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Book Femininities  Masculinities  Sexualities

Download or read book Femininities Masculinities Sexualities written by Nancy J. Chodorow and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy J. Chodorow takes her fellow psychoanalysts to task for their monolithic and pathologizing accounts of deviant gender and sexuality. Drawing from her own clinical experience, the work of Freud, and a close reading of psychoanalytic texts, Chodorow argues that psychoanalysis has yet to disentangle male dominance from heterosexuality. Further, she demonstrates the paucity of psychoanalytics understanding of heterosexuality and the problematic polarizing of normal and abnormal sexualities. By returning to Freud and interpreting psychoanalysis through clinical eyes, Chodorow contends that psychoanalysis must consider individual specificity and personal, cultural, and social factors. Such a methodology entails a plurality of femininities and masculinities and enables us to understand a variety of sexualities.

Book The Erotic Life of Racism

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sharon Patricia Holland
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Release : 2012-04-13
  • ISBN : 0822352060
  • Pages : 184 pages

Download or read book The Erotic Life of Racism written by Sharon Patricia Holland and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-13 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this critique of the fields of feminist theory, queer theory, and critical race theory, Sharon Holland describes how, despite decades of theoretical and political work focused on race, we are continually affected by everyday experiences of racism and attached to old patterns of racist thought.

Book Black Box Thinking

Download or read book Black Box Thinking written by Matthew Syed and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobody wants to fail. But in highly complex organizations, success can happen only when we confront our mistakes, learn from our own version of a black box, and create a climate where it’s safe to fail. We all have to endure failure from time to time, whether it’s underperforming at a job interview, flunking an exam, or losing a pickup basketball game. But for people working in safety-critical industries, getting it wrong can have deadly consequences. Consider the shocking fact that preventable medical error is the third-biggest killer in the United States, causing more than 400,000 deaths every year. More people die from mistakes made by doctors and hospitals than from traffic accidents. And most of those mistakes are never made public, because of malpractice settlements with nondisclosure clauses. For a dramatically different approach to failure, look at aviation. Every passenger aircraft in the world is equipped with an almost indestructible black box. Whenever there’s any sort of mishap, major or minor, the box is opened, the data is analyzed, and experts figure out exactly what went wrong. Then the facts are published and procedures are changed, so that the same mistakes won’t happen again. By applying this method in recent decades, the industry has created an astonishingly good safety record. Few of us put lives at risk in our daily work as surgeons and pilots do, but we all have a strong interest in avoiding predictable and preventable errors. So why don’t we all embrace the aviation approach to failure rather than the health-care approach? As Matthew Syed shows in this eye-opening book, the answer is rooted in human psychology and organizational culture. Syed argues that the most important determinant of success in any field is an acknowledgment of failure and a willingness to engage with it. Yet most of us are stuck in a relationship with failure that impedes progress, halts innovation, and damages our careers and personal lives. We rarely acknowledge or learn from failure—even though we often claim the opposite. We think we have 20/20 hindsight, but our vision is usually fuzzy. Syed draws on a wide range of sources—from anthropology and psychology to history and complexity theory—to explore the subtle but predictable patterns of human error and our defensive responses to error. He also shares fascinating stories of individuals and organizations that have successfully embraced a black box approach to improvement, such as David Beckham, the Mercedes F1 team, and Dropbox.

Book The Cambridge Companion to Queer Studies

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Queer Studies written by Siobhan B. Somerville and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion provides a guide to queer inquiry in literary and cultural studies. The essays represent new and emerging areas, including transgender studies, indigenous studies, disability studies, queer of color critique, performance studies, and studies of digital culture. Rather than being organized around a set of literary texts defined by a particular theme, literary movement, or demographic, this volume foregrounds a queer critical approach that moves across a wide array of literary traditions, genres, historical periods, national contexts, and media. This book traces the intellectual and political emergence of queer studies, addresses relevant critical debates in the field, provides an overview of queer approaches to genres, and explains how queer approaches have transformed understandings of key concepts in multiple fields.

