this author does a really good job of portraying like, a local immigrant community in an urban context, but is absolutely AWFUL at connecting its ideas of “activism” or “justice” to any kind of historical perspective; it’s like maybe if i, a twenty‐something, get a radio show and say the right words, i can inspire change
which is obviously just wishful thinking on the part of the author, who is trying to say the right words and inspire change, but that’s not how the game works. words will not defeat colonialism and the whole thing reads as youthful naïveté
please just give me a book which is not entirely about some youthful protagonist achieving her own, highly‐specific, individual dreams slash power fantasies
please just give me a book about someone who understands collective responsibility and has a historical perspective regarding activism and change
“in Canada, women are encouraged to embrace an individualist mindset and abandon collective responsibility”