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Download or read book It's Only Blood written by Anna Dahlqvist and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the world, 2 billion people experience menstruation, yet menstruation is seen as a mark of shame. We are told not to discuss it in public, that tampons and sanitary pads should be hidden away, the blood rendered invisible. In many parts of the world, poverty, culture and religion collide causing the taboo around menstruation to have grave consequences. Younger people who menstruate are deterred from going to school, adults from work, infections are left untreated. The shame is universal and the silence a global rule. In It's Only Blood Anna Dahlqvist tells the shocking but always moving stories of why and how people from Sweden to Bangladesh, from the United States to Uganda, are fighting back against the shame.
Book Synopsis Women Talk Money by : Rebecca Walker
Download or read book Women Talk Money written by Rebecca Walker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a groundbreaking collection that lifts the veil on what women talk about when they talk about money; it unflinchingly recounts the power of money to impact health, define relationships, and shape identity. The collection includes previously unpublished essays by trailblazing writers, activists, and models, such as Alice Walker, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Rachel Cargle, Tracy McMillan, Cameron Russell, Sonya Renee Taylor, Adrienne Maree Brown, and more, with Rebecca Walker as editor. In this provocative anthology, we discover a family that worships money even as it tears them apart; we read about the "financial death sentence" a transgender woman must confront to live as herself. We trace the journey of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who finally makes enough money to discover her spiritual impoverishment; we follow a stressful email exchange between an unsympathetic university financial officer and a desperate family who can't afford to pay their daughter's tuition and more.
Book Synopsis Shattering Menstrual Taboos by : Conrad Riker
Download or read book Shattering Menstrual Taboos written by Conrad Riker and published by Conrad Riker. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you tired of the shame, secrecy, and misunderstanding surrounding periods? Want to understand the science, history, and psychology behind menstruation and its taboos? "Shattering Menstrual Taboos" is your ultimate guide to breaking free from the societal constraints and myths that have long surrounded menstruation. - Learn about the historical origins of menstrual taboos and their evolution over time. - Explore the psychological impact of these taboos on women and society. - Examine religious perspectives on menstruation and how they contribute to societal attitudes. - Understand how menstrual taboos affect women in professional settings and how companies can create a more inclusive environment. - Discover the science behind menstruation to dispel myths and misconceptions. - Find out about the importance of comprehensive menstrual education and how it can help normalize periods. - Review the evolution of menstrual products and how new innovations are challenging traditional taboos. - Analyze how the portrayal of menstruation in media influences societal attitudes. If you want to understand menstruation and break free from limiting taboos, buy this book today. Uncover the truth behind menstruation and join the movement to shatter menstrual taboos.
Book Synopsis Breaking the Taboo with Young Adult Literature by : Victor Malo-Juvera
Download or read book Breaking the Taboo with Young Adult Literature written by Victor Malo-Juvera and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-04-13 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text offers 6th - 12th grade educators guided instructional approaches for including diverse young adult (YA) literature in the classroom as a form of social justice teaching and learning. Through the YA books spotlighted in this text, educators are provided pre-, during-, and after reading activities that guide students to a deeper understanding of topics that are often considered taboo in the classroom - race, racism, mental health, immigration, gender, sexuality, sexual assault - while increasing their literacy practices.
Book Synopsis Industrial Policy in America by : Marco R. Di Tommaso
Download or read book Industrial Policy in America written by Marco R. Di Tommaso and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contrast to what observers have frequently argued, this timely and thought provoking book suggests that the concept of industrial policy is not alien to the American past and present. The debate on this topic in the US has always been full of contradictory rhetoric and policy practices, and the expert authors therefore acknowledge a need to rethink the traditional antagonist positions. They illustrate that contemporary markets continue to demand to be fixed by government policies, and governments continue to show how fixing-the-market policies might fail. The conclusion is that the future of industrial policy is about how to make both markets and governments better in their functioning, but that the real goal for industrial policy is to make better-market and better-government policies consistent with the goal of building a better society. Affirming that it is time to break the taboo and discuss the nationÕs goals, targets, and tools to develop a new, effective American industrial policy, this pathbreaking book will prove a thought provoking and challenging read for students, academics and policymakers with an interest in political economy and industrial policy, public sector and international economics.
