Download or read book Against Purity written by Alexis Shotwell and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world is in a terrible mess. It is toxic, irradiated, and full of injustice. Aiming to stand aside from the mess can produce a seemingly satisfying self-righteousness in the scant moments we achieve it, but since it is ultimately impossible, individual purity will always disappoint. Might it be better to understand complexity and, indeed, our own complicity in much of what we think of as bad, as fundamental to our lives? Against Purity argues that the only answer—if we are to have any hope of tackling the past, present, and future of colonialism, disease, pollution, and climate change—is a resounding yes. Proposing a powerful new conception of social movements as custodians for the past and incubators for liberated futures, Against Purity undertakes an analysis that draws on theories of race, disability, gender, and animal ethics as a foundation for an innovative approach to the politics and ethics of responding to systemic problems. Being against purity means that there is no primordial state we can recover, no Eden we have desecrated, no pretoxic body we might uncover through enough chia seeds and kombucha. There is no preracial state we could access, no erasing histories of slavery, forced labor, colonialism, genocide, and their concomitant responsibilities and requirements. There is no food we can eat, clothes we can buy, or energy we can use without deepening our ties to complex webbings of suffering. So, what happens if we start from there? Alexis Shotwell shows the importance of critical memory practices to addressing the full implications of living on colonized land; how activism led to the official reclassification of AIDS; why we might worry about studying amphibians when we try to fight industrial contamination; and that we are all affected by nuclear reactor meltdowns. The slate has never been clean, she reminds us, and we can’t wipe off the surface to start fresh—there’s no fresh to start. But, Shotwell argues, hope found in a kind of distributed ethics, in collective activist work, and in speculative fiction writing for gender and disability liberation that opens new futures.

Download or read book Knowing Otherwise written by Alexis Shotwell and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prejudice is often not a conscious attitude: because of ingrained habits in relating to the world, one may act in prejudiced ways toward others without explicitly understanding the meaning of one’s actions. Similarly, one may know how to do certain things, like ride a bicycle, without being able to articulate in words what that knowledge is. These are examples of what Alexis Shotwell discusses in Knowing Otherwise as phenomena of “implicit understanding.” Presenting a systematic analysis of this concept, she highlights how this kind of understanding may be used to ground positive political and social change, such as combating racism in its less overt and more deep-rooted forms. Shotwell begins by distinguishing four basic types of implicit understanding: nonpropositional, skill-based, or practical knowledge; embodied knowledge; potentially propositional knowledge; and affective knowledge. She then develops the notion of a racialized and gendered “common sense,” drawing on Gramsci and critical race theorists, and clarifies the idea of embodied knowledge by showing how it operates in the realm of aesthetics. She also examines the role that both negative affects, like shame, and positive affects, like sympathy, can play in moving us away from racism and toward political solidarity and social justice. Finally, Shotwell looks at the politicized experience of one’s body in feminist and transgender theories of liberation in order to elucidate the role of situated sensuous knowledge in bringing about social change and political transformation.

Download or read book James T Shotwell and the Rise of Internationalism in America written by Harold Josephson and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 1974 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the shift in public opinion from continentalism and political isolationism to internationalism that the coming of World War II brought about by focusing on the career and thought of Jams T. Shotwell, one of the leading protagonists of internationalism and collective security in America.

Download or read book Vienna Nocturne written by Vivien Shotwell and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shotwell lyrically navigates her protagonist through love affairs, heartache and dazzling high-stakes performances. This is an exquisite read for history fans, classical-music lovers and romance aficionados alike." --Chatelaine Vienna Nocturne recounts the turbulent life and brilliantly successful career of young British opera singer Anna Storace, a child prodigy who is taken by her parents to Italy at age thirteen to advance her career. In love with life and wildly ambitious, Anna wants everything--to be famous, to be loved--and this leads her to make some fatal choices. We watch her turn from a carefree young girl to a passionate young woman, and it is during this transformation that her affair with Mozart blossoms. The story of their love, no less powerful for being forbidden, is reminiscent of the passionate thwarted romances described in Loving Frank and Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Written in melodious prose by a young author studying opera at Yale, Vienna Nocturne is dramatic story of a woman's battle to find love and fame in an 18th-century world that controls and limits her at every turn.

Download or read book United States of America V Shotwell Manufacturing Company written by and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Revolutionizing Women s Healthcare written by Hannah Dudley-Shotwell and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-13 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2021 Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize from the Western Association of Women Historians (WAWH)​ Revolutionizing Women’s Healthcare is the story of a feminist experiment: the self-help movement. This movement arose out of women’s frustration, anger, and fear for their health. Tired of visiting doctors who saw them as silly little girls, suffering shame when they asked for birth control, seeking abortions in back alleys, and holding little control over their own reproductive lives, women took action. Feminists created “self-help groups” where they examined each other’s bodies and read medical literature. They founded and ran clinics, wrote books, made movies, undertook nationwide tours, and raided and picketed offending medical institutions. Some performed their own abortions. Others swore off pharmaceuticals during menopause. Lesbian women found “at home” ways to get pregnant. Black women used self-help to talk about how systemic racism affected their health. Hannah Dudley-Shotwell engagingly chronicles these stories and more to showcase the creative ways women came together to do for themselves what the mainstream healthcare system refused to do.

