DNF, 25%
I wanted to like this so bad from the premise.
A lot of old person shouts at cloud. She has this whole thing where she thinks its ok to stalk people that don't want to talk to her. There's like an entire chapter on it.
A summary of her arguments:
lack of communication causes conflict
conflict leads to shunning as a first response
Interpersonal shunning, leads to the invocation of the state
Communication will resolve conflict
Abuse is bad, and that we often use the term when there's not a power imbalance
We should treat abuse and conflict diffently
* We have a responsibility to resolve conflicts in family and other social groups.
What get on my nerves is she doesn't really back up that shunning is happening, as a first response, her shunning model isn't one that matches any organisational behaviour research I know of, and infact …
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Billie Thompson rated Disaster Inc: 3 stars
Billie Thompson reviewed Conflict is not abuse by Sarah Schulman
Review of 'Conflict is not abuse' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
DNF, 25%
I wanted to like this so bad from the premise.
A lot of old person shouts at cloud. She has this whole thing where she thinks its ok to stalk people that don't want to talk to her. There's like an entire chapter on it.
A summary of her arguments:
lack of communication causes conflict
conflict leads to shunning as a first response
Interpersonal shunning, leads to the invocation of the state
Communication will resolve conflict
Abuse is bad, and that we often use the term when there's not a power imbalance
We should treat abuse and conflict diffently
* We have a responsibility to resolve conflicts in family and other social groups.
What get on my nerves is she doesn't really back up that shunning is happening, as a first response, her shunning model isn't one that matches any organisational behaviour research I know of, and infact individual relationships work differently than group dynamics.
Go read a book on non-violent communication rather than this.
Billie Thompson rated Even Cowgirls Get the Blues: 3 stars
Tom Robbins, Tom Robbins: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (2001, Oldcastle Books, Limited)
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins, Tom Robbins
The whooping crane rustlers are girls. Young girls. Cowgirls, as a matter of fact, all "bursting with dimples and hormones"--and …
Billie Thompson rated The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry: 3 stars
The Ruthless Lady's Guide to Wizardry by C. M. Waggoner
Sparks fly in this enchanting fantasy novel from the author of Unnatural Magic when a down-and-out fire witch and a …
Billie Thompson rated The City and the Dungeon: 4 stars
Billie Thompson rated Age of Stone: 4 stars
Billie Thompson rated The Gate of the Feral Gods: 4 stars
The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #4)
Billie Thompson rated Last Smile in Sunder City: 4 stars
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Billie Thompson rated Broken Council: 4 stars
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Billie Thompson rated The Decameron: 3 stars
The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, J. M. Rigg
ENTERTAINING ROMANTIC STORIES OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN FLEEING THE BLACK DEATH IN ITALY AND, AS A RESULT, TAKE TURNS …