Download or read book Fashionable Masculinities written by Vicki Karaminas and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2022-07-15 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fashionable Masculinities explores the expression of masculinities through constructions of fashion, identity, style and appearance as the third decade of the new millennium begins: a contradictory and precarious moment when masculinities are defined by protests and pandemics whilst being problematized across class, ethnicity, race, gender and sexuality. Whilst a majority of men might still define themselves as ‘traditional,’ post-millennials are now talking about how they envision a future without gender boundaries and borders. Rather than being defined as a gender, masculinity has now become a style that can be worn and performed as traditional and normative codes of masculinity are modulated and manipulated. This volume includes original essays on musical pop sensation Harry Styles, rapper and producer “Puff Daddy” Sean Combs, lumbersexuals, spornosexuals, sexy daddies, and aging cool black daddies. Bringing together contributions from leading scholars, this book interrogates and challenges the meaning of masculinities and the ways that they are experienced and lived.

Download or read book DILF Island written by A.E. LeMercier and published by Common Goals. This book was released on 2024-05-04 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A STEAMY, HIMBO X DADDY GAY LOVE STORY. Darren Moss isn't really a Himbo, but when he agrees to play one on hot new reality TV show 'DILF Island' to help his best friend Quinn out of a tight spot, it seems like an easy gig. But somehow his plan to seduce a few hot daddies, break hearts and get kicked off the island turns into secret after-hours encounters with the handsome, technically-a-Daddy Carson Andrews... who's definitely on DILF Island to find love. With Daddies and Himbos hooking up around him - and his best friend possibly in a threesome with Carson's hot younger brother and another hot Daddy - can Darren manage to admit his feelings for Carson, and will Carson forgive him when he finds out that he's been faking the entire competition? 'DILF Island' is 50,000 words of multi-couple erotic gay romance, including hot muscle DILFs, falling in love with your former professor, having sneaky sex when the cameras aren't rolling, angst and longing and threesomes and reality TV possibly turning into real love after all.

Download or read book Adult Language Education and Migration written by James Simpson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-27 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adult Language Education and Migration: Challenging Agendas in Policy and Practice provides a lively and critical examination of policy and practice in language education for adult migrants around the world, showing how opportunities for learning the language of a new country both shape and are shaped by policy moves. Language policies for migrants are often controversial and hotly contested, but at the same time innovative teaching practices are emerging in response to the language learning needs of today’s mobile populations. This book: analyses and challenges language education policies relating to adult migrants in nine countries; provides a comparative study with separate chapters on policy and practice in each country; focuses on Australia, Canada, Spain (Catalonia), Finland, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, the UK and the US. Adult Language Education and Migration is essential reading for practitioners, students and researchers working in the area of language education in migration contexts.

Download or read book Disney Parks and the Construction of American Identity written by Jennifer A. Kokai and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-08-26 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing in a time of heightened political anxiety–and when accusations of nationalism, authoritarianism, and proto-fascism have increasingly divided Americans into factions– the authors use their influential performance studies-based ‘tourist as actor’ framework to unpack the ways that Disney parks and their guests co-create performance of implicit Americanness in the 21st century. This book argues that the roles that guests choose to perform-- accepting, declining, negotiating, or overwriting scripts offered to them by the Disney theme park experience-- ultimately reveals much about the nature of the contemporary United States. Focusing primarily on Walt Disney World in Florida, and using case studies on music, geography and ecology, sports, families, and politics, these chapters illuminate the always complicated and often contradictory presentations and performances of America within Disney parks in the deeply contested twenty-first century.

Download or read book MultiMedia Modeling written by Yong Man Ro and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-12-27 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two-volume set LNCS 11961 and 11962 constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 25th International Conference on MultiMedia Modeling, MMM 2020, held in Daejeon, South Korea, in January 2020. Of the 171 submitted full research papers, 40 papers were selected for oral presentation and 46 for poster presentation; 28 special session papers were selected for oral presentation and 8 for poster presentation; in addition, 9 demonstration papers and 6 papers for the Video Browser Showdown 2020 were accepted. The papers of LNCS 11961 are organized in the following topical sections: audio and signal processing; coding and HVS; color processing and art; detection and classification; face; image processing; learning and knowledge representation; video processing; poster papers; the papers of LNCS 11962 are organized in the following topical sections: poster papers; AI-powered 3D vision; multimedia analytics: perspectives, tools and applications; multimedia datasets for repeatable experimentation; multi-modal affective computing of large-scale multimedia data; multimedia and multimodal analytics in the medical domain and pervasive environments; intelligent multimedia security; demo papers; and VBS papers.

Download or read book The ManServant Guide to Modern Chivalry written by Dalal Khajah and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-04-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vibrant and feminist rewrite of the rules of chivalry in the spirit of Porn for Women and Men to Avoid in Art and Life. Tired of bros and do-nothing daddys, sick of misogynistic behavior in the boardroom, and frankly dreading yet another bachelorette party with a stripper, Dalal Khajah and Josephine Wai Lin founded the service company ManServants Inc. What is a ManServant, you ask? The ManServants are “chivalrous gentlemen for nonsexual service,” who treat women like queens for a day. The ManServant Guide to Modern Chivalry is the gift that every woman with a well-intentioned but clueless husband, boyfriend, guy friend, or son should buy for all the women in their life. From doing laundry, carrying shopping bags, cleaning the bathroom, or watching the kids, this book details how men should treat women in the 21st century. Including short essays, tips, and best practices aimed towards helping a budding ManServant please his lady of leisure, this visually intelligent, stylistically bold, and ardently feminist guide is a perfect navigation for men in the post-#MeToo movement world.