Book Synopsis We Stay In Our Own Tree by : Michelle Barry
Download or read book We Stay In Our Own Tree written by Michelle Barry and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-26 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One survivor's chilling memoir of her stolen memories and her childhood secrets. Rural isolation and inherited belief systems collide to create a perfect storm of intergenerational abusive incest within her family tree. Putting a face to what is often called a victimless crime, Independent Author Michelle Barry invites you to share in her remarkable journey to discover the duality of vulnerability and the complexities of family and broken relationships. Throughout her life, we see Michelle battling grief, depression, alcoholism, and domestic violence, all stemming from her childhood sexual abuse. With steely grit in the face of unspeakable shame, she speaks out to spur on higher levels of engagement through candid dialogue, thereby shattering the deafeningly silent taboo of incest. Forever breaking its power helps Michelle to advocate for all survivors who are in differing stages of recovery. For those who've been abused, Michelle's memoir shows others that they can reclaim their own voices and personal histories. "We Stay In Our Own Tree provides a raw and painful look at the tragic consequences of incest and the far-reaching arms of its damaging generational effects. The graphic nature of this work is not for the faint-hearted, but Michelle Barry exposes the reader to the vivid thoughts and feelings of a little girl struggling to understand a distant and angry father, a manipulative and abusive brother, and to find her place in the world. The honesty in this book hints of Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes as we follow Michelle Barry through early childhood and we see her struggle to understand her sexual self in the midst of sexual abuse. As she gets older the reader watches her manage numerous tragic losses, experience a multitude of bad decisions and abusive relationships, and fight a long battle with alcoholism. This is the book to read if you want to know what it is like for survivors of incest." Gregory K. Moffatt, Ph.D., LPC, CPCS Child psychologist and award winning author of A Violent Heart, Wounded Innocents and Fallen Angels, and Survivors. "Michelle Barry has shown great courage in crafting this memoir, taking the reader through a difficult but necessary journey to better understand how all victims can overcome the most terrible circumstances through faith, determination, and a willingness to speak the truth. Family is at the heart of her story. There is loss, and pain, and trauma. Family is also a source of great joy and love. Michelle penned a story that takes us through all of these ups and downs in rural America. The telling of this journey will be inspiring for anyone who reads it, including victims of abuse. Michelle's story outlines a path forward not just to happiness, but to triumph as well." Glenn Puit, national author of Ghost, Father of the Year, and In Her Prime
Download or read book Taboo written by Wilfred Reilly and published by Regnery. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You Can’t Say That! Do you have a right to be offended by the facts? Against all the evidence, the mainstream media insist that America has never been more racist and sexist. The police are waging a war on Black people. “White privilege” means minorities never get a fair shake. Although this narrative of oppression is demonstrably fictitious, it is taboo to question it, and those who do so risk being labeled racist or sexist themselves. America needs an honest conversation based on common sense and cold, hard facts. Honesty and respect for the facts are the specialty of Wilfred Reilly, the celebrated author of Hate Crime Hoax. In Taboo, he fearlessly examines ten forbidden truths that have been buried by political correctness. They include: -The Black rate of violent crime is roughly 2.5 times the white rate. When demographic variables are taken into account, there are no racial differences in the rate of police-involved shootings. -Interracial crime is remarkably rare, but 75 to 80 percent of it occurs against white people. -Minorities can be racist—take the Nation of Islam, which holds that white people are an inferior race created by a Black scientist. -Disparities between racial groups in IQ testing and SAT performance are the result of cultural variables, such as the presence of a father in the home, not racism. Reilly goes where most social scientists fear to tread, using objective statistics and common sense to tackle taboo topics. Taboo is an essential takedown of the lies you hear every day from ideological activists and lazy, biased media.
Download or read book Taboo written by Jon Entine and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In virtually every sport in which they are given opportunity to compete, people of African descent dominate. East Africans own every distance running record. Professional sports in the Americas are dominated by men and women of West African descent. Why have blacks come to dominate sports? Are they somehow physically better? And why are we so uncomfortable when we discuss this? Drawing on the latest scientific research, journalist Jon Entine makes an irrefutable case for black athletic superiority. We learn how scientists have used numerous, bogus "scientific" methods to prove that blacks were either more or less superior physically, and how racist scientists have often equated physical prowess with intellectual deficiency. Entine recalls the long, hard road to integration, both on the field and in society. And he shows why it isn't just being black that matters—it makes a huge difference as to where in Africa your ancestors are from.Equal parts sports, science and examination of why this topic is so sensitive, Taboois a book that will spark national debate.
