Ugly Feelings

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Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674041526
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis Ugly Feelings by : Sianne Ngai

Download or read book Ugly Feelings written by Sianne Ngai and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Envy, irritation, paranoia—in contrast to powerful and dynamic negative emotions like anger, these non-cathartic states of feeling are associated with situations in which action is blocked or suspended. In her examination of the cultural forms to which these affects give rise, Sianne Ngai suggests that these minor and more politically ambiguous feelings become all the more suited for diagnosing the character of late modernity. Along with her inquiry into the aesthetics of unprestigious negative affects such as irritation, envy, and disgust, Ngai examines a racialized affect called “animatedness,” and a paradoxical synthesis of shock and boredom called “stuplimity.” She explores the politically equivocal work of these affective concepts in the cultural contexts where they seem most at stake, from academic feminist debates to the Harlem Renaissance, from late-twentieth-century American poetry to Hollywood film and network television. Through readings of Herman Melville, Nella Larsen, Sigmund Freud, Alfred Hitchcock, Gertrude Stein, Ralph Ellison, John Yau, and Bruce Andrews, among others, Ngai shows how art turns to ugly feelings as a site for interrogating its own suspended agency in the affirmative culture of a market society, where art is tolerated as essentially unthreatening. Ngai mobilizes the aesthetics of ugly feelings to investigate not only ideological and representational dilemmas in literature—with a particular focus on those inflected by gender and race—but also blind spots in contemporary literary and cultural criticism. Her work maps a major intersection of literary studies, media and cultural studies, feminist studies, and aesthetic theory.

Feeling and Ugly

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Publisher : Impepho Press
ISBN 13 : 0639946518
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (399 download)

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Book Synopsis Feeling and Ugly by : Mupotsa, Danai

Download or read book Feeling and Ugly written by Mupotsa, Danai and published by Impepho Press. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DANAI MUPOTSA was born in Harare, and has lived in Botswana, the United States and South Africa where she is now based. She describes herself as a teacher and writer. Feeling and Ugly was largely written between 2016 and 2018, although some of the poems were written earlier or previously published in some form. The collection gathers the various statuses and locations she moves across, as daughter, mother, teacher, scholar and writer. From these places, many of the poems try to approach difficult feelings about what it means to “do politics” from an empathetic complexity. “I’m raging, sometimes that makes me petty” is one such example. The collection carries a set of standpoints, or willfulness about pedagogy, politics and optimism. And while she carries an attachment to a non-reparative, or negative affect across the collection, she closes in describing the work, or all of her work, as love poems. This collection is a long love letter to those who are wilful.

Ugly

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Publisher : Hachette Australia
ISBN 13 : 0733634346
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (336 download)

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Book Synopsis Ugly by : Robert Hoge

Download or read book Ugly written by Robert Hoge and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2015-08-11 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beaut story about one very ugly kid. Robert Hoge was born with a tumour in the middle of his face, and legs that weren't much use. There wasn't another baby like him in the whole of Australia, let alone Brisbane. But the rest of his life wasn't so unusual: he had a mum and a dad, brothers and sisters, friends at school and in his street. He had childhood scrapes and days at the beach; fights with his family and trouble with his teachers. He had doctors, too: lots of doctors who, when he was still very young, removed that tumour from his face and operated on his legs, then stitched him back together. He still looked different, though. He still looked ... ugly. UGLY is the true story of how an extraordinary boy grew up to have an ordinary life, and how that became his greatest achievement of all.

Not a Model

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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781546410515
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis Not a Model by : Natta Bee

Download or read book Not a Model written by Natta Bee and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-03 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: �I am so ugly�, millions of women will think, looking at themselves in the mirror. Many of us are dissatisfied with our looks and feel as if they will have to put up with their imperfections for the rest of their lives. But it is possible to change the situation. This book is not a set of psychological rules to improve self-esteem. The author invites the women who doubt their own beauty to find the root of the problem and gives some tips on how to get rid of negative attitudes, without the help of a psychologist. All recommendations are based on personal experience.

