Johnston is a Jungian psychologist who has written a book about being human, yet feeling a duality. Owning your own shadow jumps off from Jungian philosophy. It operates from the notion that as part of our assimilation into society we are forced to leave large parts of ourselves behind, in the shadow. It is not really a self-help book and not quite a philosophical treatise, it is more a loosely formed essay detailing the process of forming the shadow, the need for expression of the […]
Russian Poetry, Heartbreak and Politics
As the title claims this is a collection of poetry alongside a play by Mayakovsky called the Bedbug, Mayakovsky has written my favourite poem of all time and this collection of his poetry is superb. It is collated chronologically and his poems start out long and beautiful, but towards the end they become staccato-ish and short of breath and he battles more and more. The subjects are bleeding in love or stern and severe. The last poems also tend to be very political and thus […]
My First Ever DNF featuring Paul, Mary, Mel, and Sue <3
American on Purpose opens with a chapter on the white house correspondents dinner which I read just after reading this article. It made it feel a bit sour in my mouth. I bought this book, because, despite my rather lukewarm rating for Between the Bridge and the River, I did think it showed potential and people here were raging about how this biography was really good. I persevered through it, somewhat, but it was honestly a slog. It is mainly written for Americans, and there […]
Robert Webb is not David Mitchell
Robert Webb is the other half of the comedic duo featuring the greatest love of my life. So when he published How not to be a boy a couple years back I was CERTAIN I was gonna buy his book. The man behind some of my favourite comedy, writing about his life through a feminist lense. SIGN ME THE FUCK UP. But yah. I never got round to it. Despite seeing his adorable face in the window of every fucking Waterstones for a year I […]