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The Cat that Walked by Herself [movie]

The Cat that Walked by Herself [movie] THIS IS THE JUST SO STORY, BUT ANIMATED IN SOVIET RUSSIA, AND IT'S LIKE, SOMETIMES CRAPPY CLAYMATION BUT RAPIDLY SHIFTS INTO A BUNCH OF ANIMATION STYLES, MANY OF WHICH ARE REAL REAL GOOD, ALL NARRATED BY A SEXY RUSSIAN CAT.  PS. WHY IS THIS SO MENACING? EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS IS SO UNSETTLING! WHY IS THE OVER THE HORIZONS SONG SO GRIM AND DISTURBING! OR THE PART THE ZEBRA THING DIES!

XCOM: Chimera Squad [game]

XCOM: Chimera Squad [game] WHAT EVEN IS THE DEAL WITH THIS GAME? IT'S PRETTY GOOD, BUT NOT REALLY GOOD, BUT LIKE, PRETTY GOOD? AND THEY LAUNCHED IT WITH NO REAL BUILDUP ONE DAY FOR 9 DOLLARS? AND I GUESS IT'S KINDA JUST REUSING XCOM 2 STUFF SO IT WAS PROBABLY PRETTY CHEAP TO MAKE, BUT THE WHOLE THING WAS WEIRD. I WONDER IF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A PHONE GAME? BUT IT NEVER RUN RIGHT OR SOMETHING? PS. I DON'T CARE AT ALL ABOUT X-COM *LORE* BUT MAN, WHAT A WEIRD GAME TONALLY, THE ALIENS HAVE BEEN ON EARTH FOR LIKE 5 YEARS, WHY ARE THEY ALL JUST DUDES? WHY IS THE SNAKE A SASSY TEEN? 

Les Maîtres du temps [movie]

Les Maîtres du temps [movie] THIS WAS KINDA LOW KEY GOOD? BUT IT RELIED ON THE KID BEING THE DUMBEST BABY ON EARTH. LIKE, THE WHOLE THING WAS A KID LOST ON AN ALIEN PLANET AND EVERYONE BUT HIM DEAD AND NEEDING TO LISTEN TO A LITTLE RADIO OF A SMUGGLING SHIP TO SURVIVE, BUT LIKE, DESPITE BEING LIKE A TEN YEAR OLD HE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT A RADIO WAS AND THOUGHT THE RADIO WAS A LIVING CREATURE? LIKE WHY WOULDN'T HE KNOW WHAT A RADIO IS. LIKE BUGS ATE HIS BRAIN EVENTUALLY, BUT NOT TILL LATER. PS. THE BEST PART OF THIS IS THE PART THEY JUST GO AND KILL CHRISTIAN GOD AND IT'S JUST A B PLOT.

Devilman Crybaby [anime]

Devilman Crybaby [anime] THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT AT AROUND EPISODE 6 OR 7 THEY JUST GIVE UP ON ANY SORT OF PACING AND GO "YOU KNOW WHAT, THE ORIGINAL SOLD 50 MILLION COPIES, YOU KNOW WHO EVERYONE IS, LETS JUST GO" BUT I ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY DO NOT KNOW WHO ANYONE IS AND THAT S GREAT. PS. THE BEST PART IS PSYCHO JENNY. WHO IS PSYCHO JENNY? IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY.

Evil Brain from Outer Space [movie]

Evil Brain from Outer Space [movie] OH MAN, THIS IS GREAT. IT'S LIKE, THREE JAPANESE MOVIES FROM THE 50S EDITED INTO ONE ENGLISH MOVIE IN THE 60S. SO IT HAS LIKE THREE MOVIES WORTH OF PLOT LINES, SO IT'S AN EVIL BRAIN FROM OUTER SPACE BUT ALSO THEIR IS SIEG HEILING BATMANS AND ALSO A WITCH, AND A DEMON THAT IS A BALLET DANCER, AND THERE IS A CHILD DETECTIVE SPIES ARE HUNTING. IT'S JUST REAL REAL GOOD ON HOW MUCH NONSENSE IS GOING ON NONSTOP. PS. I WAS GOING TO SAY THEY REALLY NEEDED TO INVEST IN SOME DANCE BELTS IF THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE SO MANY PEOPLE WEAR LEOTARDS BUT THE WIKIPEDIA ON THIS SAYS NOT ONLY DID THEY NOT WEAR DANCE BELTS, THEY ACTIVELY STUFFED UP THE CROTCHES OF EVERYONE TO MAKE THEM HAVE HUGE DONGS. WHICH IS REAL WEIRD BECAUSE THIS WAS CLEARLY A MOVIE FOR CHILDREN (BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, SEE: LABYRINTH)

