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Awkward and Definition

Author : Ariel Schrag
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416596895
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Awkward and Definition written by Ariel Schrag and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ariel Schrag captures the American high school experience in all its awkward, questioning glory in Awkward and Definition, the first of three amazingly honest autobiographical graphic novels about her teenage years. During the summer following each year at Berkeley High School in California, Ariel wrote a comic book about her experiences, which she would then photocopy and sell around school. Some friends thrilled to see themselves in the comic, others not so much, but everyone was interested. Awkward chronicles Ariel's freshman year, and Definition, her sophomore year. With anxiety in excess and frustration to the fullest, Ariel dives in -- meeting new people, going to concerts, crushing out, loving chemistry, drawing comics, and obsessing over everything from glitter-laden girls to ionic charges and the constant pursuit of the number-one score. Totally true and achingly honest, with every cringe-inducing encounter and exhilarating first moment documented -- Awkward and Definition is an unflinching look at what it's like being a teenage girl in America.

Awkward

Author : Ty Tashiro
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062429175
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Awkward written by Ty Tashiro and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the vein of Quiet and The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth comes this illuminating look at what it means to be awkward—and how the same traits that make us socially anxious and cause embarrassing faux pas also provide the seeds for extraordinary success. As humans, we all need to belong. While modern social life can make even the best of us feel gawky, for roughly one in five of us, navigating its challenges is consistently overwhelming—an ongoing maze without an exit. Often unable to grasp social cues or master the skills and grace necessary for smooth interaction, we feel out of sync with those around us. Though individuals may recognize their awkward disposition, they rarely understand why they are like this—which makes it hard for them to know how to adjust their behavior. Psychologist and interpersonal relationship expert Ty Tashiro knows what it’s like to be awkward. Growing up, he could do math in his head and memorize the earned run averages of every National League starting pitcher. But he couldn’t pour liquids without spilling and habitually forgot to bring his glove to Little League games. In Awkward, he unpacks decades of research into human intelligence, neuroscience, personality, and sociology to help us better understand this widely shared trait. He explores its nature vs. nurture origins, considers how the awkward view the world, and delivers a welcome counterintuitive message: the same characteristics that make people socially clumsy can be harnessed to produce remarkable achievements. Interweaving the latest research with personal tales and real world examples, Awkward offers reassurance and provides valuable insights into how we can embrace our personal quirks and unique talents to harness our awesome potential—and more comfortably navigate our complex world.

Awkward

Author : SVETLANA CHMAKOVA
Publisher : Yen Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 0316381349
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Awkward written by SVETLANA CHMAKOVA and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cardinal rule #1 for surviving school: Don't get noticed by the mean kids. Cardinal rule #2 for surviving school: Seek out groups with similar interests and join them. On her first day at her new school, Penelope--Peppi--Torres reminds herself of these basics. But when she trips into a quiet boy in the hall, Jaime Thompson, she's already broken the first rule, and the mean kids start calling her the "nerder girlfriend." How does she handle this crisis? By shoving poor Jaime and running away! Falling back on rule two and surrounding herself with new friends in the art club, Peppi still can't help feeling ashamed about the way she treated Jaime. Things are already awkward enough between the two, but to make matters worse, he's a member of her own club's archrivals--the science club! And when the two clubs go to war, Peppi realizes that sometimes you have to break the rules to survive middle school!

Cringeworthy

Author : Melissa Dahl
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735211639
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Cringeworthy written by Melissa Dahl and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the ways that embracing socially awkward situations, even when they lead to embarrassment and self-conciousness, also provide the opportunity to test oneself and to recognize how people are connected to each other.

Potential

Author : Ariel Schrag
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416552359
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Potential written by Ariel Schrag and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-05-06 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writer and artist Schrag opens her heart and examines it with a magnifying glass to reveal the emotional turbulence, pain, and passion of teenage life. "Potential" reveals Ariel's junior year of high school as well as her artistic maturation. For mature readers.

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

Author : Issa Rae
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476749094
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl written by Issa Rae and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “brilliantly wry” (Lena Dunham) and “lovably awkward” (Mindy Kaling) New York Times bestseller from the creator of HBO’s Insecure. In this universally accessible New York Times bestseller named for her wildly popular web series, Issa Rae—“a singular voice with the verve and vivacity of uncorked champagne” (Kirkus Reviews)—waxes humorously on what it’s like to be unabashedly awkward in a world that regards introverts as hapless misfits and black as cool. I’m awkward—and black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be. That someone was right. Where do I start? Being an introvert (as well as “funny,” according to the Los Angeles Times) in a world that glorifies cool isn’t easy. But when Issa Rae, the creator of the Shorty Award-winning hit series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, is that introvert—whether she’s navigating love, the workplace, friendships, or “rapping”—it sure is entertaining. Now, in this New York Times bestselling debut collection written in her witty and self-deprecating voice, Rae covers everything from cybersexing in the early days of the Internet to deflecting unsolicited comments on weight gain, from navigating the perils of eating out alone and public displays of affection to learning to accept yourself—natural hair and all. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl is a book no one—awkward or cool, black, white, or other—will want to miss.

