Download or read book Two Jocks and a Sissy written by Fey Lily (author) and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sissy Insurgencies written by Marlon B. Ross and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2021-12-06 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sissy Insurgencies Marlon B. Ross focuses on the figure of the sissy in order to rethink how Americans have imagined, articulated, and negotiated manhood and boyhood from the 1880s to the present. Rather than collapsing sissiness into homosexuality, Ross shows how sissiness constitutes a historically fluid range of gender practices that are expressed as a physical manifestation, discursive epithet, social identity, and political phenomenon. He reconsiders several black leaders, intellectuals, musicians, and athletes within the context of sissiness, from Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver, and James Baldwin to Little Richard, Amiri Baraka, and Wilt Chamberlain. Whether examining Washington’s practice of cleaning as an iteration of sissiness, Baldwin’s self-fashioned sissy deportment, or sissiphobia in professional sports and black nationalism, Ross demonstrates that sissiness can be embraced and exploited to conform to American gender norms or disrupt racialized patriarchy. In this way, sissiness constitutes a central element in modern understandings of race and gender.
Download or read book Sissy written by Harry Thomas and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative exploration of postwar representations of effeminate men and boys.
Download or read book Love Sketches written by David Appleby and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love Sketches explores the sensuality of romance and the varieties and vagaries of love..Former colleagues, almost lovers, meet to discuss literature only to discover a yearning that rekindles their lost romance; teenagers infused with the early fl owering of romance struggle to maintain that romance against all odds; a young romantic learns a tragic lesson of love and redemption all too soon; an elderly professor devises a plan for one last try at romance; and amid an atmosphere rich in romance and sensuality two close friends reunite to reveal deep feelings theyve held for one another, feelings which went unnourished for those years they had convinced one another they were just friends. Book Review The fourteen stories in this collection bring us up close and personal with the many faces of love. These are more than sketches; these stories cover love's waterfront. The characters are ordinary, innocent, worldly and they are stopped short when they're tripped up by and succumb to love. The settings are varied - run-down apartment buildings, city offices, motel rooms, sleekly designed suburban homes, but the message is the same- regardless of age or class or means, love is acutely and intensely felt. There is romance but these are not simple romantic stories. The characters are complex, their lives are often adverse and conflicted, filled with guilt, anxiety and crises of conscience and there are no easy answers and few resolutions. The reader is sometimes forced to think beyond stereotypes- of age and class; we are often surprised by the turn of events, by sudden acts of tenderness. But the charge of love is everywhere, and the sensuality and sensuousness of the language is what stands out. There is a grace and lightness in the writing where a look, a touch, a sigh, a gesture between lovers allows the reader to be party to the ache and intimacy of the characters. Much is gleaned in these small gestures and much is left unsaid. Nature too plays a part- lovers walk through city parks, shelter under an umbrella in a rain shower, gaze out at lush trees though a huge glass window. The stories are suffused with longing and in some an air of melancholy pervades. In `Close Friends' two friends - `almost lovers' once- meet again and realise that love has held up after many years. In `Claire' a lonely wife prepares for a rendezvous with a man she doesn't even like in her desperate need for connection. This `dirty realist' story is played out against a backdrop of strip malls and dollar shops, but it is Claire's inner dialogue and longing for union with her husband that leaves the greatest impression. In `Bus Trip' and `The Graveyard of Romance' the sparse conversations and the minutiae of the daily lives of married couples are closely observed, and despite a lifetime of shared experiences and much compassion there is a palpable loneliness at the heart of these relationships. The Dance of Romance is a witty poignant glimpse of a 70 year Eng Lit professor as he comes to terms with the loss of his attractiveness to girls and women. `What I wanted was one last chance to push the pause button ...' In the perfectly paced story `A Long Romance' Dalton, a rich, middle- class, forty-something year old is captivated by Joleen, a young office girl. The reader is prepared to suspect his motives but for a while it is Joleen we mistrust. Their unlikely love is conveyed skilfully though Joleen's unique voice with her Southern dialect and colloquialisms and her utter honesty, and when the tears come they are killer tears. There is nothing precious or sentimental here, but it is achingly moving....`I can't believe somebody like you could happen to somebody like me.' The lovers in this collection are young, old, rich and poor, angry and vulnerable- love has indeed `many faces'. There are some happy endings but most of the characters are left to their uncertain lives, in sto
Download or read book Chasing Lightning written by Rachel York and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Determined never to fall in love, Scarlett Faye Turner, who thrives on scandal, is thwarted by her attraction to gorgeous Gina Jamison, an infatuation that leads her on a powerful journey of self-discovery, in an engaging and erotic debut novel that explores the unpredictable nature of love. Original. 10,000 first printing.
