Download or read book Breaking the Taboo with Young Adult Literature written by Victor Malo-Juvera and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text offers 6th - 12th grade educators guided instructional approaches for including diverse young adult (YA) literature in the classroom as a form of social justice teaching and learning. Through the YA books spotlighted in this text, educators are provided pre-, during-, and after reading activities that guide students to a deeper understanding of topics that are often considered taboo in the classroom - race, racism, mental health, immigration, gender, sexuality, sexual assault - while increasing their literacy practices.

Download or read book Break the Taboo written by Viji Hari and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s okay to seek help! Break the Taboo empowers you with essential knowledge about common mental health conditions like work-stress, anxiety, OCD, parenting/relationship issues, addiction and more. It contains a set of short real-life stories on counselling narrated by senior psychologists. The book shows how timely identification and treatment through counselling and therapy have helped people in several organisations. It answers vital questions, such as: • How are counselling therapies helpful? • When should you approach a counsellor or therapist? • What happens in counselling therapy? • What techniques does a counsellor adopt? Break the Taboo shatters several myths about mental health and shows how to nurture a healthy, vibrant culture at the workplace. It is essential reading for employees, team leads, HR teams and senior management of organisations.

Download or read book Women Talk Money written by Rebecca Walker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A searing and fearless anthology of essays exploring the profound impact of money on women’s lives, edited by prominent feminist and writer Rebecca Walker. Women Talk Money is a groundbreaking collection that lifts the veil on what women talk about when they talk about money; it unflinchingly recounts the power of money to impact health, define relationships, and shape identity. The collection includes previously unpublished essays by trailblazing writers, activists, and models, such as Alice Walker, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Rachel Cargle, Tracy McMillan, Cameron Russell, Sonya Renee Taylor, Adrienne Maree Brown, and more, with Rebecca Walker as editor. In this provocative anthology, we discover a family that worships money even as it tears them apart; we read about the “financial death sentence” a transgender woman must confront to live as herself. We trace the journey of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who finally makes enough money to discover her spiritual impoverishment; we follow a stressful email exchange between an unsympathetic university financial officer and a desperate family who can’t afford to pay their daughter’s tuition, and more. This collection is a clarion call to conduct honest conversations that demystify and transform the role money plays in our lives. Dazzlingly resonant and deeply familiar, Women Talk Money is a revelation.

Download or read book Let s Talk About Baby Milestones Breaking the Taboo written by Aurora Brooks and published by BabyDreamers.net. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing "Let's Talk About Baby Milestones: Breaking the Taboo" - a must-read book for every parent who wants to understand and celebrate their baby's development journey. In this insightful and empowering guide, we delve into the world of baby milestones, breaking the taboo surrounding them, and providing you with the knowledge and support you need to navigate this exciting phase of your child's life. "Why Baby Milestones Matter" sets the stage for the book, explaining the significance of tracking and understanding your baby's milestones. From their first smile to their first steps, these milestones are not only indicators of your baby's growth but also crucial for their overall development. We then dive into "Common Baby Milestones," exploring the key milestones that most babies reach during their first year. From rolling over to sitting up and crawling, this section provides a comprehensive overview of what to expect and when. "Gross Motor Skills" and "Fine Motor Skills" take a closer look at the physical development of your baby. From grasping objects to walking and running, these milestones are essential for your baby's coordination and independence. "Speech and Language Development" sheds light on how your baby's communication skills evolve. From babbling to saying their first words, this section offers practical tips to encourage language development and foster effective communication. "Social and Emotional Milestones" explores the emotional growth of your baby. From forming attachments to expressing emotions, this section helps you understand and support your baby's social development. "Cognitive Development" delves into the fascinating world of your baby's thinking and problem-solving abilities. From recognizing shapes to solving puzzles, this section provides insights into how your baby's mind develops. "Recognizing Developmental Delays" equips you with the knowledge to identify potential delays in your baby's development. We discuss the red flags to look out for and when it's time to seek professional help. "Seeking Professional Help" offers guidance on how to navigate the process of seeking professional assistance for your baby's developmental concerns. From finding the right specialists to understanding the evaluation process, this section empowers you to take action. "Breaking the Stigma" challenges the societal taboos surrounding developmental differences. We aim to create a more inclusive and accepting society by promoting understanding and empathy. "Supporting Children with Developmental Differences" provides practical strategies and resources to support children with developmental differences. From creating inclusive environments to advocating for their rights, this section offers guidance for parents and caregivers. "Early Intervention Programs" This title is a short read. A Short Read is a type of book that is designed to be read in one quick sitting. These no fluff books are perfect for people who want an overview about a subject in a short period of time. Table of Contents Let's Talk About Baby Milestones: Breaking the Taboo Why Baby Milestones Matter Common Baby Milestones Gross Motor Skills Fine Motor Skills Speech and Language Development Social and Emotional Milestones Cognitive Development Recognizing Developmental Delays Seeking Professional Help Breaking the Stigma Supporting Children with Developmental Differences Early Intervention Programs Empowering Parents Celebrating Every Milestone Frequently Asked Questions

