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Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking book, thirty authors highlight how our experiences are shaped by a deeply entrenched gender binary. Nuanced storytellers break away from mainstream portrayals of gender diversity, cutting across lines of age, race, ethnicity, ability, class, religion, family, and relationships.Trade ReviewNonbinary is a beautiful collection, filled with moving and personal stories from life outside the binary. Reading it felt like coming home to a community I'd always longed for. Folks from all across the gender spectrum should dive into these gorgeous insights and revelations about living a life of authenticity. -- Jill Soloway, creator of TransparentThis book is beyond vital. It is the anthology I've always yearned for, but never realized could be real. Nonbinary blows open the core of the thing, goes straight for the heart, burrows deep and then some. In a world that insists trans and nonbinary people adopt consistent, easy-to-digest messaging about who we are, this anthology stands bravely above the noise, boldly declaring our multiplicity as our beauty, our contradiction as our multifaceted shimmer. -- Jacob Tobia, author of Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender StoryA thoughtfully assembled collection of fresh and alert writing about the beautiful past, complex present, and dazzling future of nonbinary people and identities. Nonbinary contains the kind of specific stories, redolent of truth and feeling, that open a door for anyone, of any gender, to walk through and be engaged (and entertained, too!). -- S. Bear Bergman, author of Blood, Marriage, Wine, & GlitterWhat a treat to expand my understanding of gender through time and space, and be reminded that we are not a monolith. These memoirs are sure to captivate and comfort the nonbinary community and open the eyes of those who have had little reason to question the gender binary. -- Charlie McNabb, author of Nonbinary Gender Identities: History, Culture, ResourcesNonbinary is a great book—timely, wide-ranging, interesting, readable, and relatable. This will be a great primer for parents, teachers, doctors, and anyone else who wants to understand the nonbinary community. -- Jen Manion, Amherst CollegeIt is fascinating to witness, as a queer scholar, how much has been accomplished in these past decades. Nonbinary makes a profound contribution through an insistence upon increasing exposure to the concepts and lived experiences of contemporary queer people and ideas. This book will do amazing things. This is a vital queer theory textbook. -- K. W. Mott, Seton Hall UniversityThe time is certainly right for a book of this sort that puts a human face on an otherwise theoretical subject. It is, altogether, an original and necessary contribution to the ever-expanding body of LGBTQIA+ literature. * Booklist *[These] essays evince a sincere desire to candidly share difficult feelings on a complicated topic. This well-meaning book will be an asset in college classroom conversations about queer theory. * Publishers Weekly *The collection is an overall strong and diverse one. . . . Nonbinary is a useful snapshot of what it means to be nonbinary now and in the past with hopes for the way forward. * Library Journal *The anthology is a good resource for people exploring their own nonconforming identity, but it's also a useful, honest read about being human in general. -- Rebecca Rafferty * Rochester City Newspaper *Engaging and accessible. . . . [Nonbinary] provides a sense of vibrant community that will be invaluable to a group often marginalized in mainstream society and queer culture alike. The book’s unpretentious tone and its glossing of technical terminology will also make it a helpful resource for friends, relatives and allies. -- Lloyd (Meadhbh) Houston * Times Literary Supplement *The voices given agency here speak to everyone who has ever questioned their identity and the rigid roles assigned to them by a non-accepting society. * Advocate *This book is highly recommended for its diversity of viewpoints and the care it takes in allowing individuals to tell their own stories freely and honestly. * RGWS: A Feminist Review *Table of ContentsForeword: From Genderqueer to Nonbinary to . . . , by Riki WilchinsIntroduction, by Micah Rajunov and Scott DuanePart I. What Is Gender?1. War Smoke Catharsis, by Alex Stitt2. Deconstructing My Self, by Levi S. Govoni3. Coatlicue, by féi hernandez4. Namesake, by michal “mj” jones5. My Genderqueer Backpack, by Melissa L. Welter6. Scrimshaw, by Rae TheodorePart II. Visibility: Standing Up and Standing Out7. Being Genderqueer Before It Was a Thing, by Genny Beemyn8. Token Act, by Sand C. Chang9. Hypervisible, by Haven Wilvich10. Making Waves in an Unforgiving Maze, by Kameron Ackerman11. Life Threats, by Jeffrey Marsh12. Just Genderqueer, Not a Threat, by Jace ValcorePart III. Community: Creating a Place for the Rest of Us13. What Am I?, by CK Combs14. Questions of Faith, by Jaye Ware15. Coming Out as Your Nibling: What Happened When I Told Everyone I Know That I’m Genderqueer, by Sinclair Sexsmith16. Purple Nail Polish, by Jamie Price17. Uncharted Path: Parenting My Agender Teen, by Abigail18. The Name Remains the Same, by Katy KooncePart IV. Trans Enough: Representation and Differentiation19. Lowercase Q, by Cal Sparrow20. Not Content on the Sidelines, by Suzi Chase21. You See Me, by Brian Jay Eley22. Clothes Make the Gender/Queer, by Aubri Drake23. The Flight of the Magpie, by Adam “PicaPica” Stevenson24. An Outsider in My Own Landscape, by s. e. smithPart V. Redefining Dualities: Paradoxes and Possibilities of Gender25. Not-Two, by Avery Erickson26. Kitchen Sink Gender, by Nino Cipri27. What Growing Up Punk Taught Me About Being Gender Nonconforming, by Christopher Soto28. Rock a Bye Binary, by Jules De La Cruz29. To Gender and Back, by Kory Martin-Damon30. Rethinking Non/Binary, by Eli ErlickAcknowledgmentsFurther ReadingList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisThe perfect gift for Bimini and Drag Race fans!''MAGIC! A fun, fierce, honest origin story of how to drag yourself up out of trouble and become an icon'' Katherine Ryan''A triumph for UK queer culture'' Travis Alabanza''Eye-opening, intelligent, thoughtful as well as sassy and surprising - a must read'' Lorraine Kelly_______________________________________A witty and inspiring guide to transforming your life through lessons from drag, by the UK''s favourite drag queen and star of RuPaul''s Drag Race UK, Bimini Bon Boulash.From being told she couldn''t have dance lessons as a kid in Great Yarmouth to having to conform to the stereotypes of the gay scene in London''s East End, people have always been trying to put Bimini Bon Boulash in a box. It was only through discovering the art of drag that she began to fight back against those preconceptions, and understand that she had the power to define herself.In A Drag Queen''s Guide to Life, Bimini tells the story of how drag took her from the brink of self-destruction to become a gag-inducing, death-dropping, plant-based superstar. Drawing on her own experience as a nonbinary person in a binary world, as well as inspirational stories from history, politics, pop culture and fashion, she uses all her wit, charm and kindness to show us how to lead the lives we wish we could lead, through the life-changing magic of dragging up._______________________________________''Radical, life-affirming, and utterly important for this time'' Riyadh Khalaf''A very important read'' Gottmik''She''s a superstar'' Kathy Burke''You will always be our winner'' Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London''A force of nature'' James AcasterSunday Times Bestseller, October 2021Trade Review'MAGIC! A fun, fierce, honest origin story of how to drag yourself up out of trouble and become an icon' -- Katherine Ryan'Eye-opening, intelligent, thoughtful as well as sassy and surprising - a must read' -- Lorraine Kelly'This book does many things, it educates, explains, describes and shares personal experiences, but all of that goodness is wrapped up in a beautiful layer of genuine kindness and care for the reader, who is possibly, young, coming out and in some way or another exploring gender. Full of wit, wisdom and warmth' -- Juno Roche, author of Trans Power and Queer Sex'Bimini has written a book that mixes the personal, political, humour and glamour that surrounds them. A triumph for UK queer culture, this book welcomes their new audience in to the queer present and past, with a clear argument for a gender fluid future. It felt like it was part diary entry, part history lecture and part recording from a real good chat in a smoking area in East London - the best combination for a book!' -- Travis Alabanza, award winning writer, performer and theatre maker'Seeing Bimini take the world by storm with her authenticity, power and brilliance is truly a delight. Release the Beast is quintessential Bimini, hitting the nail on the head with her irreverent wit and infectious personality. Ms Boulash, you're definitely in the history books now!' -- Jamie Windust, author of In Their Shoes'Bimini is absolutely brilliant in the way they are able to deliver such importantly crucial lessons about sexuality and gender in such a relatable and understanding way. RELEASE THE BEAST is a very important read for so many of us out there who struggle with sexuality, gender, and anything in between!' -- Gottmik'A beautifully vulnerable and heartfelt journey from this down-to-earth high femme them. Bimini's radically real personal story reminds me to stay in my truth. This is a friendly reminder of self-love, and that your greatest gift to this world is to be yourself' -- Fox Fisher, artist, film-maker & campaigner, author of Trans Teen Survival Guide'The Queen has spoken and here are their 10 Queer commandments. Radical, life-affirming, and utterly important for this time. Bimini's wisdom and fresh outlook on gender identity and societal constraints are tackled with humanity and hilarity. A must-read for all Queers and those who care about them' -- Riyadh Khalaf'With the generosity of spirit, wit and hilarity that we came to love from Bimini on Drag Race, their book is a triumphant celebration of living authentically - deftly combining the personal and the political, Bimini paints a picture of the world where we can all live freely. I enjoyed it immensely' -- Amrou Al-Kadhi'It's easy to see why Bimini inspires so many people, injecting positivity where we need it. This book is Ru Paul's mantra "If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?" updated and expanded upon for a new generation' -- Amelia Abraham, author of Queer Intentions and We Can Do Better Than This'...and the next literary superstar is... Bimini Bon Boulash!!! Like the queen herself- witty, hilarious, empowering, you will fall in love with Release the Beast!' -- Charlie Craggs, author of To My Trans Sisters'Always surprising, unfailingly original and a kind-hearted soul, Bimini Bon Boulash is modern-day, punk-fashion drag royalty' -- British Vogue