Download or read book The Southern Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 1068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Gone Before Spring written by Sheila Solomon Shotwell and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1967, Ruth Ann is in 8th grade at a Catholic school. She feels like she doesn't fit in because of her Jewish father, her divorced parents, and a case of Psoriasis she's trying to keep secret. Instead of getting better, her condition gets worse. Iconic music and vintage details make this a fun read for young and used-to-be-young readers alike.

Download or read book Immersed in Red written by Mike Shotwell and published by World Ahead Press. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immersed in Red chronicles Mr. Shotwell's exposure to Marxist ideology during his formative years, experiencing irrationality of Soviet idealism in all facets of daily life. Spending two years in the U.S. Peace Corps in Venezuela as a young adult, he came face to face with the corrosive nature of communism on a budding democracy, which challenged his long-held leftist beliefs. With a deep understanding born of first-hand experience, Mr. Shotwell takes us through his compelling story of his stepfather's devotion to the anti-American Soviet cause; family friends who were entrenched in Soviet espionage; our nation's current self-destructive move toward progressivism, atheism and socialism; and his own ultimate emergence from leftist ideology. Shotwell describes the evolution of "economic Marxism" into its current guise"cultural Marxism," the early twentieth-century movement that resulted in the radical '60s and '70s, and which profoundly affects us to this day. Immersed in Red displays an authority which can only be gained from having lived the lies and discovered the truth.

Download or read book The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record written by Richard Henry Greene and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Shotwell v Physicians Stationary Co 220 MICH 695 1922 written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 37

Download or read book Shotwell v Bultman 303 MICH 193 1942 written by and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 45

Download or read book Autoworkers Under the Gun written by Gregg Shotwell and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The veteran autoworker and author of the pro-labor newsletter Live Bait & Ammo offers a blow-by-blow analysis of workers’ rights under attack. Greg Shotwell was a machine operator at General Motor’s Delphi division during its tragic spinoff from GM and eventual bankruptcy. He watched from a front-row seat as the United Auto Workers Union collaborated with antilabor policies that led to plant closings and cuts to wages and benefits. A dissident member of the UAW, Shotwell made a name for himself chronicling the outrages and absurdities of corporate managers and corrupt union leaders in his popular shop-floor newsletter, Live Bait & Ammo. Autoworkers Under the Gun collects Shotwell’s essential writings during that fateful period. These LB&A fliers quickly grew legs of their own, distributed by rank-and-file workers in auto plants across the United States and cited by industry analysts. Spanning a decade of autoworker resistance, this body of work stands as a call to action for a new generation of workers coming of age in recession-wracked America.

Download or read book Woodbridge and Vicinity written by Joseph W. Dally and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Forestry written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 1232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Go Basics written by Peter Shotwell and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the fascinating game of Go with this expert guide. Go is a two-player board game that first originated in ancient China but is also very popular in Japan and Korea. There is significant strategy and philosophy involved in the game, and the number of possible games is vast—even when compared to chess. It's not surprising that Go is one of the oldest games still being played today—it's also one of the most challenging, stimulating, and fascinating games around. With its easy-to-follow instructions and over 600 diagrams showing examples of how to play, you'll be ready to enjoy this classic game right away. It starts by focusing on smaller 9 x 9 games, making it easier to understand and learn Go tactics and techniques, and introduces fundamental game-winning strategies and tips. It also explains Go's unique handicapping system, making every game even those between beginners and experts exciting. Useful go strategies include: Invading Sacrificing Using ko Thinking territorially And many more! Go Basics also includes downloadable material developed by the American Go Association that will help you build your skills before testing them against other players.

Download or read book Beginning Go written by Peter Shotwell and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The must-have resource guidebook for those looking to learn the ancient Asian game of Go Beginning Go is a clear, concise and thorough introduction to the intricacies of Go that is perfect for first time players. The straightforward, easy-to-follow instructions and detailed examples make it simple to understand how to play. Players will learn the rules, how to keep score, as well as effective winning strategies and tactics to make the game more competitive and fun. By the time players finish the instructional sections, they'll have all the confidence, skill and techniques they'll need to enjoy playing this fascinating game. What's more, Go's unique handicapping system, which the book explains, allows even absolute beginners to play competitive games with experienced players.