Definition

Author : Ariel Schrag
Publisher : SLG Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Definition written by Ariel Schrag and published by SLG Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 10th grade: anxiety in excess, and frustration to the fullest. Definition is the tale of one girl's struggle during this tumultuous year through the metaphor of her high school physics class.

Likewise

Author : Ariel Schrag
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439159254
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Likewise written by Ariel Schrag and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ariel Schrag concludes her turbulent ride through high school in the long-awaited final volume of her acclaimed series of compelling and strikingly honest autobiographical graphic novels. Set in Berkeley, California, Likewise takes us into the holy grail of teenagers, every bit as terrifying as it is liberating: senior year. Struggling with a major longing for her ex-girlfriend who has gone away to college, her parents' post-divorce relationship, anxiety over the future, and all the graphic details of her complicated life, Ariel sets out to document everything and everyone. And when she discovers James Joyce, a whole new world of creativity opens up to her. Written with unabashed honesty, insight, and humor, Likewise is a brave account of one teenage girl's search for truth.

Serial Selves

Author : Frederik Byrn Køhlert
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813592267
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Serial Selves written by Frederik Byrn Køhlert and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiography is one of the most dynamic and quickly-growing genres in contemporary comics and graphic narratives. In Serial Selves, Frederik Byrn Køhlert examines the genre’s potential for representing lives and perspectives that have been socially marginalized or excluded. With a focus on the comics form’s ability to produce alternative and challenging autobiographical narratives, thematic chapters investigate the work of artists writing from perspectives of marginality including gender, sexuality, disability, and race, as well as trauma. Interdisciplinary in scope and attuned to theories and methods from both literary and visual studies, the book provides detailed formal analysis to show that the highly personal and hand-drawn aesthetics of comics can help artists push against established narrative and visual conventions, and in the process invent new ways of seeing and being seen. As the first comparative study of how comics artists from a wide range of backgrounds use the form to write and draw themselves into cultural visibility, Serial Selves will be of interest to anyone interested in the current boom in autobiographical comics, as well as issues of representation in comics and visual culture more broadly.

The Awkward Spaces of Fathering

Author : Stuart C. Aitken
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317040783
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Awkward Spaces of Fathering written by Stuart C. Aitken and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Societal notions of fathers have evolved from the distant breadwinner through genial dad and masculine role model to today's equal co-parent. This book seeks to explore the spaces and movements of men-as-fathers. Weaving together theories of space, sexuality and political identity with the stories of fathers from a range of sources, including popular culture, it discusses the way in which geographies of space can disconnect and disempower fathers, while societal notions marginalize and disassociate them from raising children. It explores how fathering identities are shaped by family and community spaces and aims to move the definition of 'fathering' beyond its definition in opposition to 'mothering'. In doing so, it provides insights into the contradictory nature of father's lives and argues that, rather than moving away from the traditional notions of masculine roles, that the emotional work of fathering in itself is an heroic act.

Part of It

Author : Ariel Schrag
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 1328972461
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book Part of It written by Ariel Schrag and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ariel Schrag, a critically-acclaimed memoirist and screenwriter, takes us on a painfully funny tour of her formative years, from her childhood in Berkeley to her mid-twenties in Brooklyn, exploring what it means to connect to others when you don’t yet know who you are—when you want to be “part of it” but the “it” changes daily. We meet hippie babysitters, mean girls, best friends, former friends, prom dates, girlfriends, sex ed students, and far too many LensCrafters sales associates. These frank, irreverent, and honest comics revel in the uncomfortable—occasionally cringe-inducing—moments from our early years that end up wiring us as people. Part of It further cements Ariel Schrag as “one of the best pure storytellers...in any medium” (Comics Journal).

Definitions Of Indefinable Things

Author : Whitney Taylor
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 1328695697
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (286 download)

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Download or read book Definitions Of Indefinable Things written by Whitney Taylor and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reggie isn’t really a romantic: she’s been hurt too often, and doesn’t let people in as a rule. Plus, when you’re dealing with the Three Stages of Depression, it’s hard to feel warm and fuzzy. When Reggie meets Snake, though, he doesn’t give her much of a choice. Snake has a neck tattoo, a Twizzler habit, and a fair share of arrogance, but he’s funny, charming, and interested in Reggie. Snake also has an ex-girlfriend who's seven months pregnant. Good thing Reggie isn’t a romantic. Definitions of Indefinable Things follows three teens as they struggle to comprehend love, friendship, and depression—and realize one definition doesn’t always cover it.

