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Being You: A New Science of Consciousness Goodreads Douban Goodreads
author: Anil Seth publishing house: Faber & Faber 2021 - 9
Being You is not as simple as it sounds. Somehow, within each of our brains, billions of neurons work to create our conscious experience. How does this happen? Why do we experience life in the first person? After over twenty years researching the brain, world-renowned neuroscientist Anil Seth puts forward a radical new theory of consciousness and self. His unique theory of what it means to 'be you' challenges our understanding of perception and reality and it turns what you thought you knew about yourself on its head.
Feb. 17, 2022 read
[有聲書] 不應該在聽了大和尚之後聽這樣的內容的,還以為是續集呢。終極三問的生理基礎。緩一緩再聽一遍。
@usa #science #consciousness
Watercress Douban Goodreads
Watercress
author: Andrea Wang publishing house: Neal Porter Books 2021 - 3
Gathering watercress by the side of the road brings a girl closer to her family's Chinese Heritage.
Driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's parents stop suddenly when they spot watercress growing wild in a ditch by the side of the road. Grabbing an old paper bag and some rusty scissors, the whole family wades into the muck to collect as much of the muddy, snail covered watercress as they can.
At first, she's embarrassed. Why can't her family get food from the grocery store? But when her mother shares a story of her family's time in China, the girl learns to appreciate the fresh food they foraged. Together, they make a new memory of watercress.
Andrea Wang tells a moving autobiographical story of a child of immigrants discovering and connecting with her heritage, illustrated by award winning author and artist Jason Chin, working in an entirely new style, inspired by Chinese painting techniques. An author's note in the back shares Andrea's childhood experience with her parents.
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!
Feb. 11, 2022 read 看到華裔用“以…為恥”就特別應激。儘管作者是想以恥反恥,但不也還是恥嗎。想給作者掛個青少年心理專家號驅散一下青春期的陰影。爹媽沒什麼錯,不代表你就有錯啊,有其他路的嘛。……買點種子種一種!
@usa #immigrant #chinese #family
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Goodreads
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
author: Audre Lorde publishing house: Tantor Audio 2016 - 4
A collection of fifteen essays written between 1976 and 1984 gives clear voice to Audre Lorde's literary and philosophical personae. These essays explore and illuminate the roots of Lorde's intellectual development and her deep-seated and longstanding concerns about ways of increasing empowerment among minority women writers and the absolute necessity to explicate the concept of difference—difference according to sex, race, and economic status. The title Sister Outsider finds its source in her poetry collection The Black Unicorn (1978). These poems and the essays in Sister Outsider stress Lorde's oft-stated theme of continuity, particularly of the geographical and intellectual link between Dahomey, Africa, and her emerging self.
Pachinko Goodreads
Pachinko
author: Min Jin Lee publishing house: Grand Central Publishing 2017 - 2
In this bestselling, page-turning saga, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan, exiled from a home they never knew.
In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant-and that her lover is married-she refuses to be bought. Instead, she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan. But her decision to abandon her home, and to reject her son's powerful father, sets off a dramatic saga that will echo down through the generations.
Richly told and profoundly moving,
is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. From bustling street markets to the halls of Japan's finest universities to the pachinko parlors of the criminal underworld, Lee's complex and passionate characters-strong, stubborn women, devoted sisters and sons, fathers shaken by moral crisis-survive and thrive against the indifferent arc of history.
Jan. 26, 2022 read
[有聲書] 一部小說把各種各樣的韓裔的故事都串在了一起。偷渡去日本的、被騙去日本的、在日本出生的、在日本長大的、在日本長大在美國讀書的、在美國生長又回到日本的,精通日語的、只會韓語的、英日中韓全通的……生動刻畫這些身份背景如何決定了他們看待周遭和世界,又是如何在隨波逐流中決定自己的命運,所以他們走到一起,但是又各自走著自己的路。還有從始至終的女性從出生到終老都是受苦 受苦 受苦……
@usa @korea #asian #immigrant #novel
The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last Goodreads
author: Azra Raza
We have lost the war on cancer. We spend $150 billion each year treating it, yet -- a few innovations notwithstanding -- a patient with cancer is as likely to die of it as one was fifty years ago. Most new drugs add mere months to one's life at agonizing physical and financial cost.
In
, Azra Raza offers a searing account of how both medicine and our society (mis)treats cancer, how we can do better, and why we must. A lyrical journey from hope to despair and back again,
explores cancer from every angle: medical, scientific, cultural, and personal. Indeed, Raza describes how she bore the terrible burden of being her own husband's oncologist as he succumbed to leukemia. Like
,
is no ordinary book of medicine, but a book of wisdom and grace by an author who has devoted her life to making the unbearable easier to bear.