Book Queer X Design

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andy Campbell
  • Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
  • Release : 2019-05-07
  • ISBN : 0762467916
  • Pages : 375 pages

Download or read book Queer X Design written by Andy Campbell and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first-ever illustrated history of the iconic designs, symbols, and graphic art representing more than 5 decades of LGBTQ pride and activism. Beginning with pre-liberation and the years before the Stonewall uprising, spanning across the 1970s and 1980s and through to the new millennium, Queer X Design celebrates the inventive and subversive designs that have powered the resilient and ever-evolving LGBTQ movement. The diversity and inclusivity of these pages is as inspiring as it is important, both in terms of the objects represented as well as in the array of creators; from buttons worn to protest Anita Bryant, to the original 'The Future is Female' and 'Lavender Menace' t-shirt; from the logos of Pleasure Chest and GLAAD, to the poster for Cheryl Dunye's queer classic The Watermelon Woman; from Gilbert Baker's iconic rainbow flag, to the quite laments of the AIDS quilt and the impassioned rage conveyed in ACT-UP and Gran Fury ephemera. More than just an accessible history book, Queer X Design tells the story of queerness as something intangible, uplifting, and indestructible. Found among these pages is sorrow, loss, and struggle; an affective selection that queer designers and artists harnessed to bring about political and societal change. But here is also: joy, hope, love, and the enduring fight for free expression and representation. Queer X Design is the potent, inspiring, and colorful visual history of activism and pride.

Book I Will Survive

Download or read book I Will Survive written by Gloria Gaynor and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Will Survive is the story of Gloria Gaynor, America's "Queen of Disco." It is the story of riches and fame, despair, and finally salvation. Her meteoric rise to stardom in the mid-1970s was nothing short of phenomenal, and hits poured forth that pushed her to the top of the charts, including "Honey Bee," "I Got You Under My Skin," "Never Can Say Goodbye," and the song that has immortalized her, "I Will Survive," which became a #1 international gold seller. With that song, Gloria heralded the international rise of disco that became synonymous with a way of life in the fast lane - the sweaty bodies at Studio 54, the lines of cocaine, the indescribable feeling that you could always be at the top of your game and never come down. But down she came after her early stardom, and problems followed in the wake, including the death of her mother, whose love had anchored the young singer, as well as constant battles with weight, drugs, and alcohol. While her fans always imagined her to be rich, her personal finances collapsed due to poor management; and while many envied her, she felt completely empty inside. In the early 1980s, sustained by her marriage to music publisher Linwood Simon, Gloria took three years off and reflected upon her life. She visited churches and revisited her mother's old Bible. Discovering the world of gospel, she made a commitment to Christ that sustains her to this day.

Book Fabulicious   On the Grill

    Book Details:
  • Author : Teresa Giudice
  • Publisher : Running Press Adult
  • Release : 2013-05-07
  • ISBN : 0762449861
  • Pages : 210 pages

Download or read book Fabulicious On the Grill written by Teresa Giudice and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With three New York Times bestsellers and continued stardom on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Teresa has more tasty recipes to share with her fans. This next cookbook features Teresa's signature easy, no-fuss Italian cooking -- but this time with 70 recipes you can make on the grill, including: Foolproof sauces, rubs, and marinades Hearty red meat & chicken recipes Easy Seafood Low-fat veggie grilling Pizzas out-of-the-oven Off-the-grill sides Delicious desserts And more tips on backyard entertaining Including special "bikini" recipes for lite eating, fun fare for kids, as well as dozens of tips from husband "Juicy" Joe Giudice, Fabulicious On the Grill has everything you need to cook and dine al fresco!

Book Born This Gay Pride Flag Gift and Queer Af LGBTQ Rainbow

Download or read book Born This Gay Pride Flag Gift and Queer Af LGBTQ Rainbow written by Malcolm Scott and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-10 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gay Pride Flag Gifts and Queer Af LGBTQ Rainbow MerchThe perfect birthday gift, Christmas gift, lesbian anniversary gift, gay rights march protest, LGBTQ Pride gift for the special gay af friend and proud girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, wife or any advocates of LGBT rights rally, equal rights, gay marriage.We are all human and love is love. Order this gay pride flag and heart themed cute and funny gay af joke merch outfit for your nonbinary, transgender, or genderfluid queer friends, families and lovers. Also makes a wonderful wedding or engagement gift.Love will always win in the end. I am queer and valid. The perfect birthday gift, Christmas gift, anniversary gift, gay rights march protest, LGBTQ Pride gift for the special gay friend and proud girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, wife in your life or any advocates of LGBT rights rally, women's rights, equal rights, gay marriage. We are all human and love is love. Order this gay pride flag and heart themed cute and funny queer joke merch for your nonbinary and genderfluid queer friends, families and lovers. Also makes a wonderful wedding or engagement gift.

