#solarpunkreading

-C

I read this book when it first came out, and it's intense. It follows some of the women who were radium dial factory workers during the WWI and WWII eras. We had known for quite some time that radium was extremely dangerous. It was one of the first things that Marie Curie and her team figured out. These women were exploited and lied to in order to get them to continue working at radium dial painting factories. It's a good read and an important read, but it's rough to hear what they went through. I had cursory knowledge of this practice prior to reading this book, but the author really makes a point to personalize each woman's story. It's a series of mini biographies featuring some of these women; it's heart wrenching, gut wrenching, and terrifying all at the same time. If anyone is confused about why so many solarpunks and progressives are so ardently anticapitalist, this book will be a handy illustration. And yes I've linked the downloadable version from Barnes & Noble and not from "A" that must not be named. It's also available from digitally from Scribd, probably from your library, and from Half Price Books. Just please please, don't get it on Kindle. Gross. Shove that thing in the back of your closet. The audiobook is also great. Again, not from A*m*z*n.