Jan. 22, 2022 read
[有聲書] 太瑣碎了。想要通過自己的患者和親人的案例講述現有癌症治療中被忽視的方面,但是沒有能順著這些問題的深入探討,反而迷失在大段大段對病人、親人的回憶當中,讓人都搞不清楚這到底是科普讀物還是私人的隨想。甚至有的部分不免讓人產生了這是不是有些特權階層的矯揉造作的嫌疑。
@usa #science #medicine
Lust, Caution (2007) Douban Eggplant.place TMDB WikiData IMDb
色‧戒
8.7 (1864 ratings) director: 李安 actor: 梁朝伟 / 汤唯
other title: 色,戒 / 色戒
During World War II era, a young woman, Wang Jiazhi, gets swept up in a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with a powerful political figure, Mr. Yee.
Dec. 27, 2021 watched
相對來說,誰讓我覺得我還算是個人。不過幾個少先隊員腔水平的話劇票友流亡學生可能把事情搞成這種檔次嗎?這……嗯……還是得減一顆星。
@taiwan @usa @china @hongkong #war
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America Goodreads
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
author: Barbara Ehrenreich publishing house: Owl Books (Henry Holt) 2002 - 5
Millions of Americans work for poverty-level wages, and one day Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that any job equals a better life. But how can anyone survive, let alone prosper, on $6 to $7 an hour? To find out, Ehrenreich moved from Florida to Maine to Minnesota, taking the cheapest lodgings available and accepting work as a waitress, hotel maid, house cleaner, nursing-home aide, and Wal-Mart salesperson. She soon discovered that even the lowliest occupations require exhausting mental and physical efforts. And one job is not enough; you need at least two if you intend to live indoors. Nickel and Dimed reveals low-wage America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity -- a land of Big Boxes, fast food, and a thousand desperate strategies for survival. Instantly acclaimed for its insight, humor, and passion, this book is changing the way America perceives its working poor. ISBN: 9781449888848
Dec. 18, 2021 read
以親身體驗寫出窮人是如何在每一步都在設法應對這個不公平的社會給他們製造的艱難。誰再說出窮人爬不起來是因為他們不努力的,就用這本書扇他們的嘴巴。
@usa #poverty #economics
Encanto (2021) Eggplant.place Douban
Encanto
6.7 (388 ratings) director: 杰拉德·布什 / 拜伦·霍华德 actor: 斯蒂芬妮·比翠丝 / 黛安·格雷罗
other title: 魔法满屋 / 奇幻魔法屋(港)
故事发生在一块充满魔力的土地上。在这个人人都有魔法的家族,唯一的普通女孩将迎接怎样的挑战?
Dec. 12, 2021 watched
幼崽的第一次影院體驗。明顯感受到了強烈的文化衝擊,像個狐獴一樣爪著手提著一大袋爆米花一動不動站在那裡。到後來體力不支,主動要求回家。問好不好看,還是說好看,可是聲音太大了。哈哈哈。
總的來說還是挺適合那些因“家和萬事興”、“你看你堂//表兄弟姐妹咋咋咋”遭受過童年創傷的朋友拿來愈療一下的。而且比Paw Patrol大電影那些肯定好多了,哈哈哈。
@usa #family #refugee #love
Grizzly Man (2005) Douban Eggplant.place TMDB Skybridge IMDb WikiData
Grizzly Man
8.2 (69 ratings) director: 沃纳·赫尔佐格 actor: Timothy Treadwell / Amie Huguenard
other title: 그리즐리 맨 / グリズリーマン
Werner Herzog's documentary film about the "Grizzly Man" Timothy Treadwell and what the thirteen summers in a National Park in Alaska were like in one man's attempt to protect the grizzly bears. The film is full of unique images and a look into the spirit of a man who sacrificed himself for nature.
