#but isn't that the flipped coin of curiosity. on one face satisfaction. on the other.................

[bondsmagii]

I am deeply sorry for asking but have you made any progress with Gazing Upon the Wretched Thing?

I've been putting it off because I now have an actual, physical copy of the book and to be honest I'm terrified to gaze upon it in physical form in case it has unknown supernatural side effects.

I also have a pack of highlighters and florescent sticky notes for Proper Academic Analysis, because my hatred of this book has exceeded what I can fit into a Goodreads review and now I'm actually writing an entire paper on why it's fucked up and absolutely NOT a damning deconstruction of capitalism like everyone is apparently saying. in fact it's a deeply flawed piece of perhaps even intentional propaganda with large traces of racism, complete with what might actually be honest to god kinkshaming via metaphors which then in turn plays into strains of homophobia, and honestly trying to unravel everything that's wrong with this book makes me feel lost in a maze of increasingly incomprehensible proportions and this essay is hopefully going to be my map out.

that being said, progress will resume shortly. despite everything I still need to know how bad it's actually going to get.

#every time i think it couldn't get worse... #and i'm very curious about the courtroom scene? #i found out that szpara is actually an honest to god paralegal #so i'm interested to see what blatant kinks he has regarding his workplace just to add to the wretched knowledge i have about this man #i know far more about him from reading this book than i would have ever liked to know #but isn't that the flipped coin of curiosity. on one face satisfaction. on the other................. #i gaze upon a wretched thing #anon #asks