Tetsuo: The Iron Man [movie]

Tetsuo: The Iron Man [movie] I DON'T KNOW, I SEE WHY THIS MOVIE IS SEEN AS HAVING HISTORIC IMPORTANCE TO THIS KINDA FILM, AND IT HAD SOME NEAT STUFF ABOUT IT, BUT IT WAS KINDA A BORING MOVIE OVERALL. I'D WATCHED PARTS OF IT BEFORE AND KINDA SHAMEFULLY THOUGHT "THIS IS BORING, I'LL WATCH IT LATER" AND I FINALLY SAT DOWN AND WATCHED IT ALL, AND MAN, IT KINDA IS BORING. ESPECIALLY FOR HOW WILD AND OUT THERE THE THINGS HAPPENING ARE. THE EFFECTS ARE REALLY GOOD THOUGH FOR THE EXACTLY ZERO DOLLAR BUDGET EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE DOING. PS. IT'S VERY DAVID LYNCH IN STYLE, BY WHICH I MEAN IT'S GROSS PRACTICAL EFFECTS IN BLACK AND WHITE.

Animal Crossing [game]

Animal Crossing [game] IT'S NOT TO SAY I AM DONE WITH THIS GAME. I HAVE PLAYED THIS GAME EVERY DAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY IT A LOT. WHEN THEY ADD GYROIDS I PLAN TO GET EVEN MORE BACK INTO IT. BUT I THINK I NEED TO WRITE A CAPITAL REVIEW NOW. I ONLY LIKE TO BE PLAYING ACTIVELY TWO GAMES AT ONCE AND I FEEL LIKE THIS GAME HAS DRIFTED TO THE POINT I'M NOT PLAYING IT 'ACTIVELY' I JUST CHECK IN AND DO MY CHORES THEN LOG IN THE NEXT DAY, WHICH IS HOW THESE GAMES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE. PS. THIS GAME REALLY CAME OUT AT THE RIGHT TIME. I FEEL LIKE GEORGE BUSH REALLY DID AMINALIZE US ALL AND DOWNLOAD US INTO THE ANIMAL CROSSING WORLD FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS WHEN NO ONE COULD GO OUT. (NO ONE CAN STILL GO OUT, BUT STILL)

Fehérlófia [movie, amazing]

Fehérlófia [movie, amazing] I REALLY CAN'T DESCRIBE HOW AMAZING THIS IS. THIS IS REALLY BASICALLY SOME OF THE BEST ANIMATION I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. HOLY CRAP. THE STORY IS PRETTY SLIGHT AND BASICALLY MYTHIC STANDARD TYPE EVENTS BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER BECAUSE THE ANIMATION IS THE WHOLE THING. JUST WOW. PS. PLEASE DON'T SAY "THE MARE'S HOLE" ANYMORE.

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children [movie]

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children [movie] IT'S WEIRD HOW THERE IS A VISUAL LANGUAGE THAT ANY MEDIA WITH BIRDS WITH ORB HEADS ARE ABOUT DEPRESSION OR MENTAL ILLNESS. IT'S SO CONSISTENT. EVEN DRINKY BIRD IS THAT. THIS MOVIE IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND EXTREMELY DISTURBING. IT FEELS SO TRUNCATED THOUGH! SO MUCH DOESN'T REALLY RESOLVE! IT'S HARD! PS. THEY MADE AN ENGLISH VERSION OF THIS BUT I STILL WATCHED THE SPANISH ORIGINAL BECAUSE THEY CAST THE DIGIMON VOICE CAST MOSTLY AND IT WAS UNBARABLE TO WATCH LIKE THAT.