All the Ugly and Wonderful Things

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466885807
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Book Synopsis All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by : Bryn Greenwood

Download or read book All the Ugly and Wonderful Things written by Bryn Greenwood and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - A New York Times and USA Today bestseller - Book of the Month Club 2016 Book of the Year - Second Place Goodreads Best Fiction of 2016 A beautiful and provocative love story between two unlikely people and the hard-won relationship that elevates them above the Midwestern meth lab backdrop of their lives. As the daughter of a drug dealer, Wavy knows not to trust people, not even her own parents. It's safer to keep her mouth shut and stay out of sight. Struggling to raise her little brother, Donal, eight-year-old Wavy is the only responsible adult around. Obsessed with the constellations, she finds peace in the starry night sky above the fields behind her house, until one night her star gazing causes an accident. After witnessing his motorcycle wreck, she forms an unusual friendship with one of her father's thugs, Kellen, a tattooed ex-con with a heart of gold. By the time Wavy is a teenager, her relationship with Kellen is the only tender thing in a brutal world of addicts and debauchery. When tragedy rips Wavy's family apart, a well-meaning aunt steps in, and what is beautiful to Wavy looks ugly under the scrutiny of the outside world. A powerful novel you won’t soon forget, Bryn Greenwood's All the Ugly and Wonderful Things challenges all we know and believe about love. 31 Books Bringing the Heat this Summer —Bustle Top Ten Hottest Reads of 2016 —New York Daily News Best Books of 2016 —St. Louis Post Dispatch

Backwards Beauty

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Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1612916295
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (129 download)

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Book Synopsis Backwards Beauty by : Jessie Minassian

Download or read book Backwards Beauty written by Jessie Minassian and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2016 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If ten girls were asked to describe the "perfect" girl, they would likely rattle off an eerily similar list of qualities--from hair, skin, and weight to a cute button nose. That's a problem, because God has given girls a desire to be desirable. If girls think that they will be most wanted if they fit a one-size-fits-all image of "perfection," they will continually chase that proverbial carrot their entire lives. Backwards Beauty examines ten cultural lies young women listen to regarding beauty to help them unpack how they're looking at themselves through the wrong lens. The "tips to feel ugly" range from "compare yourself to every other girl" to "eat junk and diet, diet, diet." Reading a book by Jessie Minassian is like sitting down with a friend and talking about the hard things in life. Girls will be able to find freedom and hope in the midst of a culture that idolizes beauty.

Ugly

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Publisher : Margaret McHeyzer
ISBN 13 : 9780994354747
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (547 download)

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Book Synopsis Ugly by : Margaret McHeyzer

Download or read book Ugly written by Margaret McHeyzer and published by Margaret McHeyzer. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If I were dead, I wouldn't be able to see. If I were dead, I wouldn't be able to feel. If I were dead, he'd never raise his hand to me again. If I were dead, his words wouldn't cut as deep as they do. If I were dead, I'd be beautiful and I wouldn't be so...ugly. I'm not dead...but I wish I was.

Ugly Girls

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374533865
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (745 download)

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Book Synopsis Ugly Girls by : Lindsay Hunter

Download or read book Ugly Girls written by Lindsay Hunter and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the chaotic breakdown of a friendship that shapes and unravels the identities of two rebellious girls in the wake of a stalker's predations.

Ugly Love

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476753199
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Book Synopsis Ugly Love by : Colleen Hoover

Download or read book Ugly Love written by Colleen Hoover and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Colleen Hoover, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Starts with Us and It Ends with Us, a heart-wrenching love story that proves attraction at first sight can be messy. When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she doesn't think it's love at first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up. He doesn’t want love, she doesn’t have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless, as long as Tate can stick to the only two rules Miles has for her. Never ask about the past. Don’t expect a future. They think they can handle it, but realize almost immediately they can’t handle it at all. Hearts get infiltrated. Promises get broken. Rules get shattered. Love gets ugly.