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Book Synopsis“An invaluable resource for both new and veteran allies…obvious and necessary” (Library Journal, starred review) information for everyone who wants to learn more about how to navigate gender diversity in today’s families, communities, and workplaces.The days of two genders—male, female; boy, girl; blue, pink—are over, if they ever existed at all. Gender is now a global conversation, and one that is constantly evolving. More people than ever before are openly living their lives as transgender men or women, and many transgender people are coming out as neither men nor women, instead living outside of the binary. Gender is changing, and this change is gaining momentum. We all want to do and say the right things in relation to gender diversity—whether at a job interview, at parent/teacher night, and around the table at family dinners. But where do we begin? From the differences among gender identity, gender expression, and sex, to the use of gender-neutral pronouns like singular they/them, to thinking about your own participation in gender, Gender: Your Guide serves as “a warm, inviting guide to a complicated area” (The Globe and Mail, Toronto). Professor and gender diversity advocate Lee Airton, PhD, explains how gender works in everyday life; how to use accurate terminology to refer to transgender, non-binary, and/or gender non-conforming individuals; and how to ask when you aren’t sure what to do or say. It provides the information you need to talk confidently and compassionately about gender diversity, whether simply having a conversation or going to bat as an advocate. Just like gender itself, being gender-friendly is a process for all of us. As revolutionary a resource as Our Bodies, Ourselves, Gender: Your Guide is “greatly needed…an impactful tool for creating a world more supportive of people of all genders” (INTO! Magazine).Trade Review"This guide is unlike anything else available today, and an obvious and necessary item for collections of all kinds." —Library Journal (starred review)"Lee Airton’s book ‘Gender: Your Guide’ is a vital resource toward understanding and inclusiveness.... A must-have for everyone, and not only those who are trans, gender non-conforming or non-binary—or who have someone trans in their life." —The Washington Post"What I like most about how the author writes is how they combine their knowledge about gender, language and identity with a warm and caring tone. I feel like Airton is both my smartest and best friend on this subject matter." —TED"A helpful primer for those who need help negotiating gender situation and issue at work, in a social situation, and within their families. … The book may just change your thinking and the way you deal with gender diversity." —The Advice Sisters“A wealth of information useful for creating safe and welcoming space for all gender expressions.” —TD Magazine

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Book SynopsisWhatever your age, gender or identity - there''s one thing we seem to all have in common: how little we learnt in school about sex, relationships, gender identity, and sexuality.This sex-positive resource aims to provide the inclusive sex education you didn''t get in the classroom - complete with illustrations that show our beautiful, baffling bodies in all their glory. With chapters on gender, sexuality and expression, genitalia and hormones, sexual health and contraception, and the importance of boundaries and consent - this comprehensive guide celebrates identities of all kinds - and embraces the difference between cisgender and gender-diverse experiences.If your school sex-ed was much too cishet, this is the shame-free guide you need to explore bodies, boundaries and pleasure - without a banana in sight.

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Book SynopsisIndifference to Difference demonstrates that our desires are not ours to be owned; they areindifferent to our differences. This polemical book shows that if we turn to akind of universalism that recognizes we are all similar in our powerlessness tocontain desire, then difference no longer becomes the focus of our identity.Trade Review"Madhavi Menon has written an exhilarating manifesto. The tough-minded courage of Menon's intervention is one of this book's great strengths; the fierce intelligence that shapes her arguments is another. Indifference to Difference pursues a supple, peripatetic, and deeply principled methodology, informed by a nuanced theoretical acumen that declares itself at every turn."—Kathryn Schwarz, Vanderbilt UniversityTable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Indifference 1. Out of Africa: Yinka Shonibare’s Museum of Desire 2. Disembodying the Cause: Shakespeare’s Dramatic Elisions3. Lesbians without Borders: The Story of Dastangoi Coda: Queer and UniversalNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisDrawing on a range of international research projects, this book documents a broad spectrum of unpaid work performed by residents, relatives, volunteers and staff in nursing homes. It provides insights which will be critical in planning for nursing home care post-pandemic.Table of Contents1. Introduction – Pat Armstrong and Marta Szebehely 2. Accessing Nursing Home Care: Family Members’ Unpaid Care Work in Ontario and Sweden – Petra Ulmanen, Ruth Lowndes, and Jacqueline Choiniere 3. Body Work-That-Isn’t: Supporting Nursing Home Residents’ Autonomy in Self-Care and Sexual Expression – Susan Braedley 4. “They Make the Difference Between Survival and Living”: Social Activities and Social Relations in Long-Term Residential Care – James Struthers and Gudmund Ågotnes 5. Residents Who Care: Rethinking Complex Care and Disability Relations in Ontario Nursing Homes – Janna Klostermann 6. “Family Workers”: The Work and Working Conditions of Families in Nursing Homes – Christine Streeter 7. Staff Perspectives on Families’ Unpaid Work in Care Homes – Ruth Lowndes, Marta Szebehely, Gudmund Ågotnes, and Oddrunn Sortland 8. Contextual Conditions and Social Mechanisms in Rural Communities and Care Homes – Oddrunn Sortland, Petra Ulmanen, and James Struthers 9. Bringing the Outside In and the Inside Out: The Role of Institutional Boundaries in Nursing Homes – Frode F. Jacobsen and Gudmund Ågotnes 10. A Labour of Love Is Still Labour – Pat Armstrong, Hugh Armstrong, and Marta Szebehely

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Book SynopsisFollowing the 1979 revolution, the Iranian government set out to Islamize society. Muslim piety had to be visible, in personal appearance and in action. Iranians were told to pray, fast, and attend mosques to be true Muslims. The revolution turned questions of what it means to be a true Muslim into a matter of public debate, taken up widely outside the exclusive realm of male clerics and intellectuals. Say What Your Longing Heart Desires offers an elegant ethnography of these debates among a group of educated, middle-class women whose voices are often muted in studies of Islam. Niloofar Haeri follows them in their daily lives as they engage with the classical poetry of Rumi, Hafez, and Saadi, illuminating a long-standing mutual inspiration between prayer and poetry. She recounts how different forms of prayer may transform into dialogues with God, and, in turn, Haeri illuminates the ways in which believers draw on prayer and ritual acts as the emotional and intellectual material through which they think, deliberate, and debate.Trade Review"This is one of the best books on prayer in all of anthropology. Niloofar Haeri shows that prayer is not an empty ritual, but that it becomes a relationship that changes people—and allows the secular reader to understand how poetry enables women to feel spiritual presence. A beautifully written work."—Tanya Luhrmann, Stanford University, author of When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God"Say What Your Longing Heart Desires is a work that deserves to be widely read by all who are interested in understanding the different approaches to 'authentic' religion that exist in the Muslim world. A rich and detailed account, and a valuable contribution to our knowledge of religious practice."—Talal Asad, author of Genealogies of Religion: Discipline and Reasons of Power in Christianity and Islam"Say What Your Longing Heart Desires establishes itself immediately as an essential work in the anthropology of prayer and a major contribution to the study of religious practice and experience. A subtle and compelling work."—Robert A. Orsi, Northwestern University, author of Between Heaven and Earth: The Religious Worlds People Make and the Scholars Who Study Them"Say What Your Longing Heart Desires will change common perceptions about women's experiences in Iran. Niloofar Haeri examines competing claims of Muslimhood and offers novel readings of theological conversations on spirituality and religious conviction in the Islamic Republic. An empirically rich and theoretically nuanced book."—Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Princeton University, author of Foucault in Iran: Islamic Revolution after the Enlightenment"Niloofar Haeri's deeply researched and elegantly written book brings readers into the most intimate and exigent spaces of a religious world. Haeri examines the everyday prayer practices of Iranian women as the basis for reflecting on the relationship between prayer and poetry and on how ideas about religiosity debated in classical Persian poetry inform the world of prayer. Haeri's ethnographic study of Muslim women at prayer, a practice that is at once deeply personal and utterly social, underscores the diversity of Muslim religious practices and challenges conceptions of what constitutes 'authentic' religion, complicating the distinction between ritual and non-ritual forms of worship. This beautiful book is a signal contribution to the study of women and Islam, with implications for the study of religion itself."—Jury for the American Academy of Religion Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion: Constructive-Reflective Studies"Using beautiful, limpid prose, Haeri weaves together poetry, religion, and ethnography to show how a group of middle-class, educated Iranian women counter the state's version of Islam. They regularly revisit and reconsider Islamic theology by drawing on the vast body of mystic poetry that is so central to Iranian culture. In the process, Haeri blurs lines thrown up between the secular and the religious in recent scholarship and invites us to consider the deeper, political, and public meaning of ritualistic religious practices."—Committee for the Fatema Mernissi Book Award, sponsored by the Middle East Studies Association"As one of the best examples of works on 'lived Islam,' [Say What Your Longing Heart Desires] showcases how much analysis, critical thinking, and self-reflection is involved in the construction and performance of 'religious' acts and will be helpful to both students and experts in the fields of religion, ritual, and literature."—Ahoo Najafian, International Journal of Middle East Studies"Students and teachers of comparative religion will appreciate this fresh and unusual way to learn about how Iranians practice Islam... Readers get the rare gift of hearing the women's words and reading about events in their lives. As Haeri points out, we in the West don't often get that intimacy with Muslims in general or Iranians in particular."—Karie Firoozmand, Friends JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Where Do Ideas Come from? An Education in Classical Poetry Chapter 2: Fixed Forms and the Play of Imagination: Everyday Ritual Prayers Chapter 3: What Are We up to When We Pray? Spontaneous Conversations with God Chapter 4: Movable Mosques: Prayer Books, Women, and Youth Conclusion

