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This woman's work : essays on music / by Gleeson, Sinéad,editor.; Gordon, Kim,editor.;
"THIS WOMAN'S WORK is a collection of essays by 18 female writers, writing about exclusively female experiences in music, co-edited by Sonic Youth co-founder Kim Gordon and Irish author Sinead Gleeson. This book celebrates the instrument makers, the experimentalists, the harmonizers, the avant-garde, the genre-breakers, the pop queens, and all those on the margins who expose the lack of intersectionality in this industry. For a long time, the narrative of music has been male-centered and hyper-masculine. The purpose of the women within it was to orbit these men: swooning to Elvis, screaming en-masse at Beatles gigs, or trying to get backstage to sleep with the rock bad boys. When women gained visibility in the music of the 1960s, they were-again-allocated specific tropes: backing singer, lone woman in the band, Motown trios singing innocuous love songs. In the 1970s, at the time Kate Bush became the first woman (at just 17) to have a number one with song she'd written herself, the women of punk began to make their voices heard. But many didn't like these acts of assertion; the femaleness, the raging against gender stereotypes, the Amazonian loudness of it all. Joan Jett recalls being knocked over on stage by flying bottles; The Slits were chased and threatened after gigs and their singer Ari Up was stabbed twice. Even as late as the 1980s, as hip hop gained prominence, it made room for only a handful of women, while trading in misogynist rhymes, where women could only be hoes, bitches or gold diggers. How were young female rappers of color to participate when they didn't see themselves represented in that culture? Trapped within an entertainment industry relentlessly catering to men, these rappers, and many other budding female musicians across a variety of genres in modern music, were often othered and exoticized-until the moment when they dared to own it. To speak up. To shout louder. Digging into the depths of an industry hard-coded for sexism, THIS WOMAN'S WORK is an ode to the thousands of women in music whose stories we don't know. Pioneers whose achievements are undervalued, often by virtue of their gender, or because someone else (many times, a man) took credit for it. Featuring brand new essays from notable feminist writers like Ottessa Moshfegh, Juliana Huxtable, Maggie Nelson, Rachel Kushner, Leslie Jamison, and more, THIS WOMAN'S WORK reminds us to pay our respects to the women who shattered ceilings and kicked in doors, vastly expanding the spectrum of women's influence in the world of modern music"--
Subjects: Essays.; Misogyny.; Music.; Women musicians.;
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Interpretation of Cats : Understanding the Psychology of Our Feline Companions. by Béata, Claude.;
In the tradition of such beloved bestsellers as 'The Lion in the Living Room' and 'Inside of a Dog' comes the international sensation for feline lovers everywhere - a groundbreaking, in-depth exploration of the minds of cats that will help us better understand and connect with our cherished pets.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: PETS / Cats / General; PETS / Essays & Narratives; PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health;
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Listening in the dark : women reclaiming the power of intuition / by Tamblyn, Amber,editor.;
Includes bibliographical references.For generations, women have been taught to ignore their intuitive intelligence, whether in their personal lives or professional ones, in favor of making logical, evidence-based decisions. But what if that small voice or deeper knowing was our greatest gift, an untapped power we could use to affect positive change? Edited by author, activist, and actress Amber Tamblyn, Listening in the Dark is a compilation of some of today's most striking women visionaries across industries-in literature, science, art, education, medicine, and politics-who share their experiences engaging with their own inner wisdom in pivotal, crossroad moments. Filled with deeply personal and revelatory essays, Listening in the Dark will empower readers to reconnect with their own unique intuitive process, to see it as the precious resource it is, and to be unafraid to listen to all that it has to say and all that it has to offer.
Subjects: Essays.; American essays.; Decision making.; Intuition.; Women.;
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The Serviceberry / by Kimmerer, Robin Wall.;
'The Serviceberry' is a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. Robin Wall Kimmerer is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. From the author of 'Braiding Sweetgrass'.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: NATURE / Essays; NATURE / Plants / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies;
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I Finally Bought Some Jordans Essays [electronic resource] : by Arceneaux, Michael.aut; cloudLibrary;
"Very good writers have an ability to make you understand what they're feeling. But the very best writers have an ability to make you understand what you're feeling. And that's where Michael Arceneaux sits, and that's what he does in this new book. It's like he's crawling around inside your head opening file cabinets and telling you what the gibberish you've scribbled on each page in each file means. What a great, fun read."—Shea Serrano, #1 New York Times bestselling author New York Times bestselling author Michael Arceneaux returns with a hilarious collection of essays about making your voice heard in an increasingly noisy and chaotic world. In his books I Can't Date Jesus and I Don't Want to Die Poor, Michael Arceneaux established himself as one of the most beloved and entertaining writers of his generation, touching upon such hot-button topics as race, class, sexuality, labor, debt, and, of course, paying homage to the power and wisdom of Beyoncé. In this collection, Arceneaux takes stock of how far he has traveled—and how much ground he still has to cover in this patriarchal, heteronormative society. He explores the opportunities afforded to Black creatives but also the doors that remain shut or ever-so-slightly ajar; the confounding challenges of dating in a time when social media has made everything both more accessible and more unreliable; and the allure of returning home while still pushing yourself to seek opportunity elsewhere. I Finally Bought Some Jordans is both a corrective to, and a balm for, these troubling times, revealing a sharply funny and keen-eyed storyteller working at the height of his craft.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Essays; LGBT; Essays; Personal Memoirs; Popular Culture;
© 2024., HarperCollins,
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Everyday Hockey Heroes, Volume III : More Uplifting Stories Celebrating Our Great Game. by McKenzie, Bob.;
VOLUME 2, ISBN 9781982132705. In this heartfelt collection of personal hockey stories, Canadian broadcasters Bob McKenzie and Jim Lang bring together the remarkable voices of hockey players, coaches, families, and fans who have overcome adversity and are championing the game they love - on and off the ice. McKenzie lives in Fenelon Falls, ON, and Lang lives outside Toronto, ON.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports; SPORTS & RECREATION / Essays; SPORTS & RECREATION / Winter Sports / Hockey;
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Death by Boomers : How the Worst Generation Destroyed the Planet, but First a Child. by Dillon, Tim.;
'Death by Boomers' is an outrageous, lacerating memoir of being raised by the most selfish generation into a very unproductive member of society. Take a trip down memory lane with comedian Tim Dillon and his friends, as they navigate growing up with boomers. You know them now as a tribe of Facebook warriors, but once upon a time, they ruled this land some call the suburbs. They were kings and queens of the drive thru. And if you walk down a street in Long Island you can still hear them, in a faint voice, telling the tale of someone whos wronged them.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; HUMOR / Form / Essays; HUMOR / Topic / Adult;
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Hopeful healing : essays on managing recovery and surviving addiction / by Phillips, Mackenzie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Phillips, Mackenzie.; Addicts; Alcoholics; Substance abuse;
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Figures in a landscape : people and places : essays, 2001-2016 / by Theroux, Paul,author.;
"A delectable collection of Theroux's recent writing on great places, people, and prose"--
Subjects: Travel writing.; Essays.; Theroux, Paul; Authors, American;
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I remember nothing : and other reflections / by Ephron, Nora.;
Subjects: Ephron, Nora.; American essays.; American wit and humor.; Middle-aged women;
© 2010., Knopf,
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