Book Crime in Progress

Download or read book Crime in Progress written by Glenn Simpson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “I’ve read kind of all the books on this subject . . . and this is the one you want to read.”—Rachel Maddow Before Ukraine, before impeachment: This is the never-before-told inside story of the high-stakes, four-year-long investigation into Donald Trump’s Russia ties—culminating in the Steele dossier, and sparking the Mueller report—from the founders of political opposition research company Fusion GPS. Fusion GPS was founded in 2010 by Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch, two former reporters at The Wall Street Journal who decided to abandon the struggling news business and use their reporting skills to conduct open-source investigations for businesses and law firms—and opposition research for political candidates. In the fall of 2015, they were hired to look into the finances of Donald Trump. What began as a march through a mind-boggling trove of lawsuits, bankruptcies, and sketchy overseas projects soon took a darker turn: The deeper Fusion dug, the more it began to notice names that Simpson and Fritsch had come across during their days covering Russian corruption—and the clearer it became that the focus of Fusion’s research going forward would be Trump’s entanglements with Russia. To help them make sense of what they were seeing, Simpson and Fritsch engaged the services of a former British intelligence agent and Russia expert named Christopher Steele. He would produce a series of memos—which collectively became known as the Steele dossier—that raised deeply alarming questions about the nature of Trump’s ties to a hostile foreign power. Those memos made their way to U.S. intelligence agencies, and then to President Barack Obama and President-elect Trump. On January 10, 2017, the Steele dossier broke into public view, and the Trump-Russia story reached escape velocity. At the time, Fusion GPS was just a ten-person consulting firm tucked away above a Starbucks near Dupont Circle, but it would soon be thrust into the center of the biggest news story on the planet—a story that would lead to accusations of witch hunts, a relentless campaign of persecution by congressional Republicans, bizarre conspiracy theories, lawsuits by Russian oligarchs, and the Mueller report. In Crime in Progress, Simpson and Fritsch tell their story for the first time—a tale of the high-stakes pursuit of one of the biggest, most important stories of our time—no matter the costs.

Book 101 Life Skills Games for Children

Download or read book 101 Life Skills Games for Children written by Bernie Badegruber and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you teach tolerance, self-awareness, and responsibility? How can you help children deal with fear, mistrust, or aggression? Play a game with them! Games are an ideal way to help children develop social and emotional skills; they are exciting, relaxing, and fun. 101 LIFE SKILLS GAMES FOR CHILDREN: LEARNING, GROWING, GETTING ALONG (Ages 6-12) is a resource that can help children understand and deal with problems that arise in daily interactions with other children and adults. These games help children develop social and emotional skills and enhance self-awareness. The games address the following issues: dependence, aggression, fear, resentment, disability, accusations, boasting, honesty, flexibility, patience, secrets, conscience, inhibitions, stereotypes, noise, lying, performance, closeness, weaknesses, self confidence, fun, reassurance, love, respect, integrating a new classmate, group conflict. Organized in three main chapters: (I-Games, You-Games and We-Games), the book is well structured and easily accessible. It specifies an objective for every game, gives step-by-step instructions, and offers questions for reflection. It provides possible variations for each game, examples, tips, and ideas for role plays. Each game contains references to appropriate follow-up games and is illustrated with charming drawings.

Book The Magic Drum and Other Favourite Stories

Download or read book The Magic Drum and Other Favourite Stories written by Sudhā Mūrti and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2006 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A princess thinks she was a bird, a coconut that cost a thousand rupees, and a shepherd with a bag of words...Kings and misers, princes and paupers, wise men and foolish boys, the funniest and oddest men and women come alive in this sparkling new collection of stories. The clever princess will only marry the man who can ask her a question she cannot answer; the orphan boy outwits his greedy uncles with a bag of ash; and an old couple in distress is saved by a magic drum. Sudha Murty's grandparents told her some of these stories when she was a child; others she heard from her friends from around the world. These delightful and timeless folktales have been her favourites for years, and she has recounted them many times over to the young people in her life. With this collection, they will be enjoyed by many more readers, of all ages. Age group of target audience is 8+.

Book Dark Star Rising

Download or read book Dark Star Rising written by Gary Lachman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-05-29 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the concentric circles of Trump's regime lies an unseen culture of occultists, power-seekers, and mind-magicians whose influence is on the rise. In this unparalleled account, historian Gary Lachman examines the influence of occult and esoteric philosophy on the unexpected rise of the alt-right. Did positive thinking and mental science help put Donald Trump in the White House? And are there any other hidden powers of the mind and thought at work in today's world politics? In Dark Star Rising: Magick and Power in the Age of Trump, historian and cultural critic Gary Lachman takes a close look at the various magical and esoteric ideas that are impacting political events across the globe. From New Thought and Chaos Magick to the far-right esotericism of Julius Evola and the Traditionalists, Lachman follows a trail of mystic clues that involve, among others, Norman Vincent Peale, domineering gurus and demagogues, Ayn Rand, Pepe the Frog, Rene Schwaller de Lubicz, synarchy, the Alt-Right, meme magic, and Vladimir Putin and his postmodern Rasputin. Come take a drop down the rabbit hole of occult politics in the twenty-first century and find out the post-truths and alternative facts surrounding the 45th President of the United States with one of the leading writers on esotericism and its influence on modern culture.