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Book SynopsisSetting out advice, research and personal reflections to inform professionals' daily practice and overall understanding of the lives and experiences of autistic transgender and non-binary people, this edited volume is an invaluable resource for anyone who seeks to engage more with autistic transgender, non-binary or gender-variant people.Aiming to contextualise the overlap of autism and gender variance, this book features chapters by leading authorities such as Wenn Lawson, Damian Milton, Isabelle Hénault, Reubs Walsh, Lydia X. Z. Brown, and Shain Neumeier as well as other contributors from around the world. The collection is structured in three sections; the first provides interdisciplinary and intersectional approaches on autism and gender as well as the experiences of transgender and non-binary autistic people; the second features professionals discussing their work, the challenges they face and the solutions they find helpful; and the final section presents thoughts and perspectives from trans and non-binary autistic people on various aspects of their experiences, focusing on information that professionals will need to consider and discuss with the people they support.Combining rich and nuanced accounts of the lives of autistic trans people, practical guidance and information as well as the latest academic research about autistic transgender and non-binary individuals, this unique collection is essential reading for any professional wanting to develop their daily practice.Trade ReviewThis collection articulates -- with nuance, care, and determination -- the multi-faceted issues faced by autistic transgender people in accessing gender-affirming care. The authors host a robust discussion of autism and gender at the intersections of race and age. This volume is an essential resource for professionals in education, psychiatry, and medicine. -- Rua M. Williams, Assistant Professor, Purdue UniversityI cannot emphasize enough how important this book is, particularly in centering the voices of autistic trans and gender diverse people, rather than allistic cisgender people speaking on their behalf. A must read for educators, therapists, health care providers, parents, and anyone else who engages with these populations. -- Dr. Shanna K. Kattari, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan School of Social Work and Director of the [Sexuality | Relationships | Gender] Research CollectiveThis book is an excellent, inclusive and helpful resource on neurodiversity, gender diversity and intersectionality. Highly recommended. -- Yenn Purkis - autistic and non-binary advocate and authorThis is an excellent resource for professionals who work with all autistic people. As Kourti reveals, gender variance is far more common among autistic people so it's important to learn how to be safe for transgender and non-binary people. Academically rigorous, accessible to professionals from a variety of fields, and written by the leading experts: Autistic people themselves. -- - Maxfield Sparrow, editor of Spectrums: Autistic Transgender People in Their Own Words (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2020)Parents and professionals need to listen to the voices of autistic transgender and non-binary people as well as the professionals who support them. We can then share the journey together with acceptance and authentication. -- Dr Tony Attwood, Minds and Hearts Clinic, BrisbaneA useful collection of essays about gender in relation to Autism, and by Autists, to boot. More please! * The Spectrum *Table of Contents1. Introduction. 2. Here comes trouble (Damian Milton). 3. Beyond 'for your own good' (Shain M. Neumeier). 4. Autistic Cognition and Gender Identity (Reubs Walshe and David Jackson-Perry). 5. Trans, Autistic and BIPOC (Kielsgard Taylor and Lydia Brown). 6. Autistic transgender and non-binary individual (Isabelle Henault). 7. Reflections on the spectra of autism and gender identity (Wenn Lawson). 8. Developing a good relationship with an autistic transgender or non-binary person as a professional (Marianthi Kourti and Ella Griffin). 9. Autism, gender variance and alexithymia (Alyssa Hillary-Zisk and Jo Minchin). 10. The resonant self (Lexi Orchard). 11. Doing gender in my own terms (Olivia Pountney). 12. The experience of gender dysphoria in older autistic adults (Wenn Lawson).

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Book SynopsisAn Afghan woman's life expectancy is just 44 years, and her life cycle often begins and ends in disappointment: being born a girl and finally, having a daughter of her own. For some, disguising themselves as boys is the only way to get ahead. Nordberg follows women such as Azita Rafaat, a parliamentarian who once lived as a Bacha Posh, the mother of seven-year-old Mehran, who she is raising as a Bacha Posh as well, but for different reasons than in the past. There's Zahra, a teenage student living as a boy who is about to display signs of womanhood as she enters puberty. And Skukria, a hospital nurse who remained in a bacha posh disguise until she was 20, and who now has three children of her own. Exploring the historical and religious roots of this tradition, The Underground Girls of Kabul is a fascinating and moving narrative that speaks to the roots of gender.Trade ReviewNordberg's subtle, sympathetic reportage makes this one of the most convincing portraits of Afghan culture in print Publishers Weekly Five years of research, and an almost novelistic approach to her findings, has produced a book full of fresh stories -- Razia Iqbal Independent Nordberg's hopeful yet heart-breaking account offers a dazzling picture of Afghan life ... She is refreshingly non-judgmental ... Thanks to this book, a little more light has been shone on a country and society so often misunderstood Independent on Sunday Partly a reflection on the politics of sex and gender ... but it is also a tale of discovery Sunday Telegraph a fascinating study The Glasgow Herald This fascinating study sheds new light on what it's like to be female in the country declared the worst in the world to be a woman ... This powerful account of powerlessness resonates with the most silenced voices in society Observer

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Book SynopsisWhat does cisgender mean? What are people saying when they refer to "assigned" gender? Why is it not OK to say 'preferred pronouns'? What is cis privilege? If you're curious about the answers to these questions and want to learn more, this book is for you.This easy-to-read guide offers information and advice to anyone wanting to understand more about trans experiences. It explains what gender identity is and arms you with the correct terminology to use. Filled with real-life examples and FAQs, it offers helpful strategies to navigate respectful conversations, speak up against transphobia and create inclusive relationships and spaces. It's the ideal tool for anyone wanting to become a better ally to transgender and/or nonbinary people.Trade ReviewThis is a well-written, well-researched book that is very informative for the general reader, like me. Excellent recommendations for navigating this changing world and being supportive of trans friends and family members. -- Don M., Boston, MAChristy Whittlesey has written a must-have guide for anyone seeking to understand and learn what it means to be an ally of the transgender community. She encourages readers to continue to listen, disrupt the system, and be a voice when others can't. It is full of important information like the power of pronouns and the significance of intersectionality. Whittlesey empowers readers to embrace individuals in their workplace, family, and community. -- Dr. Rayna L. Freedman, 5th grade teacher, MassCUE President, and Accomplice to the LBGTQIA+ communityImpressive introductory guide to being an ally to a person who is transgender or non-binary. There are helpful tips related to the importance of language, use of listening skills, and normalizing gender neutral practices in our daily lives. The contents of this book ultimately reminds us to be mindful of the humanity of every person we encounter. -- Latosha Dixon (she/her) Vice-Chair of the Chelmsford Diversity Racial Equity and Inclusion Committee, '20-Christy provides information that every parent should know about being a trans or non-binary ally, including resources on where to find out more. She gets you thinking from a different perspective and shows that trans people just want to be heard, affirmed, and feel safe. Being a trans ally means taking small, everyday actions. We can all think about our environments and consider how we might make them more gender-inclusive. -- Kathy Sheedy, mother and volunteer for The Ryan Home Project (home for homeless teens)I am once again thankful to Christy Whittlesey for tackling this nuanced and important topic with such care and grace. As a gender educator, I'll be recommending The Beginner's Guide to Being a Trans Ally far and wide. -- Tuck Woodstock, Gender Reveal podcastChristy Whittlesey's The Beginner's Guide to Being a Trans Ally provides an easy-to-access entry point into allyship for anyone who is ready to learn...read this book if you are an educator or a healthcare provider who is new to the conversation. -- Stacy Agee Szczesiul, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell & proud parent of a transgender childThis book unpacks gender diversity by centering the trans voices we hope to become allies for. Through reading these narratives we learn that becoming an ally is moving from ignorance or complicity to a continuum of continual action that affirms and celebrates our trans students, family members, friends, co-workers, and community members. This resource also serves as a user-friendly toolkit with clear techniques for more inclusive allyship. It is a must-read for educators and families alike. -- Anthony Beatrice, Executive Director for the Arts, Boston Public SchoolsTable of ContentsWhat is Being a True Ally?What is Allyship?Getting Comfortable with LanguageThinking About GenderHow Can I Strive to be a True Ally?Conclusion: The Future of GenderBook Study/Discussion QuestionsResources

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Book SynopsisIn What’s the Use? Sara Ahmed continues the work she began in The Promise of Happiness and Willful Subjects by taking up a single word—in this case, use—and following it around. She shows how use became associated with life and strength in nineteenth-century biological and social thought and considers how utilitarianism offered a set of educational techniques for shaping individuals by directing them toward useful ends. Ahmed also explores how spaces become restricted to some uses and users, with specific reference to universities. She notes, however, the potential for queer use: how things can be used in ways that were not intended or by those for whom they were not intended. Ahmed posits queer use as a way of reanimating the project of diversity work as the ordinary and painstaking task of opening up institutions to those who have historically been excluded.Trade Review“In this close reading of use, Sara Ahmed leads the reader from object to object at a pace that moves with the deliberateness of a philosopher and the grace of a literary scholar. With this and other books, Ahmed has established herself as one of the most important feminist thinkers in the world.” -- Rosemarie Garland-Thomson“With characteristic verve and force, Sara Ahmed explores the uses of use. More than a history of an idea and much more than a philosophical investigation of use and value, Ahmed’s book teaches us how to locate use, usefulness, used-upness, used objects, and useful and useless knowledge in relation to time, space, queerness, and more. Read this book; you need it, and more importantly, you will use it. It is useful and useless in equal proportion and compelling precisely because of its mixed-use value. Before you know it, you will get used to use and you will carry it with you always.” -- Jack Halberstam“How lucky we are that feminist killjoy Sara Ahmed takes us on her learned, witty, and insightful journey. With her evocative exasperation at the state of affairs with regard to the (im)possibilities of diversity work and complaint, she dismantles the sexist and racist structures of the modern university. Now as a courageous, independent scholar, Ahmed continues to shine her characteristic phenomenological lights on walls and doors and more. She is still here; she refused to get used to it!” -- Gloria Wekker"By crafting different routes, travelling lesser-known paths, and finding alternate ways of telling stories about use, Ahmed invites her readers to see the world from these non-normative subject positions and to rethink and reshape their own worldviews in the process." -- Sohel Sarkar * AC Review of Books *"A well-written, engaging text. Highly recommended. All readership levels." -- C. R. McCall * Choice *"Ahmed sought to write a text that intervenes in the everyday, that elevates a threadbare backpack to a place of unbound theoretical play. And she has done so. Although some readers may find themselves frustrated by Ahmed’s deflections of tangible directive, that seems to be precisely the point. Accessible and innovative, What’s the Use? will be of serious interest to activists, artists, and academics working at the intersections of queer and critical race studies." -- Caitlin Mackenzie * QED *“Ahmed follows an unexpected and fascinating pathway through the history of use, one that brings together scientific theories, institutional histories, and everyday life.... Ahmed’s explorations are animated by a spirit of reinvention that challenges both the conventions of philosophical practice and the taken-for-granted boundaries of feminist thought.” -- Eden Kinkaid * Feminist Formations *"What’s the Use? combines an intellectual history and a philosophical exploration of the concept of use with ethnographies and personal reflections on institutional diversity work. . . . Ahmed’s paradoxical undertaking reveals one must first subvert institutional diversity practices, in order to truly diversify an institution." -- Velina Manolova * Public Books *“What’s the Use? is a rigorous book with power.... Ahmed’s book wields theory in the right way.... I came away from What’s the Use? feeling equipped with new knowledge and ready to use it.” -- Minhae Shim Roth * Continuum *"Ahmed’s book is an interdisciplinary treasure for scholars that contributes to diverse strands of thought including women’s studies, decolonial studies, disability studies, and queer studies. Furthermore, the 'queer and idiosyncratic' method of the book (19) offers rich resources for 'troublemakers,' student organizers, feminist collectives, and human rights advocates." -- Pallavi Gupta * International Feminist Journal of Politics *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xiii Introduction. A Useful Archive 1 1. Using Things 21 2. The Biology of Use and Disuse 68 3. Use as Technique 103 4. Use and the University 141 Conclusion. Queer Use 197 Notes 231 References 257 Index 271

