5/12/2023 0 Comments We should all be feminists![]() ![]() ![]() There are interesting illustrations of a number of instances where she felt that she was treated differently because of her gender. Ngozi, who hails from Nigeria, begins the book with her experiences of gender discrimination that she has been facing right from her childhood. This in short describes the entire theme of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s book, We should all be Feminists, in her own words. My own definition of a feminist is a man or a woman who says, ‘Yes, there’s a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix it, we must do better.'” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie In most of what I have read so far on gender inequality, men have always been portrayed as an inherently bad species. Having witnessed such practices has deeply disturbed me. ![]() ![]() Gender discrimination, from where I come from, is reflected through various systematic practices and traditions. It has been a long journey through human civilisation and I feel it is time to reconstruct the gender equations by changing our perception. Patriarchy has become a pervasive phenomenon subtly inducing the idea of gendered power. Its control over people transcends region, culture, ethnicity, religion, race, caste or class. ‘We should all be feminists’ needs a place on the curriculum if we want to free children from the prisons of gender expectations, says Shivani Das.Īs a young woman, it still boggles my mind to think how patriarchy is so ingrained in the minds of the people that this deep-rooted prejudice has become normal. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() There were also some hilarious parts-something to do with a zipper and hair. Also liked the sniping between Nate and Lilly. And, I must say the sexual tension and sex scenes were sizzling hot. Review 2: For a short book, this packed a punch of emotion. more !! I am still thinking about the book days after I read it. I loved the way they are towards each other at the beginning and it even has some funny bits that made me smile! On their journey to the wedding you really get the feel for the characters and the steamy scenes are HOT!! The ending is so much sweeter and I seriously recommend it to you especially if you want a quick pace, page gripping book. ![]() The story plot starts of as normal with these types of books however the writer Nicolette manages to draw the characters out and make you feel for them and addicted to their romance. Review 1: I loved loved this book!!!!!!! Right from the start I was addicted and could not put it down! The story plot started in No strings attached (the first book) where it starts to get you to think that there is something going on between the two main characters. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Skinjacker trilogy series![]() It’s a magical, yet dangerous place where bands of lost kids run wild and anyone who stands in the same place too long sinks to the center of the Earth.Īllie and Nick don’t survive the car crash, and end up in Everlost, where coins are more valuable than anyone knows, fortune cookies tell the truth, monsters are real, and the queen of lost souls lives in a once-beloved tower. ![]() Some are caught halfway between life and death, in a sort of limbo known as Everlost: a shadow of the living world, filled with all the things and places that no longer exist. Not every child who dies goes on to the afterlife. ![]() ![]() From the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Arc of a Scythe trilogy and Challenger Deep, the compulsively readable Skinjacker trilogy is now available in a collectible boxed set. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Tangerine mangan![]() ![]() ![]() The same with Alice who is shown as a great manipulator, is she also confusing the reader? The setting and era This makes for a unique read from her perspective as the reader is not sure if she’s an unreliable narrator or not. Since Alice’s parents died, she’s struggles with the concept of reality. And when Alice meets a boy in college, everything shifts for the two of them. The women immediately bonded when they found out they’re both orphans but while Alice felt comfort in friendship, Lucy’s feelings for Alice were much stronger. While they both recount their college years, it’s interesting to read just how different they felt their interactions were and what they meant. Mangan writes from the first-person perspectives of Alice and Lucy, alternating between chapters. But then John disappears and Alice starts to question everything, even her own sanity. This allows Alice to let her guard down for a moment at least. While hesitant at first to Lucy’s arrival, Alice becomes envious of how easy Lucy blends into the scene at Tangier. The roommates had a falling out in college but that’s all we know at the beginning. Then we meet Lucy Mason, Alice’s college roommate from Bennington, who arrives in Tangier from New York City for one purpose: to be near Alice again. ![]() It also seems her husband John is insensitive to Alice’s mental health concerns. terrify her resulting in her becoming agoraphobic. Protagonist Alice Shipley is living in Tangier with her husband John. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Old Soggy No. 1 by Hart Stilwell![]() ![]() He said PTSD is almost an unseen character in his book, and hopes his novel will get people to take a look into alternative treatments. He later meets a family of Cuban pot farmers and together, they begin to smuggle marijuana into Florida from the Bahamas. Old Soggy No 1: The Uninhibited Story of Slats Rodgers Hart Stilwell, Slats Rodgers 5. "In the Weeds" is a fictional humorous novel about a Vietnam Air Force pilot who returns from war suffering from undiagnosed PTSD. I was a few decades too late, but it planted a seed in my mind that took 40 years to sprout into this novel.” ![]() “He just wrote so excitingly about this job that he did, that that’s what I wanted to do when I was kid," Ozeroff said. "I wanted to smuggle liquor into the United States. ![]() That book, coupled with Ozeroff's 40 years in aviation, inspired him to write his second novel "In the Weeds." Smith, By the Seat of My Pants (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1961), 101 Hart Stilwell and Slats Rodgers, Old Soggy No. It tells the autobiographical story of pioneer aviator in Texas that smuggled liquor into the state from Mexico during Prohibition. 