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2.5
2.5
I’m not sure I’ve ever read a book that I agreed so much with and also made me so annoyed.
Caveat - I love DC. It’s my home and it’s clear that the author does not love it and her frustration with it led to this book at least in part.
BUT beyond that this is a book about a systemic problem and outside of a few throwaway lines and the very very end of the book, all of her asides were about personal choices. Just go outside isn’t actually helpful advice.
Additionally I couldn’t get past the lazy and fatphobic shorthand of rising “obesity” rates for health trends.
I did really love the section on Jackson Pollock and again, I do agree with the lost core message about urban planning.
(Also, how do you have a section on how poorer sections of DC have way less access to parks and trees without discussing environmental racism??)
I’m not sure I’ve ever read a book that I agreed so much with and also made me so annoyed.
Caveat - I love DC. It’s my home and it’s clear that the author does not love it and her frustration with it led to this book at least in part.
BUT beyond that this is a book about a systemic problem and outside of a few throwaway lines and the very very end of the book, all of her asides were about personal choices. Just go outside isn’t actually helpful advice.
Additionally I couldn’t get past the lazy and fatphobic shorthand of rising “obesity” rates for health trends.
I did really love the section on Jackson Pollock and again, I do agree with the lost core message about urban planning.
(Also, how do you have a section on how poorer sections of DC have way less access to parks and trees without discussing environmental racism??)
Content Warnings
Minor: Fatphobia
Casual usage of the term obesity as shorthand for unhealthy
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