Book Synopsis Sin, Sickness and Sanity by : Vern L. Bullough
Download or read book Sin, Sickness and Sanity written by Vern L. Bullough and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1977. For centuries myth, misinformation and taboo have distorted our vision of our sexual nature. This book examines such cultural phenomena: from Greek dualistic thought to Buddhist philosophy; from the attempt of early Christian sects to promote total chastity to homosexual practices among the Arabs. It explains Victorian theories about masturbation and madness, sexist dogmas limiting feminine potential, social attitudes towards abortion over time; and much more. Extensively researched, this fascinating classic work is a comprehensive summary of our knowledge of past sexual attitudes as well as an appraisal of the causes and direction of sexual revolution.
Book Synopsis Handbook of Research on Communication Strategies for Taboo Topics by : Luurs, Geoffrey D.
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Communication Strategies for Taboo Topics written by Luurs, Geoffrey D. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2022-04-29 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social norms are valuable because they help us to understand guidelines for appropriate and ethical behavior. However, as part of that process, cultures develop taboo behaviors and topics for group members to avoid. Failure to discuss important topics, such as sex, drug use, or interpersonal violence, can lead to unwanted or unintended negative outcomes. Improving communication about forbidden topics may lead to positive social and health outcomes, but we must first develop the communication and coping skills to handle these difficult conversations. The Handbook of Research on Communication Strategies for Taboo Topics seeks both quantitative and qualitative research to provide empirical evidence of the negative social and health outcomes of avoiding taboo conversations and provides communication and coping strategies for dealing with difficult topics. Covering a range of issues such as grief and forgiveness, this major reference work is ideal for academicians, practitioners, researchers, counselors, sociologists, professionals, instructors, and students.
Book Synopsis Asexual Fairy Tales by : Elizabeth Hopkinson
Download or read book Asexual Fairy Tales written by Elizabeth Hopkinson and published by Silverwood Books. This book was released on 2019-09-27 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A refreshing collection of enchanting fairy tales that reflects the spectrum of human sexuality.
Book Synopsis Bad Girls and Sick Boys by : Linda S. Kauffman
Download or read book Bad Girls and Sick Boys written by Linda S. Kauffman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linda S. Kauffman turns the pornography debate on its head with this audacious analysis of recent taboo-shattering fiction, film, and performance art. Investigating the role of fantasy in art, politics, and popular culture, she shows how technological advances in medicine and science (magnetic resonance imaging, computers, and telecommunications) have profoundly altered our concepts of the human body. Cyberspace is producing new forms of identity and subjectivity. The novelists, filmmakers, and performers in Bad Girls and Sick Boys are the interpreters of these brave new worlds, cartographers who are busy mapping the fin-de-millennium environment that already envelops us. Bad Girls and Sick Boys offers a vital and entertaining tour of the current cultural landscape. Kauffman boldly connects the dots between the radical artists who shatter taboos and challenge legal and aesthetic conventions. She links writers like John Hawkes and Robert Coover to Kathy Acker and William Vollmann; filmmakers like Ngozi Onwurah and Isaac Julien to Brian De Palma and Gus Van Sant; and performers like Carolee Schneemann and Annie Sprinkle to the visual arts. Kauffman's lively interviews with J. G. Ballard, David Cronenberg, Bob Flanagan, and Orlan add an extraordinary dimension to her timely and convincing argument.
Download or read book Aftermath written by Rachel Cusk and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2003, Rachel Cusk published A Life's Work, a provocative and often startlingly funny memoir about the cataclysm of motherhood. Widely acclaimed, the book started hundreds of arguments that continue to this day. Now, in her most personal and relevant book to date, Cusk explores divorce's tremendous impact on the lives of women. An unflinching chronicle of Cusk's own recent separation and the upheaval that followed—"a jigsaw dismantled"—it is also a vivid study of divorce's complex place in our society. "Aftermath" originally signified a second harvest, and in this book, unlike any other written on the subject, Cusk discovers opportunity as well as pain. With candor as fearless as it is affecting, Rachel Cusk maps a transformative chapter of her life with an acuity and wit that will help us understand our own.