Hey Ugly

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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781519569769
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (697 download)

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Book Synopsis Hey Ugly by : Alicia J. Turner

Download or read book Hey Ugly written by Alicia J. Turner and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who is Ugly? Ugly never seemed to fit in. Ugly felt she was ugly, and because she believed it, it was true. One kind word changed everything, and Ugly realized she was Pretty all along.

The Ugly Cry

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 052555937X
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Book Synopsis The Ugly Cry by : Danielle Henderson

Download or read book The Ugly Cry written by Danielle Henderson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “They say comedy equals tragedy plus time: This very funny account of an often miserable childhood is proof.” --People “What a strong, funny, heartbreaking memoir, with a voice that is completely its own (written by a woman who very much seems to be completely her own, as well.) I loved it.”--Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Big Magic and Eat, Pray, Love An uproarious, moving memoir about a grandmother’s ferocious love and redefining what it means to be family “If you fight that motherf**ker and you don’t win, you’re going to come home and fight me.” Not the advice you’d normally expect from your grandmother—but Danielle Henderson would be the first to tell you her childhood was anything but conventional. Abandoned at ten years old by a mother who chose her drug-addicted, abusive boyfriend, Danielle was raised by grandparents who thought their child-rearing days had ended in the 1960s. She grew up Black, weird, and overwhelmingly uncool in a mostly white neighborhood in upstate New York, which created its own identity crises. Under the eye-rolling, foul-mouthed, loving tutelage of her uncompromising grandmother—and the horror movies she obsessively watched—Danielle grew into a tall, awkward, Sassy-loving teenager who wore black eyeliner as lipstick and was struggling with the aftermath of her mother’s choices. But she also learned that she had the strength and smarts to save herself, her grandmother gifting her a faith in her own capabilities that the world would not have most Black girls possess. With humor, wit, and deep insight, Danielle shares how she grew up and grew wise—and the lessons she’s carried from those days to these. In the process, she upends our conventional understanding of family and redefines its boundaries to include the millions of people who share her story.

Hola Papi

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982141514
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Book Synopsis Hola Papi by : John Paul Brammer

Download or read book Hola Papi written by John Paul Brammer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popular LGBTQ advice columnist and writer presents a memoir-in-essays chronicling his journey growing up as a queer, mixed-race kid in America's heartland to becoming the "Chicano Carrie Bradshaw" of his generation.

Super You

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Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1580055761
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (8 download)

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Book Synopsis Super You by : Emily V Gordon

Download or read book Super You written by Emily V Gordon and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Academy Award-nominee Emily V. Gordon, creator of the blockbuster movie The Big Sick, comes a super-powered guide-to-life with comic-book flair and real-world wisdom for living your best life Superheroes don't start from glorious beginnings. Their origins are almost always marked by traumatic events that leave them helpless and scared. Batman witnessed his parents' murder. Superman was sent away from his dying planet with no one to guide him as he grew up. Orphaned Catwoman was forced to steal food to survive on the streets of Gotham. What makes these superheroes super is their determination to not be defined by helplessness. They embrace their origins, their flaws, and their mistakes, and strive every day to become the best versions of themselves - for the benefit of themselves and others. Super You is a fun, friendly, and unabashedly geeky guide to becoming the superhero of your own extraordinary life. Author Emily Gordon examines comic book tropes to find lessons that anyone can apply toward overcoming tragic events and adversity in their own lives. With activities in every chapter to help identify each person's superpowers, special tools, personal kryptonite -- and weapons against it -- Super You is the perfect sidekick for every growing hero, empowering everyday people to transform into the most kick-ass versions of themselves.