1: The Uninhibited Story of Slats Rogers" stuck with author Mark Ozeroff long after he put it down. ![]() ![]() ![]() On April 22, 10 days after the alleged crime Hose was apprehended by two men and taken to the Newnan, Ga. Candler offered $ 500, Coweta County $ 250, the town of Palmetto $ 250 and a Mr. The Georgia Constitution described Hose in bold type on its front page, offering a $ 500 reward for his capture. ![]() Candler, not only was lynching was condoned but it was accepted and looked upon favorably by local politicians. Cranford and then raping his wife.ĭray, relying on contemporary sources, shows the state and local governments’ contempt for due process of the law when it came to people of color. Hose, 21, was a farmhand in Coweta, Georgia. In the chapter titled “A Negroes Life is a Very Cheap Thing in Georgia,” Dray depicts in vivid detail the lynching of Sam Hose in 1899. Philip Dray, co-author of We Are Not Afraid: The Story of Goodman, Shwerner, and Chaney and the Civil Rights Campaign for Mississippi, has brought to life the tortures and torments, hopes and aspirations of people of color, in his latest book.Īt the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America is an amazing work of historiography and a stark reminder of America’s terrible history, told in a highly readable and informative fashion. At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America by Philip Dray. ![]() ![]() It's time to refute the belief that being a woman is a preexisting condition. Putting her own trials into a broader historical, sociocultural, and political context, Norman shows that women's bodies have long been the battleground of a never-ending war for power, control, medical knowledge, and truth. In Ask Me About My Uterus, Norman describes what it was like to have her pain dismissed, to be told it was all in her head, only to be taken seriously when she was accompanied by a boyfriend who confirmed that her sexual performance was, indeed, compromised. It wasn't until she took matters into her own hands-securing a job in a hospital and educating herself over lunchtime reading in the medical library-that she found an accurate diagnosis of endometriosis. Unable to get out of bed, much less attend class, Norman dropped out of college and embarked on what would become a years-long journey to discover what was wrong with her. ![]() She was repeatedly hospitalized in excruciating pain, but the doctors insisted it was a urinary tract infection and sent her home with antibiotics. In the fall of 2010, Abby Norman's strong dancer's body dropped forty pounds and gray hairs began to sprout from her temples. ![]() For any woman who has experienced illness, chronic pain, or endometriosis comes an inspiring memoir advocating for recognition of women's health issues ![]() ![]() If you are a working mother this is a must-read. She just hopes it is one she can live with.’ Pushed to the brink of losing everything, V knows she’s going to have to take a stand. At work her colleagues whisper every time she leaves the office before 8:00. At home she faces mothers who can’t figure out why anyone would ever think about leaving their child for eighty hours a week. For ten months V bounces between two lives like a super ball in a fun house. Even as she fights to get back to the world she knows, V falls deeper in love with Madison and swears that she is going to be exactly the kind of mother that Madison needs. V escapes from the maternity ward determined to get back to business, but Baby Madison has other plans. ![]() But no matter how hard she works her Blackberry, “normal” doesn’t happen. V is counting the days until the pregnancy is over and her life can return to normal. She’s got her whole life wrapped up with a big silver bow, and is sure it will be no problem to tie a rattle to the end of it. Fantastic career, amazing husband, and an unbelievable view from her apartment on Central Park West. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments 1491 columbus![]() Native Americans transformed their land so completely that Europeans arrived in a hemisphere already massively "landscaped" by human beings. The earliest cities in the Western Hemisphere were thriving before the Egyptians built the great pyramids. ![]() Tenochtitlán, unlike any capital in Europe at that time, had running water, beautiful botanical gardens, and immaculately clean streets. Certain cities-such as Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital-were greater in population than any European city. Object Details Author Mann, Charles C Contents Holmberg's mistake - A view from above - 1: Numbers from nowhere? - Why Billington survived - In the land of four quarters - Frequently asked questions - 2: Very old bones - Pleistocene wars - Cotton (or anchovies) and maize (tales of two civilizations, part I) - Writing, wheels, and bucket brigades (tales of two civilizations, part II) - 3: Landscape with figures - Made in America - Amazonia - The artificial wilderness - The great law of peace Summary Mann shows how a new generation of researchers equipped with novel scientific techniques have come to previously unheard-of conclusions about the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans: In 1491 there were probably more people living in the Americas than in Europe. Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, African Art. ![]() 5/11/2023 0 Comments Adrian x isolde![]() ![]() To end a years-long war, she is to marry vampire king Adrian Aleksandr Vasiliev, and kill him. Now, as politics in the Red Palace grow more underhanded and a deadly blood mist threatens all of Cordova, Isolde must trust in the bond she's formed with Adrian, even as she learns troubling information about his complicated past. Adrian x Isolde SweatShirt - King of Battle and Blood - Scarlett St Clair - Bookish - Enemies to lovers - Smut - Vampire 5 out of 5 stars (5.6k) 28. Isolde de Lara considers her wedding day to be her death day. With two opposing goddesses playing mortals and vampires like chess pieces against one another, Isolde is uncertain who her allies are in the vampire stronghold of Revekka. But their love for each other has cost Isolde her father and her homeland. Isolde, newly coronated queen, has finally found a king worthy of her in the vampire Adrian. Despite their undeniable chemistry, she wonders why the king-fierce, savage, merciless-chose her as consort. Except it isn't the court she fears most-it's Adrian. An instant USA Today bestseller From fan-favorite Scarlett St. Faced with the possibility of becoming the thing she hates most, Isolde seeks other ways to defy him and survive the brutal vampire court. But her assassination attempt is thwarted, and Adrian threatens that if Isolde tries to kill him again, he will raise her as the undead. ![]() ![]() Isolde de Lara considers her wedding day to be her death day. Clair Author Lilly Drake Narrator (2022) King of Battle and Blood Adrian X Isolde (Series) Scarlett St. ![]() |