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe work is clearly written and within the grasp of readers with some baccalaureate training. It will be particularly valuable for those studying criminal justice, psychology, social work, sociology, or women's studies * R. T. Sigler, CHOICE *Violence against women fills our newsfeeds. Was it always this way and can anything be done? Anne DePrince answers these questions by providing a history of the movement to end violence against women as well as promising practices from her own research that can help communities respond in joined-up ways. * Louise Godbold, Executive Director of Echo, and Weinstein survivor *DePrince reveals in this remarkable book that each act of violence against a woman reverberates throughout society. Drawing on her years of experience as a scientist and advocate, DePrince lays out a roadmap to end violence against women. This intelligent and compassionate book offers the tools to heal our world and it provides the gift of hope. * Jennifer Joy Freyd, Professor Emerit of Psychology, University of Oregon, and Founder & President, Center for Institutional Courage *Dr. DePrince expertly weaves news headlines, personal anecdotes, and research into a powerful (and readable) call to action. She identifies steps each of us can take to build a future without violence against women. As a woman, a lawyer, an activist and a professor, I am grateful for this book, which I will share with students, colleagues and community. * Professor Meg Garvin, MA, JD, MsT, Director of the National Crime Victim Law Institute at Lewis & Clark Law School *Dr. DePrince has paid tribute to the field of work of ending violence against women while providing, how we can adjust perspectives and systems moving forward. Every 90 Seconds: Our Common Cause Ending Violence Against Women challenges us to consider new ways of working to ensure that all survivors are supported through collaborative and community action, and to end the public health crisis of violence against women. * Ruth M. Glenn, CEO & Survivor, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Our Common Cause Chapter 1: Of Hysteria and Health Chapter 2: When Gun Violence is Gendered Violence Chapter 3: Lessons in Intimate Violence Chapter 4: The Local Cost of Global Pain Chapter 5: The Price of Intimate Violence Chapter 6: A Question of Justice Chapter 7: From Hysteria to Justice: Transforming Awareness into Action

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Book SynopsisPopular assumptions about gender and communication - famously summed up in the title of the massively influential 1992 bestseller Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus - can have unforeseen but far-reaching consequences in many spheres of life, from attitudes to the phenomenon of ''date-rape'' to expectations of achievement at school, and potential discrimination in the work-place. In this wide-ranging and thoroughly readable book, Deborah Cameron, Rupert Murdoch Professor of Language and Communication at Oxford University and author of a number of leading texts in the field of language and gender studies, draws on over 30 years of scientific research to explain what we really know and to demonstrate how this is often very different from the accounts we are familiar with from recent popular writing. Ambitious in scope and exceptionally accessible, The Myth of Mars and Venus tells it like it is: widely accepted attitudes from the past and from other cultures are at heart related to asTrade Reviewa brilliant and timely book * Katharine Viner, The Guardian *In this vigorously argued book, [Cameron] also combats the cliché by example, writing in an enjoyable mode of pugnacious sarcasm * Steven Poole, The Guardian *Cameron, skilled at deflating the sweeping generalisations of others... * The Sunday Times *Cameron's wry, measured dismemberment of these stereotypes makes for enjoyable reading * Ceri Radford, The Daily Telegraph *this delightfully spiky book * Susannah Herbert, The Sunday Times *this immensely readable book * Romy Clark, Red Pepper magazine *Cameron blows through the fog of pop-psych gender 'research' like Afrin through swollen sinuses, shrinking the claims of sound-bite science on contact * Jan Freeman, Boston Globe *This short and enjoyable read ... is very welcome * Sarah Ensor, Socialist Review *Fascinating, insightful, comprehensive ... you'll just have to read it for yourself * Contemporary UK Feminism, www.thefword.org.uk *Cameron cites a lot of literature, makes her points lucidly, and distinguishes nicely between scientific consensus and cultural assumption. She's also bitingly funny * Read for Pleasure *Cameron does a great job * Feminist Philosophers *Table of Contents1. Myths, and why they matter ; 2. A time and a place: putting myths in their cultural context ; 3. Partial truths: why difference is not the whole story ; 4. A world of difference? Mars and Venus in childhood and adolescence ; 5. Cross purposes: the myth of male-female misunderstanding ; 6. Back to nature: brains, genes, and evolution ; 7. Public speaking: Mars and Venus in politics and the workplace ; 8. Doing what comes culturally: identity and style ; 9. Beyond Mars and Venus ; Notes ; Index

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Book SynopsisA lively, informative, and engaging guide to gender by an author-illustrator who helps readers understand the multiplicity of answers to “What even is gender?”Queer, cisgender, transgender, nonbinary, androgynous, maverique, intergender, genderfluid. Louie and their cat (a.k.a. “Cat”) take you on a journey through the world of gender—without claiming to have it all figured out or knowing the perfect definition for this widely complex subject. Gender is tricky to understand because it’s a social construct intersecting with many other parts of our identity, including class, race, age, religion. For a long time, people thought of gender as binary: male/female, pirate/princess, sports/shopping. Now, we’re starting to understand it’s not that simple. That’s what this book is about: figuring out what gender means, one human being at a time, and giving us new ways to let the world know who we are.Boy, girl, either/or

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Book SynopsisSexualities: Contemporary Psychoanalytic Perspectives presents a broad selection of contemporary psychoanalytic thinking on sexuality from a wide range of psychoanalytic traditions. Sexuality remains at the heart of much psychoanalytic theory and practice but it is a complex and controversial subject. Edited by Alessandra Lemma and Paul E. Lynch, this volume includes a range of international contributions that examine contemporary issues and trace common themes needed to understand any sexuality, including the basics of sexuality, and the myriad ways in which sexuality is lived. The clinical examples provided here demonstrate contemporary psychoanalytic techniques that uncover meanings that are both fresh and enlightening, and address heterosexuality, homosexuality, gender, and perversion from a psychoanalytic perspective. Divided into four parts, the book includes the following: Historical context Foundational concepts: Contemporary Trade Review"In this remarkable new collection of essays, Alessandra Lemma and Paul E. Lynch have provided us with an up-to-the-minute compendium of current psychoanalytic thinking regarding sexualities. Desire, developmental pathways of gender and sexual orientation, prostitution, perversion, sexual excitement, intimacy, and many other themes are considered from various perspectives that are unfailingly enlightening. Psychoanalysis has struggled with this entire area because of our fear of looking at what is in front of our eyes. This extraordinary book helps us see what we may prefer to avoid in ourselves and in others. It deserves a place on the bookshelf of every psychoanalytically-oriented clinician and will surely be used as a textbook for courses in psychoanalytic institutes. - Glen O. Gabbard, MD. - Training and Supervising Analyst at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies in Houston. This book sets a new standard. Contributors portray extraordinary empathy for and rich clinical documentation of the wide range of psychic and behavioral usages of sexuality and gender. They candidly acknowledge wrestling, like Freud, with old feelings -- discomfort with some current culturally-contested formulations while being at the forefront of contestation. Several chapters provide an original, creative integration of abstract theories about maternal sexuality with research on attachment, mirroring and mentalization and on-the-ground observations of infantile sexuality. I was grateful for recognition of Stoller's contribution and for necessary, and too rare, discussions of the relations between sociology, sexology and psychoanalysis. - Nancy J Chodorow, PhD. Training and Supervising Analyst, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. "The book make a compelling argument for how psychoanalytic conepts such as mirroring and revisiting the Oedipal Complex could help us understand sexual variations (a term preferred by some sexologists to "perversions"), gender, and homosexuality... The current sexual climate requires a reevaluation of theories to explain human sexuality to keep pace with changes in issues such as gay and lesbian rights, sexual dysfunctions, and gender issues. Lemma and Lynch have managed to provide updated and integrative discussions on these issues. Lemma nad Lynch have managed to provide updated and integrative discussions on these issues. The book should be of interest to scholars interested in sexology, as well as to historians of psychology and clinicians." - Carlos Escoto, Eastern Connecticut State University, associate editor for Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, in PsycCritiques "In this remarkable new collection of essays, Alessandra Lemma and Paul E. Lynch have provided us with an up-to-the-minute compendium of current psychoanalytic thinking regarding sexualities. Desire, developmental pathways of gender and sexual orientation, prostitution, perversion, sexual excitement, intimacy, and many other themes are considered from various perspectives that are unfailingly enlightening. Psychoanalysis has struggled with this entire area because of our fear of looking at what is in front of our eyes. This extraordinary book helps us see what we may prefer to avoid in ourselves and in others. It deserves a place on the bookshelf of every psychoanalytically-oriented clinician and will surely be used as a textbook for courses in psychoanalytic institutes. - Glen O. Gabbard, MD. - Training and Supervising Analyst at the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies in Houston. This book sets a new standard. Contributors portray extraordinary empathy for and rich clinical documentation of the wide range of psychic and behavioral usages of sexuality and gender. They candidly acknowledge wrestling, like Freud, with old feelings -- discomfort with some current culturally-contested formulations while being at the forefront of contestation. Several chapters provide an original, creative integration of abstract theories about maternal sexuality with research on attachment, mirroring and mentalization and on-the-ground observations of infantile sexuality. I was grateful for recognition of Stoller's contribution and for necessary, and too rare, discussions of the relations between sociology, sexology and psychoanalysis. - Nancy J Chodorow, PhD. Training and Supervising Analyst, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. Table of ContentsIntroduction. What happened to psychoanalysis in the wake of the sexual revolution? A developmental model of sexual excitement, desire and alienation. Desire and Its Discontents. Disrupting Oedipus; The Legacy of the Sphinx. No maps for uncharted lands: what does gender expression have to do with sexual orientation? . A Scientific Theory of homosexuality for psychoanalysis. Intimacy, Desire and Shame in Gay Male Sexuality. Objecting to the object: Encountering the internal parental couple relationship for lesbian and gay couples. The Sexual Aberrations: Do We Still Need the Concept? If so, when and why? If not, why not? The prostitute as mirror: Distinguishing perverse and non-perverse use of prostitutes.. On sexual perversions’capacity to act as portal to psychic states that have evaded representation. Working with problems of perversion.

