Gustavo VillelaMy thoughts on Eve’s Hollywood by Eve Babitz“Journalist, party girl, bookworm, artist, muse,” these are the words used to describe Eve Babitz in the back of the book. This…Oct 10, 2023Oct 10, 2023
Gustavo VillelaMy Thoughts on “No Longer Human” by Osamu DazaiDisclaimer: S*xual assault, suicide.Sep 29, 2023Sep 29, 2023
Gustavo VillelaA look into the history of feminism, what I learned from Estelle Freedman’s Essential Feminist…IntroductionJul 27, 2023Jul 27, 2023
Gustavo VillelaReviewing Gender(s) by Kathryn Bond StocktonIn a radical move, I migrated from Oxford’s A Very Short Introduction series to MIT’s Essential Knowledge Series. The MIT series is similar…Jul 26, 2023Jul 26, 2023
Gustavo VillelaReview and summary of Sexuality, A very Short IntroductionMy fourth and final review of Oxford University’s A Very Short Introduction series is Veronique Mottier’s version on sexuality. Sexuality…Feb 28, 2023Feb 28, 2023
Gustavo VillelaReviewing Feminism: A Very Short Introduction by Margaret WaltersAnother day, another book review. Continuing my exploration of Oxford’s A Very Short Introduction I read Margaret Walter’s introduction to…Feb 9, 2023Feb 9, 2023
Gustavo VillelaReviewing Surviving Autocracy by Masha GessenAs part of the Phil Lind Initiative seminar, part of my graduate program at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) at the…Feb 2, 2023Feb 2, 2023
Gustavo VillelaReviewing A Very Short Introduction to Fascism by Kevin PassmoreGiven today’s political climate, and the ubiquitousness of the term, it was only proper for my second book of the A Very Short Introduction…Jan 30, 20231Jan 30, 20231
Gustavo VillelaReviewing A Very Short Introduction to the Roman Republic by David GwynnThis book was my first foray into Oxford’s “A Very Short Introduction” series and at least for me, it did not disappoint. Written by David…Jan 25, 2023Jan 25, 2023