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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2024
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0:00 - INTRO CHATS
0:30 - Simpatía by Rodrigo Blanco Calderón
3:54 - Pockets: An Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close by Hannah Carlson
9:34 - The Sister: North Korea's Kim Yo Jong, the Most Dangerous Woman in the World by Sung-Yoon Lee
16:52 - a lot of shogun/history chat lol
Shogun: Part 1 by James Clavell
25:03 - Brat by Gabriel Smith
Is this Kiran? My favourite booktuber?
you betcha!!! lol
The Humble Pocket. I love it!! I HAVE to have a dress with pockets. And yeah, pockets were a masculine aspect. This is SO interesting! The first kind of formal dress I ever had , from Anthropologie, that had pockets made me feel so much different than without pockets, you know?
Keying off the pocket book, you should definitely check out Dress Codes: How the laws of fashion made history. Loads of similar really interesting info about the history of clothes, and how much dress has been used to endorse class, race, and gender power dynamics!
The geisha concept is hit on in the book. (Separating the art of sex and performance.)
It made me want to look into samurai of other cultures (including India).
Pilots are basically expert navigators. They’re still used today but more for difficult areas or ports.
The whole honor thing is really interesting… because you get to see how many layers there are and how deep (or not deep) honor goes. The whole 3 hearts…
Interesting point in Clavell’s life… he was a POW in Japan.
first, love the shirt.
second, a whole book about pockets???? You've intrigued me...
third, I do love a sword
I just read a few other books on North Korea so I’m so intrigued by The Sister! Yeonmi Park’s books are great reads on the topic.
Recommendations:
Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
Never knew just how brutal life in NK was/is until I read these books.
Re: literature about North Korea, I haven’t read it yet but it’s been on my TBR for a while now: “Without You, There is No Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea’s Elite” by Suki Kim
From what I remember it’s this woman’s experience working at a North Korean boys school for the sons of North Korean elite. I listened to the author discuss it on a book podcast and it sounded incredibly intriguing! I can’t make it an official rec since I haven’t had the chance to read it yet, but it could be worth checking out for you.
I want to read Shogun. I find that period of Japanese history fascinating. That blue looks really good on you btw.
thank you! yes i agree! this time in japan in FASCINATING!!
Read Shogun three times. Great book. Some of James Clavell's other books are good too, Noble House, Tai-Pan and King Rat. Best wishes.
oh wow!! ok maybe i def need to read pt 2 before i make a final judgement on the book!
shogun is huge and i want to read it
it IS big!! but you can do it! would love to hear your thoughts if you read it!!
The shirt is deeply cool
thank you!! 💖
also i have said how stupid it is how not all pants have pockets
right!!! like! we have THINGS to carry!!!
didn't know there were so many issues around pockets or that there was a time when there were none also it wouldn't make any difference if the people in NK knew all three secrets the government would still have all the guns⚛😀
very true!! ty for watching!
Hiyooooooo I got mentioned!
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