Iamme
4mo ago
Brandon Sanderson’s worlds are often dark, but the main characters themselves are good, reasonably intelligent, wholesome people is healthy relationships. He mostly avoids real-world political topics. If you haven’t tried him yet, give him a look.
Jim Butcher’s Codex Alera might be better than his Dresden Files books, but I found both series to be extremely enjoyable with, especially in the later books, very little disfunction among the main characters.
Now for something even better, and if you are not opposed to Japanese Lightnovels, read Ascendance of a Bookworm. It is an amazingly heartwarming tale where the main character’s bond with her family plays a starring role. I don’t want to say too much for fear of spoilers, but this series just keeps getting better and better with each successive part.
All these recommendations are Fantasy, because that is what I mainly read, but they all take place in worlds which are internally consistent and where all the characters make decisions that make sense to them in their context. There is no plot armor, no easy victories (but there are victories), and they have mostly happy endings.
Iamme
1yr ago
I was in a Great Books class in high school and very much enjoyed it. Each day was a presentation on a different book. There was a lecture, a reading, and a test. What was unique about this class was that a majority of the lessons were conducted by the students themselves. At the beginning of the semester, everyone chose which book they would present on and we began to go through them in publication order. Unfortunately, I don’t have any suggestions for your class, but I wish you luck.
Iamme
2yr ago
I’m a married mom who mostly lurks here. I wouldn’t mind seeing more discussion where females aren’t regarded as a different species to men.
Despite rules about writing as if everyone is reading and you want them to be included, I often see posts like these which assume no female readers. That’s one of the many reasons I mostly lurk.
But this:
You could just ask us. This has an answer. Or at least, I have an answer as to why I have mostly soured on the COVID vaccine and I will not be subjecting my children to it. Hint: It’s not because I want politics to revolve around my body. At least no more than men want to make politics revolve around their bodies.
It’s because ever since I “trusted the experts” and eagerly took the vaccine back in 2021, my life has been miserable for a few days out of every month. As an outcry of women rose up, the news happily reported that this was a “rare” side effect and would go away in a couple months. They basically told us to shut up about it and to stop getting in the way of the solution to COVID. It has been more than four years and I am still suffering the same as when I first got the vaccine. And I know of others in the same boat.
I don’t know of any who are speaking out publicly. That “shut up” command got through loud and clear. However, considering what it has done to some of us, I am not surprised that women tend to be more “hostile” to COVID vaccination.
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