Song of the Miraculous Hind [movie]

Song of the Miraculous Hind [movie] THIS WAS AN ANIMATED HISTORY OF HUNGRY, BUT LIKE, REALLY REALLY REALLY ANIMATED. LIKE IT'D CYCLE THROUGH FOUR ANIMATION STYLES IN 10 SECONDS. I THINK IT GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE BORING AS IT WENT FROM FOLK LEGEND TO ACTUAL HISTORY BUT IT DID END UP IN A WILD JESUS DEER THAT WAS THE WORST. PS. THIS MOVIE WAS SO HORNY, AND HAD SO MUCH ANIMATED SEX BUT WITHOUT EVER ANIMATING ANY SEX AT ALL, SO IT WAS ALL LIKE CENTAURS WITH ABS BUT THE CENTAUR'S FACE WAS RIDING THE TOP OF THE HORSE OR LIKE MOTHER OF ALL BUGS FUCKING THE ICE KING BY LIKE, ROTATING HER BODY THROUGH ITSELF AND TURNING INTO A WEIRD BIRD.

The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb [movie]

The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb [movie] THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST UNPLEASANT MOVIES I'VE EVER WATCHED. BUT IT WAS CLEARLY MEANT TO BE THAT, SO GOOD JOB MOVIE, YOU SUCCEEDED? ALSO WAS BINDING OF ISSAC JUST DIRECTLY BASED ON THIS? IT FEELS LIKE IT LITERALLY WAS. PS. I JUST WANT TO STREAM 24/7 NOW THAT I FIGURED OUT OBS->FACEBOOK WORKS SO WELL, MOSTLY THE ONLY THING STOPPING ME IS I FEEL BAD MAKING SO MANY CAPITAL REVIEWS IN A ROW IF I WATCH A BUNCH OF MOVIES IN A ROW.

Witchboard [movie]

Witchboard [movie] WEEJA WEEJA WEEJA WEEJA WEEJA PS. I DID TOO DATE A GHOST ADVENTURE! I DID!

Z-O-M-B-I-E-S [movie]

Z-O-M-B-I-E-S [movie] OH BOY DID THIS DISNEY TV MOVIE OPEN SOME POLITICAL ISSUES THAT IT WAS NOT QUALIFIED TO DEAL WITH. HOLY CRAP. THE ZOMBIES WERE SO OPPRESSED AND SEGREGATED AND THE METAPHORS WERE SO FRIGGIN WEIRD. PS. SO LIKE, I AM SURE THE CHEERLEADER GUY WILL ADMIT HE STOLE THE COMPUTER TO MAKE THEM GO FERAL BUT LIKE, TELLING THE POLICE THAT THE ZOMBIES OWN A COMPUTER THAT MAKES THEM GO FERAL BUT IT'S OKAY BECAUSE THEY ONLY USE IT TO CHEAT AT FOOTBALL SEEMS SO MUCH WORSE FOR THE ZOMBIES THAN IF THEY JUST PLAYED IT OFF AS THEM BREAKING THE WATCHES ACCIDENTLY OR SOMETHING. LIKE THEY ALREADY LIVE IN ZOMBIE APARTHEID.

The Sawbones Book: The Horrifying, Hilarious Road to Modern Medicine [book, audiobook]

The Sawbones Book: The Horrifying, Hilarious Road to Modern Medicine [book, audiobook] MAN, I DON'T KNOW, I LOVE SAWBONES. I WAS REAL EXCITED ABOUT THE BOOK, BUT I MESSED UP BY GETTING THE AUDIOBOOK. ON A LOT OF PODCAST BASED BOOKS THE AUDIOBOOK VERSION ENDS UP BEING THE REAL ONE, BUT THIS BOOK JUST DID NOT HAVE THE FORMATTING FOR IT. IT REALLY JUST ENDED UP BEING EXACTLY LIKE THE PODCAST WITH THE SAME TOPICS BUT JUST NOT AS GOOD. WHILE THE PHYSICAL BOOK IS LAID OUT MORE INTERESTINGLY AND HAS A BUNCH OF TAYLOR SMYRL ILLUSTRATION AND STUFF, WITH JUSTIN'S INTERJECTIONS BEING IN MARGINS AND STUFF INSTEAD OF AWKWARDLY READ AT THE END OF THE STORY. I DON'T KNOW, OOF, I DIDN'T HATE THIS, I LOVE SAWBONES, BUT THIS WAS NOT THE RIGHT CHOICE TO CONSUME THIS MEDIA. ON THE OTHER HAND THERE WAS A FEW TIMES YOU COULD TELL SYDNEE WAS READING JUSTIN DIALOG AND I LAUGHED OUT LOUD AT HER SAYING THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN IN HELL NOW FOR IT BEING SUCH AN OUT OF CHARACTER THING TO SAY. PS. A