Dec. 11, 2021 watched
Tim對顯而易見的危險的沉迷和激情不禁想起還沒看過的《徒手攀岩》,但因為Tim是冒險與其他生命互動,所以猜想應該還是大有不同。另外對Tim沉迷於面對巨獸的理由,除了《黑熊森林》裡學生們談到在野外看到熊時的震撼,還有次一頭大鹿從身旁跑過所帶來的神奇感受也有助理解一二。學者及原住民對熊的敬畏是為了順利或正確地實現作為旁觀者的特定目的(不是說不對),比如嚴謹的數據採集、順利收集生產生活資料、對原生態的維護,而Tim是為了報答熊所給予他的生活的意義。所以他呈現的是一件從人沒做過,也不會有人再去重複的事情,甚至比徒手攀岩還沒意義,但又覺得不是啊。或許就是他那份天真、善良還有所體現出與自然的聯繫特別有意義,儘管他的動機、邏輯、方法、過程、結果都是千瘡百孔。[2007-06-21 註冊豆瓣半年,最早一批加入“想看”的電影]
wernerherzog @usa #animal #documentary
Boogie (2021) Douban
Boogie
director: 黄颐铭 actor: 泰勒·高桥 / 泰勒·佩姬
other title: 布吉 / 布吉闯篮关(台)
一心想要进入NBA打篮球的少年成长故事。在父母莫大的压力下,进入有全额奖学金的菁英大学是唯一的出路,而他则必须在新女友、新学校、球场上的竞争对手以及喘不过气的期望中找到自己的出路。
Dec. 6, 2021 watched
哎媽呀 這部電影真的…[扶額] 本著“看了就要看完”的一貫原則,外加“不同的歷史 不同的經驗 不同的表述”等等這類平日積攢的三腳貓社科知識加持才撐過來。其中對父母的描寫還是覺得分寸感欠佳,該說的話其實已經說到了,但是其他空間也被塞得滿滿的,或許導演憋了太久實在是剎不住車,嘿嘿,懂了。不過也慶幸撐過來了,看到了對身份的幾段非常贊的表達…然後繼續撐到結束。做個不恰當的比喻,就像每次和你無業鋼鐵直酗酒啃老社達愛國表舅侃大山他總能說出一些能讓你驚掉下巴、忘掉他所有惡習的金句一樣。Eleanor說你要Fight for being Chinese真是把慣常聽到的Fight for Chinese(aka 長中國人志氣)甩出一萬個天際。另外看在該片突出表現了第三世界裔人民大團結,尤其是中非裔友愛的面子上,給“榮譽四星”。
@usa #chinese #racism #family
Living for Change Douban
author: [美] Grace Lee Boggs publishing house: University of Minnesota Press 2016 - 8
No one can tell in advance what form a movement will take. Grace Lee Boggs’s fascinating autobiography traces the story of a woman who transcended class and racial boundaries to pursue her passionate belief in a better society. Now with a new foreword by Robin D. G. Kelley, Living for Change is a sweeping account of a legendary human rights activist whose network included Malcolm X and C. L. R. James. From the end of the 1930s, through the Cold War, the Civil Rights era, and the rise of the Black Panthers to later efforts to rebuild crumbling urban communities, Living for Change is an exhilarating look at a remarkable woman who dedicated her life to social justice.
Source: Publisher
Dec. 5, 2021 read
感覺行文特別流暢好讀。真是不立志把美帝搞垮的美國人不是真·美國人。看她講怎麼鬧革命,又特別容易,又特別難。專注在最基層、微觀的問題,自己和戰友們也不是什麼天降神人,就是懷著對活生生個體的關注、對自己從不間斷的挑戰自然發生的結果。另外,結合現實就覺得,資-社、中-美、東-西……這一對兒對兒的,哪個不是看到對方試驗的失敗就認為是對自己成功的證明,所以才有了望不到頭的各種奇觀式的悲劇、鬧劇呵?
@usa #politics #revolution #biography #chinese
Tigertail (2020) IMDb Douban WikiData TMDB
Tigertail
4.4 (20 ratings) director: 杨维榕 actor: 李鸿其 / 李坤珏
other title: 虎尾 / タイガーテール -ある家族の記憶-
2020 film directed by Alan Yang
Dec. 3, 2021 watched
抱著準備接受批評的態度開始看…提心吊膽…喲!巴掌扇過來了…咦?沒打我臉上…嘿!這個比我爛好多咧!!……這什麼鬼諒解啊!換女導演!不能就這麼饒了這老小子!
馬泰的表演很棒,口音什麼的不是問題,扣這個真是沒意思。
@usa #chinese #immigrant #family #love
Ms. Purple (2019) Douban
Ms. Purple
6.2 (6 ratings) director: 全知泰 actor: 杰克·崔 / 阿尔玛·马丁内斯
other title: 紫色女郎 / Miss Purple
一位在韩国城做卡拉ok女招待的年轻女子在父亲生命的最后几天与她疏远的兄弟重逢。
卡西(Kasie)住在洛杉矶的韩国城(Koreatown),她是一名卡拉ok女招待,靠酒醉的男人陪伴赚钱。当她父亲的临终关怀护士离职后,她与分居的弟弟凯里重新联系,迫使他们进入了一个强烈的自我反省时期,因为抚养他们长大的单身父亲即将离世。
Nov. 29, 2021 watched
比起全導之後的作品,確實情感體現的方式還不那麼明確,會覺得埋得太深,或者沒能表達出來。但是把一些最drama的片段以無聲地方式處理,感覺更讓人回到爭執現場,或者關於爭執的回憶裡。能夠記住的最多的可能只有動作和猙獰的表情。肌膚的疼痛、嘶吼的聲響是無法還原的。
@usa #immigrant #korean #asian #family
Far East Deep South (2020) Douban IMDb
director: Larissa Lam actor: Baldwin Chiu / Caliya Chiu
When a Chinese-American family travels from California to Mississippi to visit the grave of their ancestors, they stumble upon surprising revelations. Along the way, they meet a diverse group of local residents and historians, who shed light on the racially complex history of the early Chinese in the segregated South. Their emotional journey also leads them to discover how the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 impacted their family and how deep their roots run in America.
