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It's about coming of age for sure and so, yes, sexual awakening as well. But the symbolism was not deliberate. The passage you're referring to is in one of her essays, Dreams Must Explain Themselves (collected in The Language of the Night). But I'd put that retrospective view as Le Guin going...

How about this...?

Hmm, maybe. I suppose it's the ideas you remember from these books, rather than the characters. Which I suppose is uncharacteristic of Le Guin.

Try The Word for World is Forest. It's about (among other things) a non-violent society being changed by colonialist oppression. It's not absolutely her best but is pretty good – and also quite short, so you'll get what she's about without wasting much time (supposing you don't like it). After...

It's a children's book ffs.

original post punk is terrific, some of the best music ever made in my opinion ;) – but I agree that it's a great book

Now I'm getting nostalgic for the days when it was the UK exporting all over the world techniques developed in Northern Ireland. (PS I'm not really.)

I'd certainly add Emily Howard to their catalogue of shit. If it had been an insider pisstake of transvestite culture (as with Matt Lucas' "only gay in the village"), and David Walliams had come out as such, that might have been different. But he didn't and it wasn't. Instead, it just created a...

Banished from the political discourse of the Labour party – and to a large extent from the national discourse. Though, as you say, that hasn't made much real difference with this government in power.

not sure whether you meant me (or some other Jon) there – but, if so, you've failed ;)

a pretty accurate summary of Johnson + Tory bullshit re Covid-19... https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/uk-population-being-fooled-by-government-1-6684939

Up here, actually in red wall territory, it was nearly all about Brexit. As in: "We voted for Brexit and we want it. We certainly don't want another vote which we might lose." Which was what Labour policy was offering in 2019. Hence all the UKIP votes (of which there were a lot) went to the...

Only light in the sense that they weren't interested in discussing Corbyn or Labour policy on anything. Interesting. Pre-reading I'm guessing they critique Corbyn for not being very left at all.

Peter Oborne & David Hearst on the media assassination of Jeremy Corbyn... https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/killing-jeremy-corbyn

an open letter to Keir Starmer...

RIP Dave Greenfield :(

Ah, so pretty much what we mentioned before. Except for 0rinoco/ADyy. I'll have to check them out.

and what have you been sending him? :)

Yes. But I don't see there's anything wrong with feeling that way. Music doesn't have the same importance to everyone. Also, I'm not sure Stravinsky's Rite is a good example of not wanting to hear new music. The audience were certainly there to hear new music. It's just that some of them...

In other words you're not really that interested in music are you. You just listen to what you already know you like. (Which is usually what you listened to when you were 18.) And that's perfectly okay. I just eat what I already know I like, but I'm not really that interested in food.