Trolls World Tour [movie]

Trolls World Tour [movie] THE OPPRESSOR POP TROLL NARRATIVE GETS REALLY WEIRD WHEN THERE IS ANOTHER MOVIE ABOUT THE TROLLS BEING EATEN TO NEAR EXTINCTION IN SLAVERY AS FOOD/DRUGS. ALSO IT'S WEIRD TO HAVE ROCK MUSIC BE THE BAD GUY IN A MOVIE IN 2020. PS. FINAL COUNT = 12

The Forest [movie]

The Forest [movie] THE BEST PART OF THIS MOVIE IS THAT I COMPLAINED THAT IT WAS SO STUPID THE TWO SISTERS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE TWINS AND DIDN'T LOOK AT ALL THE SAME, AND WHY WOULD A CASTING DIRECTOR DO THAT WHEN I DIDN'T EVEN THINK THEY LOOKED LIKE SISTERS, LET ALONE TWINS, THEN IT TURNED OUT IT WAS SPLIT SCREEN WITH THE SAME ACTRESS TWICE. LOL, FACEBLIND. PS. I WATCHED LIKE 5 MINUTES OF THIS ON A PLANE THEN FELL ASLEEP THE WHOLE MOVIE.

BNA: Brand New Animal [anime,television]

BNA: Brand New Animal [anime,television] THIS IS LIKE, SHOCKINGLY 'FURRY', LIKE JAPAN HAS BEEN THE LEADING EXPORTER OF CATGIRLS AND STUFF FOREVER BUT NOTHING HAS EVER BEEN AS FURRY CENTRIC AS THIS. IT'S REALLY FUNNY THOUGH, TRIGGER'S WHOLE BRAND IS TO MAKE THE ABSOLUTE BEST ANIME BUT THEN MAKE IT GROSS AND SEXUAL IN A WAY THAT THE WHOLE THING IS EXTREMELY EMBARRASSING TO WATCH AND SOMEHOW THEY MADE A FLAT OUT FURRY ANIME AND MADE IT MORE OR LESS NONSEXUAL.  PS. I WATCHED THIS PIRATED, WHEN THIS ACTUALLY COMES OUT IN ENGLISH THERE IS GOING TO BE A WHOLE INDUSTRY ABOUT MAKING NUCLEAR HOT TAKES ON IT,  IT'S LIKE THAT THING WHERE PEOPLE MADE HUNDREDS OF RANTSONA YOUTUBE VIDEOS ABOUT ZOOTOPIA EXCEPT THIS HAS A SUPER CONFUSING ANIME METAPHOR THAT I CAN'T EVEN FOLLOW AND CAN'T EVEN TELL IF IT'S JUST ANIME-SCI-FI OR IF IT'S SOME JAPAN SPECIFIC SET OF ATTITUDES OR WHAT. LIKE THE MOST METAPHOR I COULD GET OUT OF IT IS LIKE... MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY WILL CAU

The Black Room [movie]

The Black Room [movie] I AM EXTREMELY UNCLEAR HOW MUCH THIS MOVIE IS BAD AND HOW MUCH IT'S A COMEDY AND HOW MUCH IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S A COMEDY AND HOW MUCH IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S BAD AND HOW MUCH IT'S NOT THAT FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S A BAD COMEDY. PS. ALL I WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BACK BOOBS GIRL. SHE NEITHER DIED NOR RECOVERED SO SHE MUST JUST BE LIKE THAT NOW?