Download or read book Polite Lies written by Kyoko Mori and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve essays by a Japanese-American writer about being caught between past and present, old country and new. In this powerful, exquisitely crafted book, Kyoko Mori delves into her dual heritage with a rare honesty that is both graceful and stirring. From her unhappy childhood in Japan, weighted by a troubled family and a constricting culture, to the American Midwest, where she found herself free to speak as a strong-minded independent woman, though still an outsider, Mori explores the different codes of silence, deference, and expression that govern Japanese and American women's lives: the ties that bind us to family and the lies that keep us apart; the rituals of mourning that give us the courage to accept death; the images of the body that make sex seem foreign to Japanese women and second nature to Americans. In the sensitive hands of this compelling writer, one woman's life becomes the mirror of two profoundly different societies.
Download or read book The Marvels of the Healer The Darkness written by David R. Mastbergen and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David R. Mastbergen is the author of The Marvels of the Healer series. He was born in the Heartland in the city of Worthington, Minnesota. He was raised in Worthington until he enlisted into the United States Navy and spent the next twenty-plus years servicing his country. Upon retiring from the navy as a chief warrant officer, he spent nine-plus years working for the state of Minnesota. David has a Master of Arts degree in management from the College of St. Scholastica and a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Coleman College.
Download or read book The Pride Series Bundle 2 written by Shelly Laurenston and published by Kensington. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once the hot-blooded shapeshifters in New York Times bestselling author Shelly Laurenston’s Pride series catch a scent of desire, the hunt is on, and every fang and claw are out and ready to take what truly belongs to them . . . BEAST BEHAVING BADLY Some men just have more to offer. Like Bo Novikov: he’s part polar bear, part lion, and pure alpha . . . Ten years after Blayne Thorpe first encountered Bo, she still can't get the smooth-talking shifter out of her head. Now he's shadowing her in New York, determined to protect her from stalkers who want to use her in shifter dogfights. She may insist Bo's nothing but a pain in her delectable behind, but polar bears have patience in spades. Soon she'll realize how good they can be together. And when she does, animal instinct tells him it'll be worth the wait . . . BIG BAD BEAST When it comes to following her instincts, former Marine Dee-Ann Smith never holds back. As a deadly member of a shifter protection group, she’ll do anything to prove one of her own kind is having hybrids captured for dogfights. But her too-cute, rich-boy boss Ric Van Holtz is making it real hard for Dee to keep her heart safe. He's wanted the fiercely independent she-wolf from day one, and he’s ready to show her what she needs is a wily, resourceful wolf who'll always have her back in a fight . . . and between the sheets. BEAR MEETS GIRL Lou Crushek is a reasonable, mellow, easygoing kind of guy. But once someone starts killing the scumbags he works so hard to bust, that really gets under his fur. Especially when that someone is Marcella Malone, a curvy she-tiger from an elite feline protection unit ready to body drop anyone who hunts her kind. Her impressive skill set is turning Crush's lone-bear world upside down—and bringing his passion out of hibernation . . . WOLF WITH BENEFITS Sure, Toni Jean-Louis Parker has to be the responsible oldest sister to a crazy-brilliant clan of jackal siblings. But now she's cutting loose for some hot, sweaty, no-commitments fun—and the sexy, slow-talking, swift-moving predator assigned to keep her family safe is just the right thing to shapeshift her love life into overdrive. Trouble is, Ricky Lee Reed's starting to get all obsessive wolf on her every time he looks in her direction . . Praise for the Novels of Shelly Laurenston “Hot and humorous.” —USAToday.com “Shelly Laurenston’s shifter books are full of oddball characters, strong females with attitude and dialogue that can have you laughing out loud.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer “A little bit of everything . . . humor, passion, and suspense with a touch of paranormal.” —FreshFiction "Hot shape-shifters and even hotter passion." —New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter "Delicious, sexy and wicked fun!" —New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter on Bear Meets Girl "Non-stop laughter, snark, and witty banter." —SmexyBooks on Beast Behaving Badly
