Rebel Book Club August Pop Up - Jakarta

Welcome to the RBC August Pop Up event, where we'll be diving into August's theme, Modern Love, via this month's book, "Bonded by Evolution: What We've Got Wrong About Love and Connection", by Paul Eastwick.

We're told men and women want different things from love: he wants novelty, she wants commitment, he's chasing looks, she's chasing status. Psychology professor Paul Eastwick says this popular "evolutionary" story is unscientific, and sometimes dangerous. Drawing on original research from his own lab, he reveals a more hopeful truth: attraction isn't about hierarchies of 10s and 2s, it's about finding, and often building, real compatibility.

Why we chose it: "Rarely have scientific rigour and exuberant optimism been such congenial companions." - Eric Klinenberg, co-author of Modern Romance

Meet your Jakarta host:

Tada

Tada is a voracious & moody reader, but that doesn’t stop their innate sense of gathering people who want to read and have fun. A cofounder of the social club KKB & the film club KCMT Sinema in Jakarta; now they’re ready to spread their wings to host Rebel Book Club’s Jakarta edition!

Tada's top nonfiction reads:
1. The Chronology of Water, by Lydia Yuknavitch
2. ⁠⁠How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, by Alexander Chee
3. ⁠⁠Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement, by Angela Y. Davis

About Rebel Book Club

Every month since 2015, we've helped 1000's of curious minds explore a topic, meet, discuss and share learnings & actions. We're in the UK, America, Canada and Australia, plus now in Indonesia + we have a digital membership for members round the world.

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