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness [book, comic, nonfiction]

My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness [book, comic, nonfiction] THIS WAS A MEMOIR ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS, (DEPRESSION, ANOREXIA, CUTTING, NOT LESBIANISM) I DON'T KNOW, CLEARLY THIS BOOK WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT AND RELATABLE TO SOMEONE, BUT I'M PRETTY FAR OUTSIDE THE DEMOGRAPHIC. LIKE IT'S CLEARLY A GOOD BOOK, BUT I'M NOT EXACTLY A JAPANESE WOMAN WORKING HER WAY UP TO HIRING A PROSTITUTE. I DON'T KNOW, THIS IS NONFICTION AND THAT IS WHY THERE WASN'T A CLIMAX AND A MAJOR CHANGE BUT I KINDA APPRECIATE HOW UNCLEAR IT WAS IF ANYTHING ACTUALLY GOT BETTER OR NOT AT ANY POINT. PS. I LEGITIMATELY LOVE THAT ANYTHING JAPANESE THAT INVOLVES HOMOSEXUALITY HAS TO BE ABSOLUTELY BONKERS ON THE CONCEPT OF HOW HOMOSEXUALITY WORKS. SHE'S GAY BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO HUG HER MOM AND SEE HER BOOBS? SHE'S GAY BECAUSE SHE HATES BEING A WOMAN? IT'S ALL VERY OUT THERE. IT ALWAYS IS.

Wolf in White Van [book]

Wolf in White Van [book] FULLY ACCURATE OR NOT I ALWAYS LIST THE MOUNTAIN GOATS AS MY FAVORITE BAND. THIS IS WRITTEN BY THE MOUNTAIN GOATS AND IS EXACTLY THE BOOK IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE. WHICH IS TO SAY THIS BOOK REALLY HAD A MOOD AND A TONE, IT HAD A HECK OF A SETUP, AND IT WAS REALLY WELL DONE, BUT NOT REALLY MUCH STORY HAPPENED. LIKE, SEVERAL TIMES YOU COULD SEE A PLOT THREAD YOU THINK IS GOING TO BE THE PLOT, BUT THEY JUST SORT OF GO AWAY UNRESOLVED. IT'S STILL GOOD THOUGH, THE EXACT BOOK YOU THINK HE WOULD MAKE EXACTLY HOW HE'D MAKE A BOOK. PS.   I ONE HUNDRED MILLION PERCENT THINK JOHN DARNIELLE REALLY MADE TRACE ITALIAN. LIKE, THERE IS SO MUCH UNNECESSARY DETAIL AND LISTS OF SPECIFIC ELEMENTS THAT IT IS SUPER CLEAR HE REALLY MADE THIS DUMB PLAY BY MAIL GAME. HONESTLY, MAYBE THIS IS ME CONFUSING REALITY AND FICTION BUT I'D BET MONEY THIS BOOK IS JUST AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL IN GENERAL RIGHT UP TILL HE FINGERED KIMMY AND THEN HAD TO DECIDE BETWEEN BECOMING A SINGER OR

Stepsister from Planet Weird [movie]

Stepsister from Planet Weird [movie] I FEEL LIKE THIS WHOLE MOVIE IS A FANTASY RETELLING OF SOMEONE GETTING A STEP SISTER WHO WAS MORMON OR IN A CULT OR SOMETHING. I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE A REAL STORY, SOMEONE SAYING "PROTECT MY ESSENCE" AND THEN THE KIDS MAKING SHIRTS THAT SAID THAT. PS. ALSO OH MAN THE 1999 COMPUTER ANIMATION SPACE FIGHT MAKES THE POLITICS OF THIS MOVIE VERY CONFUSING. LIKE THE GIRL REALLY DOESN'T CARE THE EVIL EMPIRE MURDERED THEIR MOM LIKE 2 WEEKS AGO.