Download or read book The Masculine Marine written by Steven Zeeland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting book was listed as #1 on The Advocate’s (ital) bestseller list for December 1996! In The Masculine Marine, author Steven Zeeland records, for the first time ever, what active-duty Marines have to say about what it means to be a man, to be a Marine, and to desire other men. As the foremost surviving icon of traditional masculinity, Marines are often considered the opposite of “gay.” Yet in contemporary gay culture, Marines are stereotyped as likely to play the passive role in sexual encounters with other men. By vividly illustrating some of the startling ways in which gay and Marine attributes can coincide, The Masculine Marine uncovers the wild sexual contradictions built into military hypermasculinity. From ordinary grunts to a major who flies a combat jet, Zeeland’s Marine interviewees provide thoughtful and articulate insight into aspects of this rarely documented culture, including: homoerotic bonding among Marines how gay Marines reconcile their sexual identity with the ethos of “hard” Marine supermasculinity how some Marines eroticize the pain and humiliation of Marine Corps boot camp Marines in all-male pornography male attitudes toward women in the Marine Corps hazing and institutional violence These Marines talk candidly about what motivated them to join the United States’most elite fighting force, and they reveal how becoming Marines has shaped their sexual and gender identities. For the student of gay or military studies or anyone sexually intrigued by men in uniform, The Masculine Marine must reading. Visit Steven Zeeland at his home page: http://www.stevenzeeland.com
Download or read book Just One of the Guys written by Kristen Schilt and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fact that men and women continue to receive unequal treatment at work is a point of contention among politicians, the media, and scholars. Common explanations for this disparity range from biological differences between the sexes to the conscious and unconscious biases that guide hiring and promotion decisions. Just One of the Guys? sheds new light on this phenomenon by analyzing the unique experiences of transgender men—people designated female at birth whose gender identity is male—on the job. Kristen Schilt draws on in-depth interviews and observational data to show that while individual transmen have varied experiences, overall their stories are a testament to systemic gender inequality. The reactions of coworkers and employers to transmen, Schilt demonstrates, reveal the ways assumptions about innate differences between men and women serve as justification for discrimination. She finds that some transmen gain acceptance—and even privileges—by becoming “just one of the guys,” that some are coerced into working as women or marginalized for being openly transgender, and that other forms of appearance-based discrimination also influence their opportunities. Showcasing the voices of a frequently overlooked group, Just One of the Guys? lays bare the social processes that foster forms of inequality that affect us all.
Download or read book Sissy Nation written by John Strausbaugh and published by Virgin Books Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Strausbaugh leaves no sacred cow untipped. He is as nonpartisan as he straight shooting taking equal aim at Democrats and Republicans, gays and straights, PETA fanatics, and the Christian right. But all is not lost. Sissy Nation offers "modest proposals" for getting back the gumption that made this culture great."--Jacket.
Download or read book Sweet Tea Revised Edition written by E. Patrick Johnson and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sweet Tea
Download or read book Clifford s Spiral written by Gerald Everett Jones and published by LaPuerta Books and Media. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recognized by 2020 Independent Press Awards as Distinguished Favorite in Literary Fiction. Clifford’s Spiral is a quirkily comic literary novel. Its sardonic tone recalls the wry wisdom of Kurt Vonnegut, and its preoccupation with male centeredness is reminiscent of Philip Roth. Stroke survivor Clifford Klovis tries to piece together the colorful fragments of his memories. He fusses over his lifelong curiosities about astrophysics and metaphysics, Christian faith and New Age philosophy, and why the spiral shape appears in bathtub drains and at the centers of galaxies. He has imaginary conversations and arguments with wives and lovers, as well as with Hypatia of Alexandria, René Descartes, his old mentor Reverend Thurston, and Stephen Hawking. Clifford's best teacher turns out to be his paraplegic son Jeremy, who has found his father's old letters and journals. Jeremy also wonders: Who was Clifford Olmstead Klovis?
