#thisweekthosebooks — Public Fediverse posts
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Fun fact: The luxury hotel personally picked by PM Giorgia Meloni for the high point of Italy’s #G7 presidency was where Justin Timberlake got married & is a fave hol hideaway of the #Beckhams. Remember #thisweekthosebooks didn't tell you THAT re. #Europe! https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/its-all-kicking-off-in-europe-football-elections
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Fun fact: The luxury hotel personally picked by PM Giorgia Meloni for the high point of Italy’s #G7 presidency was where Justin Timberlake got married & is a fave hol hideaway of the #Beckhams. Remember #thisweekthosebooks didn't tell you THAT re. #Europe! https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/its-all-kicking-off-in-europe-football-elections
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A week after #Caricom, the #Caribbean regional bloc, and the #US, #Canada and #France agreed a "transitional council" for #Haiti, armed gangs attacked two upscale neighborhoods in the capital Port au Prince, leaving at least a dozen people dead. Is Haiti beyond a failing state? #thisweekthosebooks offers crucial context with 2 great reads https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/haiti-failed-state-collapse-gangs
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Bonnie Garmus's debut novel Lessons in Chemistry, which became a bestseller that became a TV series, is a funny – but dreadfully true – take on the #women who battled to hold their own in traditionally male arenas in #America back then #internationalwomensday2024. Please read and share #thisweekthosebooks https://thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/international-womens-day-data-bias-motherhood
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#Disney100 leads in building “worlds & characters, not just movies” but some say it engages in the extractive mining of myths which it processes into products that reinforce racial stereotypes. Eg: Jungle Book, Pocahontas. #thisweekthosebooks has 3 books that provide crucial context on the magic kingdom