Freaky Friday (2018) [movie]

Freaky Friday (2018) [movie] THEY MADE THIS A MUSICAL? ALSO THEY MADE IT SO THE MOM IS SUPER HORNY FOR THE 15 YEAR OLD AND THEN SANG A WHOLE SONG IN BIOLOGY CLASS ABOUT HOW IT WAS BIOLOGY THAT WAS MAKING HER HORNY? PS. ALSO THEY CHANGED THE BODY SWAP MECHANISM FROM VAGUE CHINESE MAGIC TO A THING WHERE THE DAD LEFT THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER ONE MAGIC HOURGLASS EACH. AND WHAT POSSIBLE PLAN DO YOU HAVE TO GIVE YOUR WIFE AND DAUGHTER BODYSWAP MAGIC ITEMS? IT'S GOOD HE DIED.

Christmas in New York [movie]

Christmas in New York [movie] ITALIAN MOVIE BY THE SAME TEAM THAT MADE TITANIC II AND ANIMAL SOCCER THAT TEAMED UP WITH A NORTH KOREAN STUDIO TO MAKE A TERRIBLE MOVIE. THE VOICE ACTING WAS VERY FUNNY BUT IT GOT A LITTLE DULL. PS. WHY DID ARBOR HAVE SUCH A WILDLY MORE THOUGHT OUT BACK STORY THAN ANYTHING ELSE?

The Pervert [book, comic]

The Pervert [book, comic] THIS IS AN OWNVOICES BOOK THAT IS A GRAPHIC NOVEL ABOUT A TRANSGENDER SEX WORKER WRITTEN BY THE SAME. IT'S OKAY, IT'S MOSTLY JUST A BUNCH OF SHORT COMICS OR JUST DRAWINGS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF NARRATIVE. THE MAIN CHARACTER'S STORY IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU THINK IT WOULD BE,  THE OLD GUY'S ARC AND BACKSTORY IS MORE INTERESTING GENERALLY BUT NOT TONS AND TONS HAPPENS IN THE 156 PAGES OF THIS THING. IT'S ALL GENERALLY AN OKAY STORY. MEH. PS. OKAY, BUT THE PART THAT IS SOMETHING IS THAT I THINK THE ARTIST COULDN'T DRAW VERY MUCH SO A TON OF THE CHARACTERS ARE COPIES OR POSSIBLY JUST TRACINGS OF OTHER CHARACTERS AND HOLY CRAP THAT ELEVATES PART OF THIS STORY. LIKE THE GUY ASKING FOR A THREESOME IS JON ARBUCKLE, THE GUY ON THE DATING APP IS OWL FROM MOG, MEGG AND OWL, THE COCAINE GUY IS TOP CAT, THE HOMOPHOBIC MECHANIC IS CHARLIE BROWN, THE NICE CANADIAN BOSS IS VERY VERY MUCH A TRACING OF CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG. AND A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOP

The Female Man [book]

The Female Man [book] THERE IS A REASON I AM SO OBSESSED WITH NEBULA AWARDS, ESPECIALLY THE RUNNERS UP. THE GOOD ONES HAVE THIS VERY PARTICULAR TONE WHERE THEY ARE SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS WRITTEN ABOUT A VERY CUTTING EDGE SOCIAL ISSUE BUT IN THE YEAR THAT ISSUE WAS JUST ENTERING PUBLIC CONSCIOUSNESS ENOUGH IT MIGHT WIN A SCIENCE FICTION AWARD. SO IT'S OFTEN THESE TOPICS THAT HAVE SINCE BEEN DISCUSSED FOR DECADES OR EVEN SETTLED FOR DECADES, BUT THEY ARE WRITTEN IN THE MOMENT IN A WEIRD MUDDLED "THESE IDEAS ARE STILL PRETTY NEW" SORT OF WAY. LIKE THIS IS A BOOK WRITTEN ABOUT FEMINISM IN 1970. IT HOLDS UP SHOCKINGLY WELL, I MEAN, AT LEAST IT SEEMS TO. WITH LIKE SCENES OF EXTREMELY CURRENT DAY THINGS LIKE A MALE COLLEGE FRESHMEN SPEAKING OVER THE FEMALE PROFESSOR ON A TOPIC AT A PARTY. AND MOST OF THE DOUBLE STANDARDS THAT ARE STILL ISSUES TODAY, IT'S LEGITIMATELY A GOOD BOOK. BUT LIKE IT GETS THE PART OF THE NEBULA AWARD WHERE IT JUST MIXES IN WEIRD SCIFI STUFF PEPPERE