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Book SynopsisWhy do men tend to keep love letters in files along with their other correspondence, whereas women keep them with their clothes? And if a letter is written but not posted, at whom is it really directed? As psychoanalyst Darian Leader shows, such questions go to the heart of sexual desire, which is never addressed to our flesh and blood companion, but always to something beyond him or her. In an engaging, at times startling, enquiry into the fundamental loneliness of each sex, Leader asks why relationships frequently run aground on the trivial question, ''What are you thinking?'' If a man chooses as his partner a woman unlike his mother, why does he try to make her behave towards him exactly as his mother did, when he was a boy? And why might a woman decide not to spend the night with a man, after one glimpse of his apartment?

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Book SynopsisWe are living in a time of crisis which has cascaded through society. Financial crisis has led to an economic crisis of recession and unemployment; an ensuing fiscal crisis over government deficits and austerity has led to a political crisis which threatens to become a democratic crisis.Trade Review"This extraordinary book gives us a sharp and illuminating examination of a condition that it is easy to think we understand � until we read this book. We may all be touched by it but Walby shows us all that is actually mobilized in producing the outcomes."Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, author of Expulsions"Sylvia Walby�s new complexity theory analysis of the current crises adds an essential dimension, addressing the financial, economic, welfare state and political ramifications of the crisis as strongly connected dynamics. She convincingly argues why the conflict between democracy and capitalism can only be resolved through a deepening of democracy. As such, her book is an indispensable academic intervention in the politics of knowledge and empowers academics, politicians and citizens alike to address crisis."Mieke Verloo, Radboud University "A lucid text that ranges across disciplines yet maintains accessibility for a wide readership including sociologists, policy communities, students, and activists. [Walby] has produced a book that comfortably straddles the alleged divides among professional, policy, public, and critical sociology�Crisis makes signal contributions to sociological analysis and presents a pragmatic alternative to neoliberalism, which could be fairly readily implemented." American Journal of SociologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements1 Introduction2 Theorizing Crisis3 Financial Crisis4 Economic Crisis: Recession5 Fiscal Crisis: Austerity6 Democratic Crisis7 Crisis in the Gender Regime8 Conclusions: Implications for Social Theory and Public PolicyReferences

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`Sara Delamont eloquently explores the impact of feminism on sociology and powerfully argues that it has been marginalised. A must read for all sociologists searching for a complete account of the development of the discipline' - Emma Wincup, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent at Canterbury`This is a model of what a textbook should be, for Delamont states what she intends to do, does it with clarity, summarises succinctly and provides interesting and pertinent references' - Sociological Research OnlineThis book explores the achievements of British feminist sociology in theory, methods and empirical research. It outlines the barriers to the development of feminism and explores contemporary challenges. It provides an unrivalled guide to the origins of feminism in the discipline of sociology, analyses the uneasy relationships between feminists and the founding fathers and elucidates the opportuReview`Sara Delamont eloquently explores the impact of feminism on sociology and powerfully argues that it has been marginalised. A "must read" for all sociologists searching for a complete account of the development of the discipline′ - Emma Wincup, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent at CanterburyTable of ContentsIntroduction Of Silverbacks and Tree House When the Patriarchy Gets Worried Neither Young, Nor Luscious, Nor Sycophantic Developments in Feminist Sociology, 1968-2002 The New Forms Possible to Women? The Achievements of Feminist Sociology Organizing the Necessary Work The Question(s) of Method(s) Unconventional but Seething Were There Any Founding Mothers? The Brotherhood of Professors, Male All The Founding Fathers of Sociology Simply Invisible Feminist Sociology and the Malestream Making Fictions of Female Destiny Postmodernism and Postfeminism Prerogatives Usurped? Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThrough the figure of Medea, shows how important violence was for seventeenth-century French tragedy and contextualizes that violence in a longer literary and philosophical history from Ovid to Pasolini.Table of ContentsA Note on Translations and Names | ix Introduction: Coming after Violence in Literature | 1 Medea, a Manifesto | 37 1. Surface Selves: Médée, 1634 | 53 2. The Medean Presence: Violence Unmade and Remade | 94 3. Staying Power: Performing the Present Moment of Tragedy | 120 4. Flying toward Futurity: Spectacularity and Suspension | 143 5. Medea Overlived: The Future of Catastrophe | 174 Epilogue: The Cosmopolitics of Literature | 199 Acknowledgments | 207 Notes | 209 Bibliography | 227 Index | 239

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Book SynopsisA Jungian analyst examines masculine identity and the psychological repercussions of ‘fatherlessness’—whether literal, spiritual, or emotional—in the baby boom generation   An experience of the fragility of conventional images of masculinity is something many modern men share. Psychoanalyst Guy Corneau traces this experience to an even deeper feeling men have of their fathers’ silence or absence—sometimes literal, but especially emotional and spiritual. Why is this feeling so profound in the lives of the postwar “baby boom” generation—men who are now approaching middle age? Because, he says, this generation marks a critical phase in the loss of the masculine initiation rituals that in the past ensured a boy’s passage into manhood.   In his engaging examination of the many different ways this missing link manifests in men''s lives, Corneau shows that, for men today, regaining the essential “second birth” into manhood lies in gaining the ability to be a father to themselves—not only as a means of healing psychological pain, but as a necessary step in the process of becoming whole.

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Book SynopsisAn accessible and engaging introduction to the critical study of popular culture, which provides students with the tools they need to make sense of the popular culture that inundates their everyday lives.This textbook centers on media ecology and equipment for living to introduce students to important theories and debates in the field. Each chapter engages an important facet of popular culture, ranging from the business of popular culture to communities, stories, and identities, to the simulation and sensation of pop culture. The text explains key terms and features contemporary case studies throughout, examining aspects such as memes and trends on social media, cancel culture, celebrities as influencers, gamification, meta pop culture, and personalized on-demand music. The book enables students to understand the complexity of power and influence, providing a better understanding of the ways pop culture is embedded in a wide range of everyday activities. Students are encouragTable of Contents1. Introducing popular culture in everyday life 2. The business of popular culture 3. Consuming popular culture 4. Identity and popular culture 5. The communities of popular culture 6. Story and popular culture 7. The interconnectedness of popular culture 8. The sensations of popular culture 9. Globalization and popular culture 10. The simulation of popular culture 11. The games of popular culture 12. The spaces of popular culture 13. Conclusion: Going "meta" with popular culture in everyday life

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Book SynopsisFrom angiotensin to cortisol, testosterone to xenoestrogens, and dopamine to endocrine disruptors, hormones are everywhere. These chemical entities are foundational to biological life and shape social, cultural, and political forces, while simultaneously being shaped by them. Hormones are increasingly central not only to medical and other body-shaping practices and contemporary science, but also environmentally-oriented conversations. Throughout Hormonal Theory, authors trace how biomedical, social, political, and experiential forces entangle to produce hormones as we know them today. It illuminates how hormones emerge and exist as complex entities that permeate every sphere of our lives.Each glossary entry takes a particular hormonal compound as its starting point, yet works to elaborate and complicate understandings of hormones as distinct biological or chemical entities. The entries collectively show how hormones never operate in isolation from other hormones, nor

