Gratuité des transports, comprendre un débat aux multiples enjeux

Read Gratuité des transports : comprendre un débat aux multiples enjeux

La gratuité est devenue l’un des sujets majeurs des débats portant sur les politiques publiques de mobilité à l’échelle locale. Elle se trouve aujourd’hui au cœur de controverses très vives.

Mes notes de lecture sur cet article de blog. Depuis le milieu des années 2010, on parle beaucoup de la gratuité des transports dans les politiques publiques à l’échelle locale. Mais la gratuité est au cœur de grosses controverses, comme le tramway l’était dans les années 1990. La gratuité peut avoir différents buts : mixité…

Replay

Read Replay: Mémoires d’une famille by Jordan Mechner

Franzi, 7 ans, est séparé de ses parents et devient réfugié dans la France occupée de 1940. Son père, autrichien menacé par le nazisme, a vécu la Première Guerre, connu le Front russe et doit fuir son pays pour l’Amérique. 80 ans plus tard, le fils de Franzi, Jordan Mechner, raconte leurs histoires grâce aux carnets tenus par chacun d’entre eux et y mêle son expatriation professionnelle des États-Unis en France.

Dans Replay : Mémoire d’une famille, Jordan Melchner, le mec qui a fait Prince of Persia, un jeu auquel je n’ai jamais joué, raconte un mélange d’histoires : La vie de son grand-père autrichien et de sa famille, parvenue à fuir la seconde guerre mondiale, qu’il reconstruit à partir des journaux de son aîné Son…

Rana Joon and the One and Only Now

Read Rana Joon and the One and Only Now by Shideh Etaat

Perfect Iranian girls are straight A students, always polite, and grow up to marry respectable Iranian boys. But it’s the San Fernando Valley in 1996, and Rana Joon is far from perfect—she smokes weed and loves Tupac, and she has a secret: she likes girls.

As if that weren’t enough, her best friend, Louie—the one who knew her secret and encouraged her to live in the moment—died almost a year ago, and she’s still having trouble processing her grief. To honor him, Rana enters the rap battle he dreamed of competing in, even though she’s terrified of public speaking.

Rana Joon and the One and Only Now is a novel about grief. As many novels about grief are, it is also about hope. Rana needs to build a place for herself, and since the death of her best friend Louie a year ago − a death that she does not believe was an accident,…

To name the bigger lie

Read To Name the Bigger Lie: A Memoir in Two Stories by Sarah Viren

Sarah’s story begins as she’s researching what she believes will be a book about her high school philosophy teacher, a charismatic instructor who taught her and her classmates to question everything—in the end, even the reality of historical atrocities. As she digs into the effects of his teachings, her life takes a turn into the fantastical when her wife, Marta, is notified that she’s been investigated for sexual misconduct at the university where they both teach.

Sarah Viren examines the nature of lies and conspiracies and how we build our Truth. When the author started writing this memoir, it was about her high school philosophy teacher in an European-inspired magnet programme where philosophy exists (i love this). In freshman year, it was an amazing class where the teacher encouraged everyone to…

Speak of the Devil

Read Speak of the Devil by Rose Wilding

New Year’s Eve, 1999.

Seven women are gathered in a hotel room at midnight; a man’s head sits in the center of the floor. They all had a motive to kill Jamie Spellman. They all swear they didn’t. But in order to protect each other, they have to find out who did.

Time to go back to good old crime novels, including a twist (lesbians. the twist is lesbians.). I’ve already talked about how funnily enough, I consider most crime novels uplifting, as long as the grueling horrors aren’t too detailed. Their structure is very clear-cut and they’re not taking any risks, usually, following a very neat…

Traquemage : Le serment des pécadous

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Le pécadou, étonnant fromage de cornebique, fait la fierté de Pistolin. Mais avec la guerre que se livrent les mages, la vie dans la montagne est devenue impossible. Après avoir été le témoin de l’extermination de son troupeau, notre héros fait le serment de traquer les mages et de les tuer tous. Accompagné par Myrtille, l’unique survivante de son troupeau, Pistolin part accomplir sa vengeance.