The Ugly Pumpkin

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524740845
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Book Synopsis The Ugly Pumpkin by : Dave Horowitz

Download or read book The Ugly Pumpkin written by Dave Horowitz and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for the changing seasons, this wacky twist on The Ugly Duckling is a great read for Halloween and Thanksgiving. The Ugly Pumpkin has waited all through October for someone to take him home, but no one wants him. He doesn't look like other pumpkins. So the lonely Ugly Pumpkin leaves the patch in search of a place where he'll fit in. By the time Thanksgiving arrives, he discovers the truth about who he is--but it's not what he expected!

Am I Ugly?

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Publisher : Anima
ISBN 13 : 9781788541855
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (418 download)

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Book Synopsis Am I Ugly? by : Michelle Elman

Download or read book Am I Ugly? written by Michelle Elman and published by Anima. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir about a woman's journey to body positivity. In today's world of supplements, celebrity diets and social media, it's very easy to be hard on ourselves about the way we look. With all this pressure to strive for 'perfection' aesthetically, it is easy to forget how damaging this can be psychologically. Michelle Elman is a leading part of the body positivity movement that has been gathering momentum to liberate people from these unrealistic standards, recognise that all bodies are equally valuable and broaden the billboard definitions of beauty. Am I Ugly? is this inspiring woman's compelling and deeply personal memoir that describes her childhood experiences of life-threatening health problems, long stays in hospital and fifteen complex surgeries that left her scarred, both mentally and physically. The narrative follows Michelle's journey from illness to health, and from childhood to adulthood as she deals with her body-confidence issues to embrace both her scars and her body and help others to do the same. This remarkable book grapples with the wider implications of Michelle's experiences and the complex interplay between beauty and illness.

Ugly Music

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Publisher : Yesyes Books
ISBN 13 : 9781936919642
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (196 download)

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Book Synopsis Ugly Music by : Diannely Antigua

Download or read book Ugly Music written by Diannely Antigua and published by Yesyes Books. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. African & African American Studies. Latinx Studies. Women's Studies. Diannely Antigua's debut collection, UGLY MUSIC, is a cacophonous symphony of reality, dream, trauma, and obsession. It reaches into the corners of love and loss where survival and surrender are blurred. The poems span a traumatic early childhood, a religious adolescence, and, later, a womanhood that grapples with learning how to create an identity informed by, yet in spite of, those challenges. What follows is an exquisitely vulgar voice, unafraid to draw attention to the distasteful, to speak a truth created by a collage of song and confession, diary and praise. It is an account of observation and dissociation, the danger of simultaneously being inside and outside the experiences that mold a life. UGLY MUSIC emerges as a story of witness, a realization that even the strangest things exist on earth and deserve to live. "Diannely Antigua's UGLY MUSIC is a beautiful disturbance of erotic energy. This debut counters the pull of thanatos with the effervescent allure of pure imagination, and everything is dangerously alive. Antigua's seduction is both intellectual and physical, a force strong enough to counter the emotional pains recounted here--an abandoning father, trespassed bodies, pregnancies lost, wanted, feared. At times, the speaker of these poems trespasses on her own body, as if to say a body is both precious and to be ruined, used, used up. At its deepest song, this is a theological protest and investigation by a speaker wrestling with faith and fathers, with unapologetic desire. These poems have found a way to circumvent the most precarious silences, to boast and to rue." --Catherine Barnett

My Very Merry Ugly Christmas Sweater

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Publisher : Little Simon
ISBN 13 : 9781534476783
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Book Synopsis My Very Merry Ugly Christmas Sweater by : Jeffrey Burton

Download or read book My Very Merry Ugly Christmas Sweater written by Jeffrey Burton and published by Little Simon. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the perfect, ugly expression of holiday cheer in this Christmas touch-and-feel novelty book—with real, plush sweater material on the cover and a touch-and-feel elements throughout! What is the most glorious thing that can be worn to a holiday party? The ugly Christmas sweater, of course! See festive reindeer, yeti, penguins, and more get into the spirit in this immersive book perfect for tactile young readers.