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Book SynopsisNoted for its accessibility, this text--now revised and updated to reflect a decade of advances in the field--examines how attitudes and beliefs about gender profoundly shape all aspects of daily life. From the schoolyard to the workplace to dating, sex, and marriage, men and women alike are pressured to conform to gender roles that limit their choices and impede equality. The text uses real-world examples to explore such compelling questions as where masculine and feminine stereotypes come from, the often hidden ways in which male dominance is maintained, and how challenging conventional romantic ideals can strengthen heterosexual relationships. New to This Edition *Chapter on the sexualization of women's bodies, and resistance to it (including #MeToo). *Chapter on the harmful effects of real man ideology. *Numerous new examples drawn from current events. *Updated throughout with the latest theories, research, and findings.Trade Review"The updated second edition of this excellent text provides insightful analyses of the social psychological processes that underlie gender effects in social interaction. The clear and engaging writing makes this book an excellent choice for courses on gender in psychology and related fields. Students will enjoy this book as they learn from it."--Alice H. Eagly, PhD, Department of Psychology (Emerita), Northwestern University "Rudman and Glick are expert scholars who have written an authoritative, accessible book that is ideal for students, researchers, and others interested in how gender relations shape our lives. Having regularly used the first edition in my courses, I welcome the second edition's updated and expanded coverage. The text reflects the pervasive influence of gender dynamics in our lives--for example, readers will learn what we know about gender stereotyping and sexism, dominance and hierarchy, work and romantic relationships, and gender development in childhood. New chapters have been added on the sexualization of women and masculinity norms, and the authors have consolidated some chapters from the first edition to make the book more concise and accessible. I look forward to using this second edition in my classes!"--Campbell Leaper, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz "This is one of my favorite scholarly texts on gender. Written by two of the field’s most creative and accomplished researchers, the book offers a unique perspective on the social, cognitive, and cultural forces that shape gender. I recommend this book as required reading for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in social psychology, women’s and gender studies, and sociology. It is accessible, highly engaging, and informative. The second edition is tight and polished, with updated content that gives it a fresh feel."--Jennifer K. Bosson, PhD, Department of Psychology, The University of South Florida-Although the social psychology of the interactions between men and women is complicated (and the authors make no attempt to oversimplify it), this book is an easy and enjoyable read....The text would be ideal for a graduate level psychology of gender course or even as a supplemental text for a class on intergroup relations. In addition to its use in the classroom, [it] would also be an excellent reference for social psychologists or gender researchers to have on their shelf. (on the first edition)--Sex Roles, 01/14/2009ƒƒThis is a well-written, engaging book....Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers. (on the first edition)--Choice Reviews, 03/01/2009Table of Contents1. Understanding Gender 2. Dominance and Interdependence Produce Ambivalence 3. Development of Gender Relations 4. Gender Stereotypes 5. Maintaining Gender Stereotypes and Hierarchy 6. Gender at Work 7. Female Bodies and Beauty 8. Love and Romance 9. Sex 10. Masculinity 11. Violence, Dominance, and Control 12. Progress, Pitfalls, and Remedies References Author Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisFeminists have long challenged the ways in which men tend to sexualize women. But pioneering activist, biologist, and trans woman Julia Serano argues that sexualization is a far more pervasive problem, as it's something that we all do to other people, often without being aware of it. Why do we perceive men as sexual predators and women as sexual objects? Why are LGBTQ+ people stereotyped as being sexually indiscriminate and deceptive? Why are people of color still being hypersexualized? These stereotypes push minorities farther into the margins, and even the privileged are policed from transgressing, lest they also become targets. Many view sexualization as a mere component of sexism, racism, or queerphobia, but Serano argues that liberation from sexual violence comes through collectively confronting sexualization itself.

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Book SynopsisThe landmark book exploring what the Bible actually says—and doesn’t say—about same-sex relationships.   As a young Christian man, Matthew Vines harbored the same basic hopes of most young people: to some-day share his life with someone, to build a family of his own, to give and receive love. But when he realized he was gay, those hopes were called into question. The Bible, he’d been taught, condemned gay relationships.   Feeling the tension between his understanding of the Bible and the reality of his same-sex orientation, Vines devoted years of intensive research into what the Bible says about homosexuality. With care and precision, Vines asked questions such as:   • Do biblical teachings on the marriage covenant preclude same-sex marriage or not? • How should we apply the teachings of Jesus to the gay debate? • Can celibacy be a calling when it is mandated, not chosen? • What did Paul have in mind when he warned against same-sex relations?   Unique in its affirmation of both an orthodox faith and sexual diversity, God and the Gay Christian has sparked heated debate, sincere soul search­ing, and widespread cultural change on the issue of what it means to be a faithful gay Christian.

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Book SynopsisBestselling author and advocate Dr. Monique Couvson makes a personal, compelling case for how investing in all girls leads to a better world for us allGirls, Unlimited is an insider-informed blueprint that weaves the author's thirty-plus years of notes from the fieldexcerpts from interviews with girls and key stakeholders working with girls around the worldwith her personal experience to expose how all girls, but especially girls of color, have been underserved. This groundbreaking book provides an illuminating guide to fostering strategies that prioritize the well-being and liberation of all girls in the United States, offering practical insights into how such efforts can catalyze a more sustainable and democratic society. Girls, Unlimited examines what is required to move past the pocket change-level of giving to girls and young women and, instead, incite a more sincere engagement in the cultivation of conditions to abundantly resource girlsfinancially and otherwiseat the intersections of their identity. By reimagining how we invest in girls, we can shape a new landscape of opportunity, ensuring that every girl can thrive.

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Book Synopsis'The go-to book on everything non-binary' MEG-JOHN BARKER'A succinct tour through the non-binary and genderqueer experience' PUBLISHERS WEEKLYIn this insightful and long-overdue book, Eris Young explores what it's like to live outside of the gender binary and how it can impact on one's relationships, sense of identity, use of language and more. Drawing on the author's own experiences as a nonbinary person, as well as interviews and research, it shares common experiences and challenges faced by those who are nonbinary, and what friends, family and other cisgender people can do to support them. Breaking down misconceptions and providing definitions, the history of nonbinary identities and gender-neutral language, and information on healthcare, this much-needed guide is for anyone wanting to fully understand nonbinary and genderqueer identities.Trade ReviewYoung gives readers a succinct tour through nonbinary and genderqueer experience, including the importance of community, coming out or remaining closeted, dating and relationships, gender affirmation surgeries and treatments, and legal struggles, and helpfully concludes each chapter with recommendations, exercises, or discussion questions. For those new to the topic, this well-organized guide will get the ball rolling. -- Publishers Weekly

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Book Synopsis"So while the assumption when I was born was that I was or would grow up to be a neurotypical heterosexual boy, that whole idea didn't really pan out long term."In this candid, first-of-its-kind memoir, Laura Kate Dale recounts what life is like growing up as a gay trans woman on the autism spectrum. From struggling with sensory processing, managing socially demanding situations and learning social cues and feminine presentation, through to coming out as trans during an autistic meltdown, Laura draws on her personal experiences from life prior to transition and diagnosis, and moving on to the years of self-discovery, to give a unique insight into the nuances of sexuality, gender and autism, and how they intersect.Charting the ups and downs of being autistic and on the LGBT spectrum with searing honesty and humour, this is an empowering, life-affirming read for anyone who's felt they don't fit in.Trade ReviewHauntingly relatable, Uncomfortable Labels is an incredibly necessary tale of living at the intersection of transgender and autistic identities. Humorously and accessibly written, Laura Kate Dale's story treads grounds scarcely discussed in memoir. A valuable addition to any library collection - personal or academic - on disability or gender issues. -- Jes Grobman, writer and sexuality educatorLaura has written something that highlights the personal challenges that arise from an intersection of identities that are commonly paired, but rarely discussed in the public sphere. -- Mia Violet, author of Yes, You Are Trans EnoughAs well as being incredibly informative, the book was a joy to read, due to Laura's unique voice... The book is overall an inspiring, celebratory read, and marks Laura's talent of being able to balance the uplifting drive of the book with the harder struggles and serious topics she writes honestly about. * NetGalley reviewer *A brilliant memoir about Laura's life and the ways being autistic and trans intersect.. Autistic people are much more likely to be on the LGBTQ spectrum than allistic people and it was really interesting to have it highlighted here as it's something that is often ignored but adds to the struggles we face. There were so many moments I identified with (I think I highlighted about half the book) and helped me understand parts of my life as an autistic person. It's always amazing to read anecdotes from someone elses life that could read as if they were talking about you. It's one of the best things about the autistic community speaking about their experiences... It's my favourite book about autism that I've read since being diagnosed and recommend it to any autistic people whether they are LGBTQ or not, as well as to anyone who wants to learn more about trans or autistic experiences. * NetGalley reviewer *In this memoir, Laura Kate Dale discusses her life as a gay trans autistic woman. She does a fantastic job explaining to the reader how each of her identities has affected her life, and how the identities intersect and affect each other. It was an effective way to gain some insight into the thoughts and feelings of a person dealing with so many challenges presented to them by a society that often lacks care and understanding. Highly recommend. * NetGalley reviewer *This book is a masterpiece that tells an uplifting tale of victory in the face of hardships, and the battle it often takes to be uncompromisingly true to yourself. Uncomfortable Labels is a must-read for anyone on the autism spectrum, any member of the LGBTAIQ+ community, anyone who knows someone in either group, or anyone who wants greater insight into the myriad of ways minority labels (especially working in conjunction) effect those who bear them. * NetGalley reviewer *Dale's prose is charmingly matter-of-fact and conversational, weaving in asides on cats, video games, and her "favourite ever vegan chocolate cheesecake," and she perceptively identifies the challenges she has faced and workable solutions for them. This hopeful and reflective account will resonate with readers affected by similar issues and inspire others. * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsPrologue - Being LGBT and Having Autism is Actually Pretty Common; PART I - Life Pre-Transition & Diagnosis; 1. The Ignored Early Signs; 2. Being the Weird Kid; 3. The Teen Tipping Point; 4. Coming out the Closet; 5. Depression and Addiction; PART II - Living through Transition and Diagnosis; 6. Transition, and learning to read who I wanted to be; 7. Squeezing a Late Youth into Adulthood; 8. I'm Proud I'm Not Invisible; PART III - Life Post Transition and Diagnosis; 9. LGBT Spaces are not for Autistic Adults; 10. Transgender Conflicts and Autism; 11. Learning to Watch Your Friends Die; 12. Being a Trans Woman with Autism is Sometimes Pretty Rad; 13. Roller Derby: The Intersection of LGBT and Autism Friendly Group Sport; 14. Where do I go from here?; Further Resources

