, 2017 6:28:17 GMT -6
I'm listening to the audible version. I had credits and I'd have to wait at least a week to get a physical copy. I've never listened to an audiobook before.
It is weird hearing Hillary read her own words.
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Post by jkjacq on Sept 14, 2017 6:38:21 GMT -6
I'm only 8% in... I'll be back.
and yes she is funny
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Post by enchanted on Sept 14, 2017 6:49:17 GMT -6
I've finished the first couple of chapters and I love her calling what's his face on his Antichrist bullshit. That was awesome. I want to dive back in tonight.
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Post by CurlieWhirlie on Sept 14, 2017 7:06:41 GMT -6
I'm about three chapters in. The story about Chaffetz shaking her hand at the inauguration and then posting the picture to say "Glad she's not President, the investigation continues" -- and then she's like "Honestly, I thought you were Reince." LOL!
She is really funny, and smart, and this is really unfair.
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Post by byjove on Sept 14, 2017 11:03:07 GMT -6
I'll be starting in about a week!
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Post by LED on Sept 14, 2017 12:43:22 GMT -6
I just bought it to read during naps/MOTN wake ups. It'll take me a while, but I'm excited it seems good so far!
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Post by milano on Sept 14, 2017 13:12:16 GMT -6
I just started, 3% down..
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Post by geekygirly on Sept 14, 2017 16:48:22 GMT -6
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Post by CurlieWhirlie on Sept 14, 2017 17:05:36 GMT -6
I'm in the chapter that details the day-to-day of her life on the campaign trail. The part about staffers thinking flavor-blasted goldfish are better than the original, "which is incorrect." The part about how they all talked about food all the time on the long plane rides!
YOU GUISE, HILLARY CLINTON AND HER STAFF ARE JUST LIKE US!
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Post by bazi on Sept 14, 2017 17:32:10 GMT -6
I'm really liking it...and a friend of mine who has worked for her for years got a shout out so woo hoo!
I like that she's being honest about the emotional toll this has taken on her, while clearly demonstrating that she's still made of steel.
Also, everyone who is saying she should shut up and fade away can get fucked. If anyone has earned the right to candidly speak her mind, it's Hillary.
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Post by Bluebird on Sept 14, 2017 19:44:20 GMT -6
I really want to read it! I'll order a copy next week.
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Post by jkjacq on Sept 14, 2017 21:37:42 GMT -6
We had a game tonight ( go broncos) and I'm just now heading home. I'm off at noon tomorrow so I hope I can read a bunch tomorrow before c gets home from school.
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Post by enchanted on Sept 14, 2017 23:11:43 GMT -6
The latest issue of TIME has a big feature about women being the first to do something and of course, HRC is featured.
Anyway, I wanted to quote a couple parts of her piece. (I know it's not the book, but it fits here.)
"Sexism still exerts a pull on our lives and our choices. It is a very subtle but clear challenge that has to be acknowledged and confronted. So we have to be doing all we can to open the aperture of understanding and acceptance. My gender is my gender. My voice is my voice. I love to quote the first woman in a presidential Cabinet--Frances Perkins, who served under FDR--who said, 'The accusation that I am a woman is incontrovertible.' So embrace that, and be proud of it."
"I don't want anyone to be discouraged by my defeat or say they shouldn't try or support others who will try. We can't give up trying. The fight was worth it."
I love her. Before this election cycle, I wasn't necessarily a fan of hers; it's one of the reasons I voted for Bernie in the primary instead of her. Learning more about her over the last couple of years has been amazing.
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Post by CurlieWhirlie on Sept 15, 2017 16:10:38 GMT -6
I'm reading the chapter on sexism in politics and it's making me so angry.
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Post by Bookshelves on Sept 15, 2017 16:16:21 GMT -6
She's on PBS News Hour right now. I had literally just clicked a link to recommend that my library buy the ebook*, and then I turned on the TV and there's HRC.
*I read the intro sample from Amazon, but I'm on a book-buying moratorium
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Post by dreadpirateroberts on Sept 15, 2017 22:26:55 GMT -6
I just grabbed the book at Target because I had a perk to use up! Can't wait to get started.
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Post by milano on Sept 16, 2017 8:25:45 GMT -6
The part about people not liking her voice so she tried to change it really made me sad. P
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Post by justkeepmoving on Sept 16, 2017 19:40:16 GMT -6
My book came early and arrived today. Cannot wait to join you all.
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Post by Bookshelves on Sept 17, 2017 5:48:05 GMT -6
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Post by Bookshelves on Sept 17, 2017 6:26:27 GMT -6
I shouldn't post so early in the morning. That ^^^ was worded so awkwardly. Anyway, the next natural topic of conversation, which that article doesn't dive into, is media group-think. I have read a few interesting pieces on that since the election. If I can find them, I may post them as a separate thread for discussion.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2017 7:14:18 GMT -6
I am 50 pages in.....it's refreshing to hear her so....loose.
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Post by CurlieWhirlie on Sept 17, 2017 10:54:10 GMT -6
The part about how people would come to spectate early on in her career because she was "a lady lawyer" in Arkansas and no one had ever seen that before...
The part about how guilty she felt that Bill lost reelection to the governorship because she hadn't taken his name....
Fuck the patriarchy, seriously.
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Post by jkjacq on Sept 17, 2017 11:41:18 GMT -6
I'm about where you are Curlie. I had to stop because I was getting really angry.
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Post by Bookshelves on Sept 17, 2017 12:54:29 GMT -6
This Gallup word clouds😡😡😡😡 Right?! |
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Post by bazi on Sept 17, 2017 13:38:12 GMT -6
I just finished up the section about activism, and the distinction she makes between activism with a practical goal in mind, and wearing the "activist" label but just being obstinate really resonated with me. She really summed up how I feel about the far left flank of the Democratic Party sometimes.
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