Book Synopsis You're Not Broke You're Pre-Rich by : Emilie Bellet
Download or read book You're Not Broke You're Pre-Rich written by Emilie Bellet and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-09-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *** REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION *** "This book is a wise investment" Financial Times "A marvellous money manifesto" Helena Morrissey DBE, financier & founder of 30% club One out of three millennials today will never be able to buy their own house. Does it have to be like this? You're Not Broke You're Pre-Rich will tell you that it really doesn't; you can have your avocado on toast and stop renting and start saving too. In this book you will learn how to : Rent smart Buy a home Get a better salary Manage a credit card Understand your net worth / credit score Save more money Live within your budget Build a pension Invest Pay off your debt forever This essential handbook will help debunk the financial jargon and break the money taboo. Packed with actionable tips and no-nonsense practical advice, You're Not Broke You're Pre-Rich will teach you how to make your savings work for you, how you could invest your money, why you need to understand your pension and why your financial health is just as important as your mental and physical health. This updated and market-leading manual will be your comprehensive guide to financial freedom, giving you the confidence and conviction to regain control of your bank balance and live a happier, richer life.
Download or read book The Dispossessed written by R. Mccullain and published by Chipmunkapublishing ltd. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Diary of Despair by Rosamund McCullain Published: 2006 Pages: 88 Description This book tells Rosamund's story as she journeys through experiences of mental distress and bad treatment at the hands of the mental health system. The book ends on a note of hope and survivor solidarity. A whole range of issues are covered, from conditions in in-patient facilities, drug treatment, stigma and discrimination, the impact of suicide and self-harm, the quality of community mental healthcare to the eventual partial recovery of the Rosamund's condition and how she has managed to achieve this. About the Author Rosamund McCullain was born and grew up in Bradford, West Yorkshire in July 1964. Upon leaving school she moved to the Mid-Wales area to study English at Aberystwyth University, and currently lives in Newtown, Powys. When she first became a mental health service user survivor, Ros was appalled at the state of the mental health system and the treatment she received, and felt the public should be told what was being done with their money and in their name. To achieve this, she started writing 'The Dispossessed' in 1993, and finally completed it in 2002. Ros has a keen interest in creative writing, for her it has been a lifelong survival mechanism. She is an animal lover, and has two dogs, two cats and a horse. She works as a self-employed mental health trainer and consultant, writer and creative writing tutor. She is also involved in voluntary work as a survivor activist. Book Extract They have released me from the bowels of the Machine into "Care in the Community." They said they could do nothing to help me, having virtually forced me into the bowels of the Machine in the first place. I did have some choice in the matter. I could enter the bowels of my own free will, or I could enter the bowels under a Section of the Mental Health Act, but either way it was the bowels for me. So I chose to go "voluntarily."
Download or read book My Secret Garden written by Nancy Friday and published by Rosetta Books. This book was released on 2013-11-18 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 New York Times–bestselling author’s “groundbreaking” work on women’s sexual fantasies (Publishers Weekly). First published in 1973, My Secret Garden ignited a firestorm of reactions across the nation—from outrage to enthusiastic support. Collected from detailed personal interviews with hundreds of women from diverse backgrounds, this book presents a bracingly honest account of women’s inner sexual fantasy lives. In its time, this book shattered taboos and opened up a conversation about the landscape of feminine desire in a way that was unprecedented. Today, My Secret Garden remains one of the most iconic works of feminist literature of our time—and is still relevant to millions of women throughout the world. “The author whose books about gender politics helped redefine American women’s sexuality.” —The New York Times
Book Synopsis Taboos & Transgressions by : Luanne Smith
Download or read book Taboos & Transgressions written by Luanne Smith and published by Madville Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taboos and Transgressions: Stories of Wrongdoings, is an anthology that includes fiction and nonfiction. It was edited by Luanne Smith, Kerry Neville, and Devi S. Laskar, and focuses on breaking the rules with stories by Pam Houston, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Joyce Carol Oates, and Kim Addonizio alongside exceptional work by both noted and emerging writers. The anthology offers a scope of voices, styles, stories, and wrongdoings. From infidelity to family prejudices, from breaking the law to broken promises, from losing everything to finding empowerment, characters in these pieces offer a look at stepping over the line in all too human ways. Edited by Luanne Smith, Kerry Neville, and Devi S. Laskar, the anthology represents the best of both solicited and unsolicited work. Unsolicited material has been read by judge Maurice Carlos Ruffin and prizes awarded to one winning story and two runners up.