Princesses Have Awkward Lives

Author : Shanice M. Guidry
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480887080
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Princesses Have Awkward Lives written by Shanice M. Guidry and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-19 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes life is difficult for little ones. Sometimes children are treated unfairly because of their personality or who their parents are or what color their skin is. In Princesses Have Awkward Lives, a fairy godmother appears to a group of princesses who are feeling less than awesome. She shows them that, despite their circumstances or cultural backgrounds, they are all wonderful and special human beings. Princesses come in all shapes and sizes and from different families and upbringings. They just need to believe in themselves and shine. This picture book for children delivers the message to all children that they are special. It teaches them to feel confident and to find their strength in God.

Awkward Politics

Author : Carrie Smith-Prei
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773598979
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Awkward Politics written by Carrie Smith-Prei and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2016-05-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increased use of digital tools for political activism has triggered heated debates about the effectiveness of digital campaigns for political change and feminist causes. While technology’s immediacy and transnational reach have broadened the potential impact of activism, it has, at the same time, complicated the goals, materiality, and consumption of feminist actions. In Awkward Politics, Carrie Smith-Prei and Maria Stehle suggest that awkwardness offers a means of engaging with twenty-first century feminist activism by accounting for the uncertainty of popfeminist moments and movements, its sometimes illegible meanings, affects, and aesthetics. By investigating transnational media ranging from popfeminist performance art, music, street activism, blogs, and hashtags to literature, film, academic theory, and protests, the authors demonstrate that viewing activist art through the lens of awkwardness can yield a nuanced critique. By developing awkwardness into a theoretical tool for intervention, a key concept of feminist politics, and a moving target, this innovative study dramatically alters the ways in which we approach activism, its forms, movements, and effects. It also suggests a broad range of applicability, from social movements to the academy. Breaking new ground through the intersections of technology, consumerism, and the political in popfeminist work, Awkward Politics highlights the urgency of feminist politics and activism.

When I Was a Child I Read Books

Author : Marilynne Robinson
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374709416
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book When I Was a Child I Read Books written by Marilynne Robinson and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marilynne Robinson has built a sterling reputation as a writer of sharp, subtly moving prose, not only as a major American novelist, but also as a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist. In When I Was a Child I Read Books she returns to and expands upon the themes which have preoccupied her work with renewed vigor. In "Austerity as Ideology," she tackles the global debt crisis, and the charged political and social political climate in this country that makes finding a solution to our financial troubles so challenging. In "Open Thy Hand Wide" she searches out the deeply embedded role of generosity in Christian faith. And in "When I Was a Child," one of her most personal essays to date, an account of her childhood in Idaho becomes an exploration of individualism and the myth of the American West. Clear-eyed and forceful as ever, Robinson demonstrates once again why she is regarded as one of our essential writers.

Fruit from the Sands

Author : Robert N. Spengler
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520379268
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Fruit from the Sands written by Robert N. Spengler and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A comprehensive and entertaining historical and botanical review, providing an enjoyable and cognitive read.”—Nature The foods we eat have a deep and often surprising past. From almonds and apples to tea and rice, many foods that we consume today have histories that can be traced out of prehistoric Central Asia along the tracks of the Silk Road to kitchens in Europe, America, China, and elsewhere in East Asia. The exchange of goods, ideas, cultural practices, and genes along these ancient routes extends back five thousand years, and organized trade along the Silk Road dates to at least Han Dynasty China in the second century BC. Balancing a broad array of archaeological, botanical, and historical evidence, Fruit from the Sands presents the fascinating story of the origins and spread of agriculture across Inner Asia and into Europe and East Asia. Through the preserved remains of plants found in archaeological sites, Robert N. Spengler III identifies the regions where our most familiar crops were domesticated and follows their routes as people carried them around the world. With vivid examples, Fruit from the Sands explores how the foods we eat have shaped the course of human history and transformed cuisines all over the globe.

How to Be Alone

Author : Lane Moore
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501178849
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book How to Be Alone written by Lane Moore and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The former Sex & Relationships Editor for Cosmopolitan and host of the wildly popular comedy show Tinder Live with Lane Moore presents her poignant, funny, and deeply moving first book. Lane Moore is a rare performer who is as impressive onstage—whether hosting her iconic show Tinder Live or being the enigmatic front woman of It Was Romance—as she is on the page, as both a former writer for The Onion and an award-winning sex and relationships editor for Cosmopolitan. But her story has had its obstacles, including being her own parent, living in her car as a teenager, and moving to New York City to pursue her dreams. Through it all, she looked to movies, TV, and music as the family and support systems she never had. From spending the holidays alone to having better “stranger luck” than with those closest to her to feeling like the last hopeless romantic on earth, Lane reveals her powerful and entertaining journey in all its candor, anxiety, and ultimate acceptance—with humor always her bolstering force and greatest gift. How to Be Alone is a must-read for anyone whose childhood still feels unresolved, who spends more time pretending to have friends online than feeling close to anyone in real life, who tries to have genuine, deep conversations in a roomful of people who would rather you not. Above all, it’s a book for anyone who desperately wants to feel less alone and a little more connected through reading her words.