Download or read book At Risk Students written by Robert Donmoyer and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1993-07-01 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the circumstances of at-risk students and argues that well-intentioned policymakers and educators run the risk of making matters worse rather than better for these students, even if their actions are based on the best social science evidence available. The book demonstrates the diverse, idiosyncratic nature of these students, argues that traditional social science methods cannot capture this idiosyncrasy and diversity, and presents research methods, policies, and programs that can accommodate student diversity.
Download or read book Touch written by David Willis and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Garland Summers is a musical prodigy. When his coming-of-age journey leads him to receive his first guitar, it is not long before he is entertaining not just his parents, but also those he loves. Garland naturally feels the music, and it feels him. As he matures, a new dawn of music arrives with the sixties. Prompted by his mother, Garland begins taking guitar lessons from a musician who also becomes a father figure to him while his own is away serving his country. As his journey leads him to marriage, fatherhood, and eventually to having the biggest selling record of all time, Garland and his band are nominated for several Grammys, just as everything crashes down around him. But it is not until he is confined to a jail cell that a shocking secret is revealed that will lead Garland in an unexpected direction, both professionally and personally. Touch is the story of a budding musician’s journey to success as he develops from a boy into a man determined to overcome all his obstacles while positively impacting the world with his music.
Download or read book Messengers from the West Mountain written by C. R. Truitt and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2007-12-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Great Fire War had once scorched the earth, leaving it barren for generations and only those who took refuse underground were their childrens children able to live once again upon the surface of the earth. For years the West Mountain people lived pleasantly on the surface of the earth outside of the Mother Cave, until reports from the other Warrior tribes told of attacks from a people who still use the ancient machines to capture and enslave. The Chiefs daughter, Paula was delighted when the Council announced she would lead and be sent with three others as messengers to the other Warrior tribes for a call of unity to stand against these invaders. She set out with her best friend Sissy, a young healer, her cousin Mira, the best warrior of her tribe, and their friend, Peggy. Together they set out to warn the other tribes, but separated to make up for lost time waiting for Paula and Peggy to heal after a battle with mutated men. Paula and Sissy catch a ride in the wasteland and unknowingly find themselves in the enemy territory. There they find danger and unexpected allies. **** All four of us sat erect, pushing our chests out, holding our heads high, riding through the main street with our people cheering us... There is nothing like the adorations of our family and peers. How soon we would come to learn the difference of people who would not see us so, regarding us as their prey or their enemy, to use us whatever way they could. Leaving the tribe behind, we had no knowledge of that. We were sure of our skills and our persons... **** He glared at me, his voice deepened, commanding. You will hand me that chain and then you will strip and put hose dirty rags in this basket. Now!... His retaliation was swift. He slapped me hard enough to bring me to my knees with my eyes watering and my cheek stinging...
Download or read book The Last White Slave written by m missy and published by Author House. This book was released on 2015-01-07 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE LAST WHITE SLAVE! PART TWO Based in real history comes a story like none ever told! A story of the old South; where bondage, domination, submission, and humiliation were real and not a game people played. An entertaining thriller which will; Educated you, Sadden you, Excite you, Anger you, Shock you, Make you cry, Maybe all at the same time. Hello; my name is Matthew Michael McCall III; this is my story. The story of my life as the last white slave. The story of the worst President in the history of the United States; A story about the Civil War; Abraham Lincoln's war; KING ABRAHAM LINCOLN!!!!!!!!! KING Abraham Lincoln caused the needless murder and or maiming of over 700,000 Americans. My story; a love story of the unbelievable kind. A story with an explosive ending; you should be surprised. A story that suggests slavery was never outlawed in the United States; that's right the 13th amendment to the constitution Abraham Lincoln says was passed may not have been passed; Slavery may still be legal. KING Lincoln knew that; but what does a self-appointed KING care about the law? Not much as it turned out.