Download or read book Fancy Af Cocktails written by Ariana Madix and published by Harvest. This book was released on 2019 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Trashy and classy cocktails by the ... Vanderpump Rules couple"--

Download or read book Playing Around with the Girl Dad written by Kameron Claire and published by Snuggle Whore Press, LLC. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He’s a single dad. She his best friend’s younger sister and suffers from foot-in-mouth disease. Can they manage their attraction and a precocious six-year-old who wants to play cupid? Lilly: I can't believe I asked him if he was the DILF!?!?! Anyone who knows me knows I suffer from foot-in-mouth disease, but this gaffe is next level. He's shocked, I'm embarrassed, my sister's mortified, and my brother-in-law is rolling around on the ground laughing his butt off. But the more I get to know Robert—now that I know what a DILF is—I’m thinking my first impression was correct, and he's definitely a dad I'd like to, well, you know. Robert: I can't get involved with a woman when I have an impressionable little girl at home who is my everything. But Lilly isn't only my best friend's sister, she's the first woman I can't seem to resist. Can I risk my heart to her and protect my little girl at the same time? Girl Dads are a special breed…

Download or read book Daddies of a Different Kind written by Tony Silva and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is the first to explore the stories of gay and bisexual men who identify as a daddy, and the first to interview young adult men about why they are interested in older men for sex and relationships"--

Download or read book Retaliate written by Kristin Harte and published by Kinship Press. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Illiberal Liberal States written by Elspeth Guild and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the dynamics of the illiberal practices of liberal states is increasingly important in Europe today. This book examines the changing relationship between immigration, citizenship and integration at the European and national arenas. It studies some of the main effects and questions the comprehensiveness of the exchange and coordination of public responses to the inclusion of third country nationals in Europe, as well as their compatibility with a common European immigration policy driven by a rights-based approach and the respect of the principles of fair and equal treatment of third country nationals. The volume reviews key national experiences of immigration and citizenship laws, the use of integration and the 'moving of ideas' between national arenas. The framing of integration in immigration and citizenship law and the ways in which policy convergence is being achieved through the EU framework on integration raises a number of conceptual dilemmas and a set of definitional premises in need of reflection and consideration.

Download or read book Mistakes and Other Lovers written by Amy Lovat and published by Macmillan Publishers Aus.. This book was released on 2023-07-11 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El O'Reilly is exceptionally good at making mistakes. Mistakes like: -falling in love with the charismatic youth pastor, Mace, while engaged to her high school boyfriend -breaking up with her fiancé the night before Valentine's Day -walking out on her family -dropping out of uni with no plan B -ghosting her old friends -kissing her new friends -sleepless nights with beers and bongs and boys and girls. But when Mace proposes to someone else, El's world finally breaks. Will she go back to the safe love she's always known, will Mace realise that she's the one, or will El forge her own path into the unknown? Mistakes and Other Lovers explores the pressure, pain and freedom of being on the cusp of adulthood and realising things aren't what you thought they'd be. That disappointing the people you love (and yourself) is inevitable. That making mistakes might be the best thing you've ever done. PRAISE FOR MISTAKES AND OTHER LOVERS 'Mistakes and Other Lovers heralds a bold new voice in Australian fiction. With a sharply-observed exploration of the anxieties and freedoms that come when seeking both selfhood and adulthood, Amy Lovat is one to watch.' Hannah Kent 'Amy Lovat is a captivating, evocative and stunning writer. Mistakes and Other Lovers is a spectacular debut with richly painted characters who delight and debauch in the messiness of love and youth.' Sally Hepworth 'Amy Lovat's writing is unflinching, vivid and pulsing with energy and desire. Reading her is like settling in for a juicy chat with your funniest, raunchiest, messiest friend.' Emily Maguire

