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leftous wrote (edited )

Great idea!

For books, I think we should make a point to look at some non-eurocentric perspectives (Parsons, Rodney, Mbah, etc.)

A dynamic rotation where sometimes there is part by part/chapter by chapter makes sense e.g. it can be weekly, but a few chapters at a time

It might also be a good idea to rotate a discussion facilitator for each text. Just someone who will post some questions readers can bounce off to generate discussion, and hold people accountable for reading it.

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nijntje wrote

>It might also be a good idea to rotate a discussion facilitator for each text

The way I've seen this done elsewhere is to have some system where books are suggested by people, one is chosen by everyone, and then whoever suggested the chosen book comes up with a few discussion points (since they'd likely care about it a bunch or have read it already)

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Catgirl_Engels wrote (edited )

I could do a reading club, def. We could do mini essays and stuff while we have over arching, long books.

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An_Old_Big_Tree wrote

I think it's a good idea! Worth a try, and if it doesn't work out then at least we'll have tried. I won't always be able to do it but I will try to keep up.

I think dynamic rotation is probably best, but we can aim for a week in general?

There are quite a few zines in f/zines_and_publications that are good. I would recommend we start with zines from here, which all have audio versions.

so far as how long is too long, I think initially things should be kept very short and then when the group gains momentum it can move to bigger things if it likes?

f/readinggroup / f/readingclub sounds good, you should make it! :)

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sand wrote

  • post-left stuff ! ! ! ! ! all of it forever
  • probably dynamic but either 1 week or 2, just so the first day of discussion remains constant. 1 week for the first few and shorter pieces to get it rolling, i think
  • 3 weeks is probably too long?
  • yes!

also maybe have a proposals thread for the next week's books on the same day as the current week's book, so people can use the whole week to propose and vote (probably a comment system instead of upvote, so only reading club people and maybe potential reading club people can determine the next book)? or maybe use that /f/konsent thing? if it's ready, idk anything about it. could be a good first place on raddle to try it

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4t0m wrote

I think Ishmael and My Ishmael are pretty good easy reads.

And reading clubs are never not a good idea.

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