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Book SynopsisPartners of people in transition go through their own transitions and may or may not be conflicted as to whether they will remain in their relationship. This unique self-help workbook was created for and focuses on the partner's perspective and own journey. By providing the support and structure needed for partners to reflect, this resource helps navigate the unexpected transition that affects both of their lives. Providing an essential tool that is currently missing, this book gives guidance and advice specifically designed for this situation, alongside activities, quizzes, and personal anecdotes. By combining portions of the author's self-exploration-as the partner of someone who began to transition after 17 years of being in their relationship- with the experiences shared by those who attended her workshops, this workbook examines the challenges, uncertainties, and possible grieving some partners experience throughout the transition process. With space for responding to reflective questions, exercises and games, this workbook offers partners a safe haven to discover their own wants and needs and will be of interest to both couples and individual counselors.Trade ReviewA definitive text, destined to be widely recommended by health professionals caring for partners of trans and gender non-conforming people everywhere. -- John C. Capozuca, PhD, Charter Member, Board of Directors, United States Professional Association for Transgender Health (USPATH) and Licensed Psychologist, New York CityThis book brings together the author's own experience, her passion for education, and her commitment to giving voice to the underrepresented partners of those in transition, in an informative and insightful manner! -- Denise Lasiuk, wife of a transgender person and advocate of the communityThis book is desperately needed in the field of transgender mental health. I would recommend it to my patients who want resources for partners to help them adjust to their loved-one's transition. -- Katherine Rachlin, PhD, Clinical Psychologist and former member of the Board of Directors of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)

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Book SynopsisNow with a new foreword by National Book Award Winner Kacen Callender, this fascinating book on a relevant subject illustrates the complexities of gender and sexuality through history, science, sociology, and the author's own story. Gender is an intensely personal, yet universal, facet of humanity. In this vibrant book, queer author and artist Iris Gottlieb visually explores gender in all of its complexities, answering questions and providing guidance while also mining history and pop culture for the stories and people who have shaped the conversation on gender. Informed by Gottlieb's personal experiences, this deeply researched and brilliantly rendered book demystifies this fluid topic at a critical time. For LGBTQIA+ people, Seeing Gender offers a space for self-exploration, giving comfort, advice, and reassurance in the sometimes confusing process of navigating one's identity. For allies, this book is an essential tool for understanding and thoughtfully participating in this necessary cultural conversation. Whatever one's position, Seeing Gender is a must-read people who are passionate about changing the way we see and talk about gender and sexuality in the twenty-first century. CULTURALLY RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT TOPIC: An inclusive, sensitive, and accessible book for those interested in learning more about gender identity and sexuality. HELPFUL: The perfect book for nonjudgmental exploration of gender for the queer, transgender, asexual, uncertain, and for people struggling with their gender identity. INVITATIONAL: A wonderful intro to thoughtfully participating in this important conversation. Perfect for: • Those exploring their gender identity and sexuality • Parents/friends/relatives of those exploring their gender identity and sexuality • LGBTQ+ people • Allies who want to understand, empathize, and participate in this movement

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Pacy and stimulating."---Marina Benjamin, New Statesman"The value in [Trans] is not in readjudicating old internet battles, but in laying out current conflicts of identity in a public, accessible way."---Emma Green, The Atlantic"Lucid, sophisticated, and judicious,Transis an important and timely exploration of the increasingly uncertain and unsettled boundaries of identity."---Glenn Altschuler, Florida Courier"While the first part of Trans compares Dolezal and Jenner, the second leverages the concept of transgender to examine transracial differences. Ultimately, Brubaker would like us to recognize transracial identities in the same way we accept transgender ones. In his analysis, transracial identities generate uneasy resonances with not only the dark histories of racial passing, but also the contemporary realities of racial oppression. Still, he prods us to reflect on the new kinds of racial identities being created through interracial relations, multiracial movements and generational change. While the mainstream recognizes transgender, it remains wary of transracial. The controversy over trans identities is far from settled." * Macleans *"Brubaker maintains that we are living in ‘an age of unsettled identities.' Of that, he convinces me. This book is necessary reading for anyone interested in the categories of identity and how they are being invoked or subverted."---Leonard Curry, Christian Century"This short book packs a wallop. . . . [Brubaker] offers up a much-needed, fresh perspective."---Arlene Stein, Public Books"[A] clear-eyed, eye-opening book to see ways in which transracialism may and may not be considered as legitimate as transgenderism in the modern push for fluidity of identity categories."---A. Loudermilk, PopMatters"“Brubaker . . . one of our finest analysts of the politics of difference, provides a clear and concise guide for the perplexed. He carefully lays out a taxonomy of both older and emerging classifications of ‘trans,' ordering both the many meanings of transgender and the less well known and more contested ideas about transracial. . . . What is clear from this excellent book is that the cultural logic of autonomy/choice that is working itself out in our age of unsettled identities is not of itself self-limiting. Wherever it takes us as a society, it seems, we will be forced to go.""---Joseph E. Davis, Society"Important reading for any psychologist interested in how people construe and label their own and others' identities, especially those having to do with gender and race."---Marianne LaFrance, PsycCritiques"Provocative. . . . [This book] offers a (new) theory of race likely to generate serious, heated discussions."---Iván Szelélnyi, Contexts"A rousing intellectual incitement and a splendid piece to think with."---Joss Greene, British Journal of Sociology

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Book SynopsisAre you wrestling with questions surrounding your gender that just don’t seem to go away? Do you want answers to questions about your gender identity, but aren’t sure how to get started?In this groundbreaking guide, Dara Hoffman-Fox, LPC—accomplished gender therapist and thought leader whose articles, blogs, and videos have empowered thousands worldwide—helps you navigate your journey of self-discovery in three approachable stages: preparation, reflection, and exploration.In You and Your Gender Identity, you will learn: Why understanding your gender identity is core to embracing your full being How to sustain the highs and lows of your journey with resources, connection, and self-care How to uncover and move through your feelings of fear, loneliness, and doubt Why it’s important to examine your past through the lens of gender exploration How to discover and begin living as your authentic self What options you have after making your discoveries about your gender identity This unique, interactive guide can help you answer the questions you’ve been asking yourselfTrade Review“What sets You and Your Gender Identity: A Guide to Discovery apart is its interactive nature . . . it is an invaluable experience.” —Sally Bend, Bending the Bookshelf “Dara’s comprehensive guide presents a detailed walk-through of the process of more firmly establishing your gender . . . With an impressively detailed toolkit of exercises, Dara’s book has the potential to streamline and accelerate this process in an extraordinary fashion. This is the book I wish I had on hand when I felt helpless in the face of my anxiety about my changing body.” —Zinnia Jones “I wish a book like You and Your Gender Identity: A Guide to Discovery had been available when I began to question my gender identity . . . Had I been exposed to the concepts found within these pages back then, I might have been spared some of the intrapersonal and interpersonal struggles that ensued.” —Zander Keig, LCSW“What sets You and Your Gender Identity: A Guide to Discovery apart is its interactive nature . . . it is an invaluable experience.” —Sally Bend, Bending the Bookshelf “Dara’s comprehensive guide presents a detailed walk-through of the process of more firmly establishing your gender . . . With an impressively detailed toolkit of exercises, Dara’s book has the potential to streamline and accelerate this process in an extraordinary fashion. This is the book I wish I had on hand when I felt helpless in the face of my anxiety about my changing body.” —Zinnia Jones “I wish a book like You and Your Gender Identity: A Guide to Discovery had been available when I began to question my gender identity . . . Had I been exposed to the concepts found within these pages back then, I might have been spared some of the intrapersonal and interpersonal struggles that ensued.” —Zander Keig, LCSW

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Book SynopsisJulietta Singh challenges the drive toward the mastery over self and others by showing how the forms of self-mastery advocated by anticolonial thinkers like Fanon and Gandhi unintentionally reproduced colonial logic, thereby leading her to argue for a more productive human subjectivity that is not centered on concepts of mastery.Trade Review"A deft intervention in several different fields, Unthinking Mastery powerfully examines the insidious ways that the legacies of colonialism have infiltrated critical conversations in affect, queer, and ecocritical studies." -- Melinda Backer * ASAP/Journal *"Singh’s work stands out in its truly transdisciplinary approach and simultaneous mobilization of feminist, posthuman, and decolonial thought." -- Justyna Poary-Wybranowska * Contemporary Women's Writing *"While the approach of Unthinking Mastery is clearly interdisciplinary, the author turns foremost to the field of comparative literature to unravel forms of systemic dehumanizing violence that become obvious in forms of embodiment and language/narration. ... Her engagement not only touches on feminist and queer theories but also provides a powerful interconnection between environmental and postcolonial studies." -- Monika Jaeckel * Anthropocenes *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. Reading against Mastery 1 1. Decolonizing Mastery 29 2. The Language of Mastery 65 3. Posthumanitarian Fictions 95 4. Humanimal Dispossessions 121 5. Cultivating Discomfort 149 Coda. Surviving Mastery 171 Notes 177 References 187 Index 197

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Book SynopsisThis new book brings together Doreen Masseya s key writings on three areas central to a range of disciplines. In addition, the author reflects on the development of these ideas and outlines her current position on these important issues. The book is organized around the three themes of space, place and gender.Table of ContentsGeneral Introduction. Part I. Space and Social Relations. 1. Industrial Restructuring vesus the Cities. 2. In What Sense a Regional Problem?. 3.The Shape of Things to Come. 4. Uneven Development:. Social Change and Spatial Divisions of Labour. Part II. Place and Identity. 5. The Political Place of Locality Studies. 6. A Global Sense of Place. 7. A Place Called Home?. Part III. Space, Place and Gender. 8. Space, Place and Gender. 9. A Woman's Place?. 10. Flexible Sexism. 11. Politics and Space / Time. Index.