Download or read book Pop The Clutch written by Kristin Harte and published by Kinship Press. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A bad boy with a heart of gold and a woman living with a life-altering mistake gives this second-chance romance enough tension to chew on. Every page had me aching for Easton and Violet!" - Kelly Siskind, author of NEW ORLEANS RUSH Not all people need a second chance at love. Some need a second chance at life. To Violet Foster, the past ten years have been a continual replay of an ill-fated night in high school. Without warning, she went from Downriver’s sweetheart to unintentional adult film star, her most intimate moments shared with the world in ten-second loops. She's lost friends, been forced to change career plans, and had to stop dating because of that one indiscretion. The last thing she wants is to return to the scene of the crime, but with her grandma’s health failing, she doesn’t have a choice. Easton Cole is a walking, talking bad-boy cliché in blue mechanic coveralls. He's always known his trailer-park-kid shadow would follow him into adulthood, but building his auto repair shop into a successful business means he has a chance to change that image. People in Downriver have long memories and getting them to forget his past is an uphill battle. The last thing he needs is the trouble Violet could bring. She's a lightning rod for gossip, with a reputation that precedes her. So what if he's been crushing on her practically since puberty? Violet’s only planning on staying a month, even if the good memories of Downriver have started to overpower the bad, and Easton is dead set on making new ones…together. But the internet is forever, so there's no chance of Violet having a future unblemished by her past. And when the stain of her damaged reputation resurfaces, Violet knows it could destroy everything around her…including Easton. POP THE CLUTCH is a full-length contemporary romance novel from USA Today bestselling author Ellis Leigh writing as Kristin Harte. It's the first book in the Second Gear series featuring stories of blue collar heroes and second chance romances. "Downriver felt like a real place that I loved spending time in as Easton and Violet found their way back to each other, and I know you'll love spending time there too." - Jen DeLuca, author of WELL MET

Download or read book Sugar Dragon written by Ellis Leigh and published by Kinship Press. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The next delectable treat from the Cake-ily Ever After bakery in Kinship Cove will have your mouth watering. This recipe for happily ever after includes one feisty baker with a short attention span and a dragon who’s been hunting her for decades. All of the fated yumminess, none of the guilt. *** Try everything once. That's my rule in life, food, and dating. I never miss the opportunity to have a new adventure, play with the right flavor profiles, or spend an evening with the perfect guy. Who needs Mr. Right when there are a thousand Mr. Right Nows running around? So when a handsome man with heat in his eyes and a little silver in his hair comes waltzing into my bakery, I know I'm in trouble. He’s annoying. He’s rude. He’s demanding. And he just might be the perfect match for me. Too bad he’s a dragon shifter, and dragons don’t do the whole fated mate thing. But maybe rules—mine and his—are meant to be broken. *** Mates and Macarons is, without a doubt, one of the cutest, sweetest, funniest, most adorable, feel-good paranormal romance series I've read this year. ~Judy C. Lewis SUGAR DRAGON is a paranormal romantic comedy from USA Today bestselling author Ellis Leigh. The story is a standalone PNR rom-com with wit, snark, shifters, and more than just flirting.

Download or read book After the Fire written by Jo Spain and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Engrossing' Sunday Times Nobody was supposed to get out alive. On a Dublin city street, packed with afternoon shoppers, a young woman appears, naked, traumatised and bearing burn marks. Tom Reynolds, now Chief Superintendent, is no longer head of the murder squad. But when it transpires the woman escaped from a house fire started deliberately and that there are more victims, Tom is sucked in. What begins as a straightforward case of arson, soon becomes something much more sinister. The people in that house never wanted to be there in the first place. Now more of them are missing. Tom is faced with a ticking clock as he tries to locate the others and as he does, a terrifying spider's web of domestic and international crime unfolds. And not everybody will survive the fallout. PRAISE FOR JO SPAIN 'A stunning read' Woman's Way 'Absolutely love this series, so hard to put down!' 5* reader review 'Refreshing and full of twists' Express 'Jo Spain never fails to keep you guessing' 5* reader review 'Clever, pacey, compulsive' Sunday Mirror 'Riveting and chilling' 5* reader review 'Expertly crafted, deeply immersive and timely' Irish Independent 'Chief Super Reynolds at his best' 5* reader review

Download or read book Signs of Spring written by Rachel Ember and published by Chestnut Press, LLC. This book was released on 2021-03-12 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lance never believed the stars could align for him to have a real chance with Robbie, and even though they’ve spent every day—and night—together for weeks, a part of him still isn’t convinced it’s all real. But until the inevitable moment he loses Robbie, Lance intends to savor what they share. When Lance is dragged back to Chicago, he’s both relieved and terrified when Robbie offers to come with him. Robbie loves his family’s Nebraska ranch, but he’s also been solely responsible for keeping it afloat since he was eighteen. He’s always wanted to experience life outside his rural hometown. His glimpse into Lance’s friends and work in Chicago is bittersweet. On the one hand, it’s all too easy to picture a future in Lance’s city and at Lance’s side. On the other hand, it seems impossible given Robbie’s responsibilities to the ranch, and he doesn’t want to hold Lance back from the life and career he’s made. There are more books in the Wild Ones series, but Signs of Spring is the conclusion to Robbie and Lance’s love story, which began in Long Winter. The books include complicated family relationships, animal characters, an age gap, a best friend’s little brother, pining, hurt/comfort, and lace.

Download or read book Brats 10 Pack Collection 1 written by Tori Westwood and published by Tori Westwood. This book was released on 2024-05-29 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brats going at it in impreg, creamy fantasies that satisfy that naughty itch. If you like dominant men, and submissive women stories where brats are left filled, this collection is for you! Stories Include : 1. A From My Friend While His Wife Showers 2. Farmer Gregor’s Prize M 3. Head Chef In My V Butt 4. So H I’d Have Anyone – Even My Ex-Teacher! 5. My First Internal 6. I’m So Tight 7. M Masseur 8. His And Her Surprise 9. His S Inside Me 10. Doctor’s H