Mon ami Loïc m’a fourré cette bande dessinée dans les mains en me disant « prends ça, je sais que tu vas aimer ». Je dis « mon ami Loïc » parce que manifestement, il me connaît très bien. Je me suis bien marré à la lecture du premier tome de Traquemages, intitulé Le serment…

Hijab Butch Blues

Read Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from stories in the Quran in this daring, provocative, and radically hopeful memoir.

The original title of this book was Maryam Was a Dyke, as Lamya H said in their interview on the podcast Gender Reveal (if you speak English, grab the episode or transcript, if you prefer French, the translated transcript will be on this blog soon). They then changed it because some friends said that would…

Elisabeta

Read Elisabeta by Rozenn Illiano

En France, Saraï est une jeune immortelle assignée à résidence depuis toujours ou presque. Elle a été jugée pour avoir manifesté un pouvoir parapsychique interdit, un don qu’on lui a retiré avant de la marier de force et de la contraindre à ne jamais quitter sa maison.
En Italie, Giovanna est une mortelle qui vit en compagnie d’un vampire, et dont elle est la seule source de sang. Elle non plus n’a pas eu le choix : née dans une famille proche du Cercle, elle a dû se soumettre à leur autorité et quitter sa petite vie toute tracée.

Jusqu’à ce jour de novembre 2014, quand une éclipse solaire se produit. Le phénomène réveille le don endormi de Saraï. Giovanna, quant à elle, est agressée dans sa propre maison par un immortel, qui lui donne de force la vie éternelle. Depuis, le Cercle les menace de mort, car il ne tolère pas les écarts de ce genre.

Grâce à son don, Saraï entend l’esprit d’une ancienne Reine immortelle, Elisabeta, dont l’âme est piégée à l’intérieur d’une poupée de porcelaine. Elisabeta a tout perdu : son pouvoir, son règne, son enfant et son amant. Réduite aujourd’hui à l’état de fantôme, elle accepte de venir en aide à Saraï qui veut se confronter au Cercle, quitte à le détruire.

Le récap annuel d’Ours Inculte mentionnait Rozenn Illiano et a attiré ma curiosité, j’ai donc fait l’acquisition d’Elisabeta, le premier résultat de ma recherche sur son nom. N’ayant fait absolument aucune recherche sur le bouquin avant de le lire, l’ayant sur liseuse donc avec une couverture bof en noir et blanc et de pas de…

Bryony and Roses

Read Bryony and Roses by T. Kingfisher

Bryony and her sisters have come down in the world. Their merchant father died trying to reclaim his fortune and left them to eke out a living in a village far from their home in the city.

But when Bryony is caught in a snowstorm and takes refuge in an abandoned manor, she stumbles into a house full of dark enchantments. Is the Beast that lives there her captor, or a fellow prisoner? Is the house her enemy or her ally? And why are roses blooming out of season in the courtyard?

This recommendation from Tracy was a really fun and sweet Beauty and the Beast retelling. It took me a while to get into the story, for two reasons: I have no idea why I even started reading it since I’m very tired of fantasy and of romance I didn’t know it was a Beauty and…

Free: Coming of Age at the End of History

Read Free: Coming of Age at the End of History by Lea Ypi

Lea Ypi grew up in one of the most isolated countries on earth, a place where communist ideals had officially replaced religion. Albania, the last Stalinist outpost in Europe, was almost impossible to visit, almost impossible to leave. It was a place of queuing and scarcity, of political executions and secret police. To Lea, it was home. People were equal, neighbours helped each other, and children were expected to build a better world. There was community and hope.

Then, in December 1990, everything changed. The statues of Stalin and Hoxha were toppled. Almost overnight, people could vote freely, wear what they liked and worship as they wished. There was no longer anything to fear from prying ears. But factories shut, jobs disappeared and thousands fled to Italy on crowded ships, only to be sent back. Predatory pyramid schemes eventually bankrupted the country, leading to violent conflict. As one generation’s aspirations became another’s disillusionment, and as her own family’s secrets were revealed, Lea found herself questioning what freedom really meant.

Around the World challenge: Albania This is the best book about Albania I’ve ever read, which doesn’t tell you much because it’s also the only book about Albania I’ve ever read (for now). It did make me want to read more, though. In this book, we follow young Lea as she goes to school in…