Mieko Kawakami has openly criticized Murakami’s portrayal of women while still expressing admiration for his work. The problem with some of you is this insistence on viewing literature in black and white as though other readers are incapable of thinking for themselves.
True, I stopped blaming myself for everything I did in the past, because back then I was only acting based on what I understood at the time. I can’t punish the older version of me forever for not knowing better.
i just realized that when we love fictional characters, we literally fall in love with a fragment of someone's imagination and mind,, how beautiful is that 🥹
go touch some grass i guess???? untuk bisa baca apalagi beli buku in this economy tuh termasuk privilege btw. gue ga paham maksud lo “kegiatan biasa saja bagi kelas menengah” itu dimana
yg sedihnya adalah kita masing-masing tuh sebenarnya punya banyak potensi dan impian... tapi semuanya gabisa berkembang maksimal karena masalah ekonomi dan finansial yang terbatas :") hiks.
life has been tough recently...
gaji super kecil dgn beban kerja dan tanggung jawab besar, kondisi negara yg semakin memprihatinkan, omongan sekitar yg menyakitkan, bau rokok dan polusi, pemerintah zolim, harga-harga yg semakin mahal dan mencekik...
CAPEK IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
every time an author disappoints me when it comes to speaking up about the genocide in Gaza & not normalizing the israeli occupation of Palestine i remind myself sally rooney exists & having a conscience as a well known best selling author isn't impossible