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Book SynopsisLONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2021'Beautiful, heart-breaking and hilarious.' SCARLETT CURTIS'A love-letter to our non-binary siblings.' PAULA AKPAN'Jamie is a pioneer' JUNO DAWSON"There is no one way to be non-binary, and that's truthfully one of the best things about it. It's an identity that is yours to shape."Combining light-hearted anecdotes with their own hard-won wisdom, Jamie Windust explores everything from fashion, dating, relationships and family, through to mental health, work and future key debates. From trying on clothes in secret to iconic looks, first dates to polyamorous liaisons, passports to pronouns, Jamie shows you how to navigate the world and your evolving identity in every type of situation.Frank, funny, and brilliantly feisty, this must-read book is a call to arms for non-binary self-acceptance, self-appreciation and self-celebration.Trade ReviewA vibrant and illuminating read from a truly exciting mind - In Their Shoes is a love letter to our non-binary siblings. -- Paula Akpan, journalistIn Their Shoes by Jamie Windust is a magical, beautiful, heartbreaking and often hilarious memoir that should be CRUCIAL READING for everyone living in our world today. Jamie is an extraordinary voice and person and their book is one of the best I've read in a very, very long time. Not only does Jamie powerfully address the challenges faced by trans people who are just trying to live, they also delicately map their life in an artful and revolutionary way. For Jamie, the personal is political and the political is personal and this book is as heartbreaking as it is heartwarming. If you do one thing this month - read this book! -- Scarlett Curtis, writer, journalist, activist and curator of It's OK Not to Feel Blue and Feminists Don't Wear PinkThis is a much-needed book about a much-misunderstood topic. Told with humour and humanity, Jamie is a pioneer. -- Juno Dawson, columnist and author of Wonderland and The Gender GamesIn Their Shoes doesn't tiptoe over fairy dust with a dainty ballet slipper. Jamie's heels clatter over tiled floors - loud enough to know they're coming and loud enough to know they mean business. -- Rhyannon Styles, Author of The New Girl and ELLE columnistIt always makes me so happy to see queer people tell their stories unapologetically, because it breaks the stigma that being queer is something to be ashamed of. Jamie's book is thought-provoking, funny, poignant and endlessly queer, and I'm here for it. -- Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir (Owl), co-director of My GenderationA frank and delightful read bringing together the real complexity, but also silliness and joy, of non-binary life. * Forbes *Table of Contents1. Someone Else's Shoes; 2. The Key in the Lock; 3. Hydrangea Bush; 4. SS Poly; 5. The Stapler and the Jelly; 6.Underdog; 7. Lukewarm Stains; 8. Thempathy; 9. Take the Weight Off your Feet

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Book SynopsisIn The Black Shoals Tiffany Lethabo King uses the shoal—an offshore geologic formation that is neither land nor sea—as metaphor, mode of critique, and methodology to theorize the encounter between Black studies and Native studies. King conceptualizes the shoal as a space where Black and Native literary traditions, politics, theory, critique, and art meet in productive, shifting, and contentious ways. These interactions, which often foreground Black and Native discourses of conquest and critiques of humanism, offer alternative insights into understanding how slavery, anti-Blackness, and Indigenous genocide structure white supremacy. Among texts and topics, King examines eighteenth-century British mappings of humanness, Nativeness, and Blackness; Black feminist depictions of Black and Native erotics; Black fungibility as a critique of discourses of labor exploitation; and Black art that rewrites conceptions of the human. In outlining the convergences and disjunctions bTrade Review"Tiffany Lethabo King's concept of the shoal breaks new ground for thinking through the relationships between Indigenous peoples and African Americans and genocide and slavery as well as how they have formed our contemporary politics. Her rigorous engagement with Black and Indigenous studies will create a better dialogue between the two fields." -- Mishauna Goeman, author of * Mark My Words: Native Women Mapping Our Nations *“In this innovative contribution to both Black and Native studies, Tiffany Lethabo King dares to think the simultaneously distinct yet edgeless relationship between Blackness and Indigeneity. It's the geological formation of the shoal—that zone just offshore, neither land (often reductively linked to the Native) nor sea (often reductively linked to the Black)—that allows King to pull off this ethical project. Indeed, The Black Shoals is Black ethics, where the ethical emerges as that distinct, ever-developing gathering of Black and Native life under shared conditions of settler terror.” -- J. Kameron Carter, Professor of Religious Studies, Indiana University“King’s scholarship represents a masterful mix of precision and sensitivity in describing the historical Native anti-blackness, as well as the historical cooperation between Africans and the European settlers King identifies as ‘conquistador humans,’ in dispossessing Natives of their land.” -- Darryl Barthé * Ethnic and Racial Studies *“King’s book is an important participant in a small but growing scholarly movement seeking to understand and unravel the logics of settler colonialism and conquest by breaking down scholarly silos between groups that frequently interacted and interact. Moreover, what King has so well begun can be built on by other scholars.” -- Laura Goldblatt * Lateral *“Tiffany King’s poetic and theoretically compelling text is both an invitation and disturbance, or a provocation to be unmoored, to be thrown into chaos and to place one’s feet at the shoal of something other than traditional (normative) notions of sovereignty, nation, and citizenship.” -- Shanya Cordis * GLQ *“A multivocal, wide-ranging, inter-disciplinary project, . . . Tiffany Lethabo King’s book is both timely and prescient. . . . For those who would like to explore Black and Indigenous thought, especially the conceptual and methodological overlaps between the two fields, this book is an exceptional primer.” -- Michael J. Kennedy * The Black Scholar *“The Black Shoals offers a rich analysis of how scholars, activists, and art­ists have contended with conquest, conquistador-settler epistemologies, and Black-Native relations. . . . King’s ‘shoal’ offers an analytic through which to theorize what ethical and sus­tained exchanges between Black studies and Native studies might look like.” -- Mary McNeil * Native American and Indigenous Studies *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xvii Introduction: The Black Shoals 1 1. Errant Grammars: Defacing the Ceremony 36 2. The Map (Settlement) and the Territory (The Incompleteness of Conquest) 74 3. At the Pores of the Plantation 111 4. Our Cherokee Uncles: Black and Native Erotics 141 5. A Ceremony for Sycorax 175 Epilogue: Of Water and Land 207 Notes 211 Bibliography 263 Index 277

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Book Synopsis'A must-read!' FINLAY GAMESThis essential survival guide gives autistic trans and/or non-binary adults all the tools and strategies they need to live as their very best self.Blending personal accounts with evidence-based insights and up-to-date information, and written from a perspective of empowerment and self-acceptance, the book promotes pride, strength and authenticity, covering topics including self-advocacy, mental health and camouflaging and masking as well as key moments in life such as coming out or transitioning socially and/or physically. Written by two leading autistic trans activists, this book honestly charts what life is like as an autistic trans person and is vital, life-affirming reading.Trade ReviewI would rename this the thriving guide! This is such a powerful book, packed full of essential information for trans and non-binary adults navigating the gender transition process. The case studies and personal stories shared by Wenn and Yenn, both trans and autistic themselves, make this book relatable and profound. Wenn and Yenn skillfully dispel the many misconceptions surrounding the intersectionality of gender and autism, additionally making this a must-read for those supporting trans autistic adults. -- Finlay Games – Author and Content CreatorThe Autistic Trans Guide to Life fluently discusses the unique challenges existing for people who are both transgender and on the autism spectrum. Despite a clear data-driven prevalence, this intersectionality does not seem to be widely acknowledged in mainstream information. This guide not only helps outline possible pathways to transition, it also identifies the unique challenges autistic people may face during transition. By offering insights through the eyes of autistic individuals, The Autistic Trans Guide to Life provides a rich template from which those who bend both the autism and gender spectrum can benefit. -- Dade Barlow, MSc, CEHTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Foreword - Dr Emma Goodall; Introduction: 1. Autism and Gender Identity; 2. Gender Diversity, Affirming Gender and Transitioning; 3. Coming out; 4. Work & College; 5. Interoception, Camouflaging and Masking; 6. Older Autistic Trans Adults; 7. Strategies and tips to promote pride and strength; 8. Mental health

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Book SynopsisIn a nation whose Constitution purports to speak for We the People, too many of the stories that powerful Americans tell about law and society include only We the Men. A long line of judges, politicians, and other influential scene setters have ignored women's struggles for equality or distorted them beyond recognition by wildly exaggerating American progress. Even as sexism continues to warp constitutional law, political decision making, and everyday life, powerful Americans have spent more than a century proclaiming that the United States has already left sex discrimination behind. Jill Elaine Hasday's We the Men is the first book to explore how forgetting women's struggles for equality-and forgetting the work America still has to do-perpetuates injustice, promotes complacency, and denies how generations of women have had to come together to fight for reform and against regression. Hasday argues that remembering women's stories more often and more accurately can help the nation adv

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Book SynopsisSpanish literature has given the world the figures of Don Quixote and Don Juan, and is responsible for the ''invention'' of the novel in the 16th century. The medieval period produced literature in Castilian, Catalan, Galician, Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew, and today there is a flourishing literature in Catalan, Galician, and Basque as well as in Castilian-the language that has became known as ''Spanish''. A multilayered history of exile has produced a transnational literary production, while writers in Spain have engaged with European cultural trends. This Very Short Introduction explores this rich literary history, which resonates with contemporary debates on transnationalism and cultural diversity. The book introduces a general readership to the ways in which Spanish literature has been read, in and outside Spain, explaining misconceptions, outlining the insights of recent scholarship and suggesting new readings. It highlights the precocious modernity of much early modern Spanish literature, and shows how the gap between modern ideas and social reality stimulated creative literary responses in subsequent periods; as well as how contemporary writers have adjusted to Spain''s recent accelerated modernization.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Multilingualism and porous boundaries ; 2. Spanish literature and modernity ; 3. Gender and sexuality ; 4. Cultural patrimony ; Further reading

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