Book The Negro in the New World

    Book Details:
  • Author : Harry Hamilton Johnston
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2023-04-25
  • ISBN : 9781639238590
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Negro in the New World written by Harry Hamilton Johnston and published by . This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the year 1910, however, I have tried to tell in words as well as pictures the story of the negro IN the new world, as much for my own education as for that of others. For those who are too busy to do more than glance at the pictures, and perhaps read through this preface (which is as much as fifty per cent of modern reviewers are able to accomplish, amid the rain of books in the English language), I will here summarise the conclusions to be deduced from my Opinions and (i think) from my array of evidence.

Book Gay Love Gay Pride Flag Gift and Queer Af LGBTQ Rainbow

Download or read book Gay Love Gay Pride Flag Gift and Queer Af LGBTQ Rainbow written by Malcolm Scott and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-10 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gay Pride Flag Gifts and Queer Af LGBTQ Rainbow MerchThe perfect birthday gift, Christmas gift, lesbian anniversary gift, gay rights march protest, LGBTQ Pride gift for the special gay af friend and proud girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, wife or any advocates of LGBT rights rally, equal rights, gay marriage.We are all human and love is love. Order this gay pride flag and heart themed cute and funny gay af joke merch outfit for your nonbinary, transgender, or genderfluid queer friends, families and lovers. Also makes a wonderful wedding or engagement gift.Love will always win in the end. I am queer and valid. The perfect birthday gift, Christmas gift, anniversary gift, gay rights march protest, LGBTQ Pride gift for the special gay friend and proud girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, wife in your life or any advocates of LGBT rights rally, women's rights, equal rights, gay marriage. We are all human and love is love. Order this gay pride flag and heart themed cute and funny queer joke merch for your nonbinary and genderfluid queer friends, families and lovers. Also makes a wonderful wedding or engagement gift.

Book Gay Dragon Gay Pride Flag Gift and Queer Af LGBTQ Rainbow

Download or read book Gay Dragon Gay Pride Flag Gift and Queer Af LGBTQ Rainbow written by Malcolm Scott and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-10 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gay Pride Flag Gifts and Queer Af LGBTQ Rainbow MerchThe perfect birthday gift, Christmas gift, lesbian anniversary gift, gay rights march protest, LGBTQ Pride gift for the special gay af friend and proud girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, wife or any advocates of LGBT rights rally, equal rights, gay marriage.We are all human and love is love. Order this gay pride flag and heart themed cute and funny gay af joke merch outfit for your nonbinary, transgender, or genderfluid queer friends, families and lovers. Also makes a wonderful wedding or engagement gift.Love will always win in the end. I am queer and valid. The perfect birthday gift, Christmas gift, anniversary gift, gay rights march protest, LGBTQ Pride gift for the special gay friend and proud girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, wife in your life or any advocates of LGBT rights rally, women's rights, equal rights, gay marriage. We are all human and love is love. Order this gay pride flag and heart themed cute and funny queer joke merch for your nonbinary and genderfluid queer friends, families and lovers. Also makes a wonderful wedding or engagement gift.

Book In Full Color

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rachel Dolezal
  • Publisher : National Geographic Books
  • Release : 2017-03-28
  • ISBN : 194464816X
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book In Full Color written by Rachel Dolezal and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lot of people have made up their minds about Rachel Doležal. But none of them know her real story. In June 2015, the media "outed" Rachel Doležal as a white woman who had knowingly been "passing" as Black. When asked if she were African American during an interview about the hate crimes directed at her and her family, she hesitated before ending the interview and walking away. Some interpreted her reluctance to respond and hasty departure as dishonesty, while others assumed she lacked a reasonable explanation for the almost unprecedented way she identified herself. What determines your race? Is it your DNA? The community in which you were raised? The way others see you or the way you see yourself? With In Full Color, Rachel Doležal describes the path that led her from being a child of white evangelical parents to an NAACP chapter president and respected educator and activist who identifies as Black. Along the way, she recounts the deep emotional bond she formed with her four adopted Black siblings, the sense of belonging she felt while living in Black communities in Jackson, Mississippi, and Washington, DC, and the experiences that have shaped her along the way. Her story is nuanced and complex, and in the process of telling it, she forces us to consider race in an entirely new light—not as a biological imperative, but as a function of the experiences we have, the culture we embrace, and, ultimately, the identity we choose.

Book Residence on Earth  and Other Poems

Download or read book Residence on Earth and Other Poems written by Pablo Neruda and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: