Circe

Is super helpful

... didn't Circe have a glossary? Am I crazy?

Circe, I, I think she does.

Uh-

I feel like-

She wrote Song of Achilles-

She's from Boston

... and Circe, which, um, she majored in like, uh-

i didn't get that far no but i just think it's interesting timing i don't know if you saw did you see the odyssey yet

No, I kind of have turned a corner where now I'm like, three hours? And also, I just read Circe, so I'm sort of like, I just read about this guy.

The fucking book is so good.

There's an interesting commentary, and it's totally true, which is Christopher Nolan's last couple movies are guys in power having to come to terms with something big they did, basically, and realizing how bad it is.

They're fleeing into myth and nature.

The bestseller lists are packed with things like the Odyssey, the wisdom of the Odyssey, Circe, Braiding Sweetgrass, Is a River Alive, Raising Hare, and The God of the Woods.

This is a classic sociological reaction to rapid, uncontrollable change.

When the future feels too terrifying, when you are worried about becoming a reverse centaur or surviving a biological war, and the present feels too chaotic, where does the collective consciousness retreat?

It goes backwards.

It retreats to the ancient past, seeking enduring wisdom, hence the sudden resurgence of ancient Greek foundational myths like the Odyssey and Circe.

And it retreats to the earth itself.

Books like Braiding Sweetgrass and, and A River Alive, it's a desperate grab for grounding.

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Circe.

Last summer, I immersed myself completely in Greek-inspired literature.

One of my favorites was Madeline Miller's book, Circe.

And one of the things I went into Nolan's Odyssey expecting to be disappointed about was the witch, Circe.

In Miller's Circe, it's a beautiful sexual love story.

And she's a pro-sex feminist, Circe.

She's which in Nolan's version, we don't see sex between that Circe and Matt Damon.

thing it was worm erotica i assume

yeah i wrote my first ever erotica that'll probably be in that thing oh yeah I would recommend Circe and Song of Achilles if you like Greek myth.

It's really breezy.

The elevator pitch is Song of Achilles is a gay retelling of the Iliad and Circe is not really but close enough to a feminist retelling of the Odyssey.

It's way more than that.

It's way better than I just made it sound.