Download or read book Industrial Policy in America written by Marco R. Di Tommaso and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contrast to what observers have frequently argued, this timely and thought provoking book suggests that the concept of industrial policy is not alien to the American past and present. The debate on this topic in the US has always been full of contradictory rhetoric and policy practices, and the expert authors therefore acknowledge a need to rethink the traditional antagonist positions. They illustrate that contemporary markets continue to demand to be fixed by government policies, and governments continue to show how fixing-the-market policies might fail. The conclusion is that the future of industrial policy is about how to make both markets and governments better in their functioning, but that the real goal for industrial policy is to make better-market and better-government policies consistent with the goal of building a better society. Affirming that it is time to break the taboo and discuss the nationÕs goals, targets, and tools to develop a new, effective American industrial policy, this pathbreaking book will prove a thought provoking and challenging read for students, academics and policymakers with an interest in political economy and industrial policy, public sector and international economics.

Download or read book Splatter Movies written by John McCarty and published by . This book was released on 1984-06-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fallin Up written by Taboo and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A founding member of the Black Eyed Peas shares the inspiring story of his rise from the streets of East L.A. to the heights of international fame.

Download or read book Male Rape written by Richie McMullen and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author challenges the position of English law that does nothing to recognize the existence of men as victims of rape. He argues across the whole spectrum of abuse cases, identifying possible causes and re-evaluating the threat as a problem for all to face, whatever sex.

Download or read book Lifting the Taboo written by Sally Cline and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1997-03 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: lluminated by a profound yet humorous vision, Lifting the Taboo explores the specific relationship women of many colors, cultures, ages, and sexual orientations have to their own deaths, their attitudes towards loss, and their disposition to their role as primary care-givers to the dying.Specifically, the book weighs the implications of breast cancer and examines in detail Alzheimer's Disease which, contrary to popular myth, can in several significant ways be perceived as a women's disease. Investigating mothers' responses to children's deaths, Sally Cline establishes that women's relationships to death are intricately connected to the experience of giving birth. They are, she argues, therefore psychologically and emotionally different from those of men. Cline goes on to examine women's roles and responses to AIDS and suicide, women's sexual relationships while dying, how society views widows as leftover lives, and women's radical work in hospices and death therapy, as well as their roles as female funeral directors.

Download or read book Teaching the Taboo written by Rick Ayers and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rick and William Ayers renew their challenge to teachers to teach initiative, to teach imagination, to “teach the taboo” in the new edition of this bestseller. Drawing from a lifetime of deep commitment to students, teaching, and social justice, the authors update their powerful critique of schooling and present classroom stories of everyday teachers grappling with many of today’s hotly debated issues. They invite educators to live a teaching life of questioning—to imagine classrooms where every established and received bit of wisdom, common sense, orthodoxy, and dogma is open for examination, interrogation, and rethinking. Teaching the Taboo, Second Edition is an insightful guide to effective pedagogy and essential reading for anyone looking to evolve as an educator. What’s new for the second edition of Teaching the Taboo! A deeper exploration of issues of white privilege and racism and war and peace. A more thorough examination of the problems with math and science education, including possible solutions. An expanded exploration of the importance of creative writing for validating individual and community experiences. A more thorough discussion of Freire’s work and comparison to the radical teaching projects of African American activists in the south during the Freedom Schools. An in-depth look at how students can be part of co-constructing historical narratives and analyses. An update on school struggles in Atlanta, Chicago, and Seattle. Praise for the first edition of Teaching the Taboo! “For those frustrated by the thrust of educational 'reform'…this book provides what can be described as both a challenge and a set of alternatives.” —Education Review “Drawing from a lifetime of deep thinking about education and courageous commitment to precious students, Rick and William Ayers have given us a marvelous book. Their devastating critique of the pervasive market models in education and their powerful defense of democratic forms of imagination in schools are so badly needed in our present-day crisis!” —Cornel West, Princeton University “Teaching the Taboo is provocative, challenging, funny in places, wild but sensible enough to be useful, inspiring, and practical for educators who are working to negate the educational madness that is infecting the schools.” —Herb Kohl, author of 36 Children and Painting Chinese Rick Ayers is a university instructor and founder of the Communication Arts and Sciences small school at Berkeley High School, and teaches at the University of San Francisco. William Ayers is a school reform activist and a Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Download or read book Taboo written by Jon Entine and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In virtually every sport in which they are given opportunity to compete, people of African descent dominate. East Africans own every distance running record. Professional sports in the Americas are dominated by men and women of West African descent. Why have blacks come to dominate sports? Are they somehow physically better? And why are we so uncomfortable when we discuss this? Drawing on the latest scientific research, journalist Jon Entine makes an irrefutable case for black athletic superiority. We learn how scientists have used numerous, bogus "scientific" methods to prove that blacks were either more or less superior physically, and how racist scientists have often equated physical prowess with intellectual deficiency. Entine recalls the long, hard road to integration, both on the field and in society. And he shows why it isn't just being black that matters—it makes a huge difference as to where in Africa your ancestors are from.Equal parts sports, science and examination of why this topic is so sensitive, Taboois a book that will spark national debate.