Nov. 26, 2021 watched
不看不是中國人!![怪怪的]
一個尋常華裔人家尋根故事竟然可以這樣高潮迭起,就像大壩被掏開一個小洞之後一發不可收拾。
Deep South的一個無名小鎮上,不僅存在過生機勃勃的華裔社區,不同族裔的生活更在這些不被這個國家歡迎的Chinaman開的小店裡匯聚,尤其是華裔和非裔的唇齒相依讓人動容,與今日海內外高等華/漢們的自私猥瑣形成鮮明對比。當你不把別人當人看的時候,就已經選擇了成為魔鬼。
在主人公趙錦昌(K.C. Lou)的訃告裡還寫著他的父親趙仲流(Charlie Lou)“was born in New Orleans, Louisiana”,儘管片尾的檔案顯示他其實是出生在舊金山。想必是趙老先生在紐奧良生活過相當的時光才會有這樣的誤會。所以這還是一部 [Made in NOLA] 電影。……還要再看5遍!
@usa #chinese #deepsouth @nola #documentary
Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power Goodreads
author: Pekka Hämäläinen publishing house: Tantor Audio 2019 - 10
This first complete account of the Lakota Indians traces their rich and often surprising history from the early sixteenth to the early twenty-first century. Pekka Hämäläinen explores the Lakotas’ roots as marginal hunter-gatherers and reveals how they reinvented themselves twice: first as a river people who dominated the Missouri Valley, America’s great commercial artery, and then—in what was America’s first sweeping westward expansion—as a horse people who ruled supreme on the vast high plains.

The Lakotas are imprinted in American historical memory. Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull are iconic figures in the American imagination, but in this groundbreaking book they emerge as something different: the architects of Lakota America, an expansive and enduring Indigenous regime that commanded human fates in the North American interior for generations. Hämäläinen’s deeply researched and engagingly written history places the Lakotas at the center of American history, and the results are revelatory.
The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy (2006) IMDb
director: Chip Richie actor: Shane Alan Bowers / John Buttram
Documentary on the 1838 Cherokee removal from the southeastern United States, dubbed the "Trail of Tears."
Nov. 14, 2021 watched
原住民製片公司出品。原來原住民被強迫遷移的時候並不是被從獸皮帳篷裡拖走、頭插羽毛、裹著獸皮踏上去西部的血淚之路的。我都在想些什麼啊……哼!就說好萊塢毒害有多大吧。相當程度上,他們已經“西化”,衣食住行都和歐裔沒有什麼差別,還有傳教士、律師等等高端職業從業者。不知道把這血淚之路比作放大了很多倍的Tulsa屠殺是否合適。紐奧良最中心的廣場是以 Andrew Jackson 命名並設有一座雕像,長久以來都是作為城市名片來宣傳。但這座雕像必須!必須!必須!拆!掉!!詳情參見鄙人頭像,Take‘Em Down!
#indigenous #documentary @usa
Our Spirits Don't Speak English: Indian Boarding School (2008) IMDb
director: Chip Richie / Dan Agent actor: Gayle Ross / August Schellenberg
From Rich-Heape Films, the award winning producers of Trail of Tears Cherokee Legacy and Black Indians An American Story and told from the Native American perspective, this documentary uncovers the dark history of the US government policy and will give a voice to the countless Indian children forced through the system. The film deals with both the schools run by Christian missionaries and those run by the United States' Bureau of Indian Affairs. It addresses the schools' role of forcing cultural assimilation of the resident children into the ways of the majority culture of European Americans.[2]
Nov. 13, 2021 watched
1. Kill the Indian, save the man. 這個簡直體現了英語的博大精深。2. 大洋兩岸的兩國還真是tm的一模一樣啊。3. 最重要的一點:看到那個從頭哭到尾的叔叔,就想說…Ag啊,膽笛不是喝你,真的,只有心頭說起四川話,炒出來的熬鍋肉才是資格的。
@usa #indigenous #language #genocide #education