Download or read book The Revolution Will Be Bloody written by Stasha Washburn and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2020 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if your menstrual cycle was a map for living in flow?The greatest trick the patriarchy ever pulled was separating women from their cycles. It pitted us against each other (and ourselves), turning one of our greatest power sources into something 'gross' and 'unclean' - a 'curse' to be ashamed of.As a result, we've forgotten that our energy levels naturally wax and wane each month. Instead, we live our lives constantly pushing, striving and doing - ending up burnt out and disempowered. And 90% of us will have a hormonal imbalance.This book proposes a revolutionary alternative: one of honoring your natural cycle, and planning your life and business in flow with it. As you journey through these pages, you'll learn how to live, eat and work in beautiful alignment with your individual flow.It's time to reconnect with the power in your period.Are you ready to join the revolution?

Download or read book Fostering Mental Health Literacy through Adolescent Literature written by Brooke Eisenbach and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fostering Mental Health Literacy through Adolescent Literature provides educators a starting point for engaging students in the study of adolescent literature that features mental health themes with the intended goal of developing students’ mental health literacy while simultaneously attending to English Language Arts content and literacy standards. Each chapter, co-authored by a literacy expert and mental health specialist, features a specific adolescent novel and provides middle and high school teachers background information on the novel’s featured mental health theme(s), along with pedagogical approaches for guiding readers into, through, and out of the novel. In doing so, this text seeks to raise awareness of mental health issues thereby reducing associated stigma and normalizing individual and peer mental health experiences for all adolescents.

Download or read book The Book written by Alan Watts and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1989-08-28 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revelatory primer on what it means to be human, from "the perfect guide for a course correction in life" (Deepak Chopra)—and a mind-opening manual of initiation into the central mystery of existence. At the root of human conflict is our fundamental misunderstanding of who we are. The illusion that we are isolated beings, unconnected to the rest of the universe, has led us to view the “outside” world with hostility, and has fueled our misuse of technology and our violent and hostile subjugation of the natural world. To help us understand that the self is in fact the root and ground of the universe, Watts has crafted a revelatory primer on what it means to be human—and a mind-opening manual of initiation into the central mystery of existence. In The Book, Alan Watts provides us with a much-needed answer to the problem of personal identity, distilling and adapting the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta.

Download or read book Victims and Perpetrators 1933 1945 written by Laurel Cohen-Pfister and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2006 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the politics of history and memory in Germany today. From different perspectives, the collected essays analyze the topic of German suffering, from expulsion, bombings, and rape during World War II - as well as the Holocaust. Themes include the generational shift in memory; German, Jewish, and Austrian identity; and Czech-German and Polish-German reconciliation processes.

Download or read book Sexplosion written by Robert Hofler and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the sexual revolution came the sexual explosion The six years between 1968 and 1973 saw more sexual taboos challenged than ever before. Film, literature, and theater simultaneously broke through barriers previously unimagined, giving birth to what we still consider to be the height of sexual expression in our pop culture: Portnoy's Complaint, Myra Breckinridge, Hair, The Boys in the Band, Midnight Cowboy, Last Tango in Paris, and Deep Throat. In Sexplosion, Robert Hofler weaves a lively narrative linking many of the writers, producers, and actors responsible for creating these and other controversial works, placing them within their cultural and social frameworks. During the time the Stonewall Riots were shaking Greenwich Village and Roe v. Wade was making its way to the Supreme Court, a group of daring artists was challenging the status quo and defining the country's concept of sexual liberation. Hofler follows the creation of and reaction to these groundbreaking works, tracing their connections and influences upon one another and the rest of entertainment. Always colorful and often unexpected, Sexplosion is an illuminating account of a generation of sexual provocateurs and the power their works continue to hold decades later.

Download or read book We Need to Talk about Money written by Otegha Uwagba and published by Fourth Estate. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'One of the most original and talented young writers we have.' Sathnam Sanghera 'A must-read.' Elizabeth Day 'A beautiful, searingly personal account of a world defined by money, full of courage and truth telling.' Owen Jones