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Sticky, sexy, sad : swipe culture and the darker side of dating apps / by Orchard, Treena,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Lifelong luddite Treena Orchard was a newly sober woman coming off a much-needed break from relationships, reluctantly taking the digital plunge by downloading a dating app. Instead of the fun, easy experiences advertised on swiping platforms, she discovered endless upkeep, ghosting, fleeting moments of sexual connection, and a steady flow of misogyny. In Sticky, Sexy, Sad, Orchard uses her skills as both an anthropologist who studies sexuality and a sex-positive feminist to explore what it feels like to want love while also resisting the addictive pull of platforms designed to make us swipe-dependent. She asks important questions for those searching for love in the modern era: What are the social and human impacts of using dating apps? How can we maintain our integrity and warm-blooded desire for intimacy while swiping? Can we resist some of the problematic aspects of swipe culture? Is love on dating apps even possible? Revealing how dating apps are powerful social and sexual technologies that are radically transforming sexuality, relationships, and how we think about ourselves, this remarkable book cracks the code of modern romance. Told with humor and vulnerability, Sticky, Sexy, Sad is a riveting and inspiring guide to staying true to ourselves amid the digitization of love in the twenty-first century"--
Subjects: Intimacy (Psychology); Love.; Online dating.; Sex.; Mobile apps;
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Uncle : race, nostalgia, and the politics of loyalty / by Thompson, Cheryl,1977-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Jackie Robinson, President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, O. J. Simpson, and Christopher Darden have all been accused of being an Uncle Tom during their careers. How, why, and with what consequences for our society did Uncle Tom morph first into a servile old man and then into a racial epithet hurled at African American men deemed, by other Black people, to have betrayed their race? Uncle Tom, the eponymous figure in Harriet Beecher Stowe's sentimental anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin, was a loyal Christian who died a martyr's death. But soon after the best-selling novel appeared, theatre troupes across North America and Europe transformed Stowe's story into minstrel shows featuring white men in blackface. In Uncle, Cheryl Thompson traces Tom's journey from literary character to racial trope. She exposes the relentless reworking of Uncle Tom into a nostalgic, racial metaphor with the power to shape how we see Black men, a distortion visible in everything from Uncle Ben and Rastus the Cream of Wheat chef to the first interracial dance partners in Hollywood, Shirley Temple and Bill ‘Bojangles' Robinson. In a post-truth North America, where nostalgia is used as a political tool to rewrite history, Uncle makes the case for why understanding the production of racial stereotypes matters more than ever before."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896.; Uncle Tom (Fictitious character); African Americans in mass media.; African Americans in popular culture.; African Americans; Stereotypes (Social psychology);
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Willpower doesn't work : discover the hidden keys to success / by Hardy, Benjamin,author.;
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Self; Identity (Psychology); Becoming (Philosophy); Proximity spaces.; Success.; Self-realization.;
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The last king of California / by Harper, Jordan,author.; Cosby, S. A.,writer of foreword.;
"Jordan Harper's "darkly irresistible" novel, a tragic, Hamlet-esque noir for readers of S.A. Cosby and Don Winslow, now available for the first time in the United States. Written years before Jordan Harper's breakout success, Everybody Knows, this stirring and brutal bildungsroman tells the story of young Luke Crosswhite, who after years apart from his criminal family returns to their flock deep in the California desert. Luke's father is serving time for a brutal murder that Luke himself witnessed; now, his uncle vies for power and rival biker gangs encroach on the family's various criminal enterprises. A sensitive boy grown hard man, Luke navigates the vicious pressures of "home," and the loyalties to his old friend, Cassie, who has hatched a scheme with her boyfriend Pretty Baby to escape the control of the gang, the Combine. Hanging over these desperate, lonesome parties is the gang's motto, tattooed indelibly across the heart: Blood is Love. The Last King of California is a story of the West unlike any you will read"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Bildungsromans.; Noir fiction.; Novels.; Belonging (Social psychology); Families; Family-owned business enterprises; Gangs; Homecoming; Organized crime; Self-realization;
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Mothers and sons : a novel / by Haslett, Adam,author.;
"At forty, Peter, an asylum lawyer in New York City, is overworked and isolated. He spends his days immersed in the struggles of immigrants only to return to an empty apartment and occasional hook-ups with a man who wants more than Peter can give. But when the asylum case of a young gay man pierces Peter's numbness, the event that he has avoided for twenty years returns to haunt him. Ann, his mother, who runs a women's retreat center she founded after leaving his father, is hurt by the estrangement from Peter but cherishes the world she has built. She long ago put behind her the decision that divided her from her son. But as Peter's case plunges him further into the fraught memory of his first love and the night of violence that changed his life, he and his mother must confront the secret that tore them apart. With unsurpassed emotional depth, Mothers and Sons reveals all that is lost by looking away from the past and the love that might be restored by facing it. In his spellbinding new novel, Adam Haslett demonstrates yet again his mastery of "a rich assortment of literary gifts" (New York Times)."--
Subjects: Gay fiction.; Queer fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Alienation (Social psychology); Estranged families; Family secrets; Gay men; Immigration lawyers; Mothers and sons; Psychic trauma;
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On the Adamant. by Philibert, Nicolas,film director.; Kino Lorber (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 2023.Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, this affecting, enlightening documentary from nonfiction master Nicolas Philibert invites viewers to come aboard the Adamant and witness the transformational power of art and community. The Adamant is a one-of-a-kind place: a floating refuge on the Seine River in the heart of Paris that offers day programs for adults with mental illnesses. Its attendees come from across the city and are offered care that grounds them in time and space, helping them achieve recovery and stability. Through a blend of therapy, education, and culture rooted in music and the arts, the Adamant offers a hopeful vision of what a humanistic approach to mental health care could look like. The community on the boat is intentionally created so that both the staff and the people receiving care are treated with the same respect and dignity. Their meetings and conversations reveal the camaraderie and collective humanity of a group of people whose similarities far outweigh their differences.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; Psychology.; Social sciences.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; Health.;
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Meredith, alone / by Alexander, Claire,author.;
"Meredith Maggs hasn't left her house in 1,214 days. But she insists she isn't alone ... She has her cat Fred. Her friend Sadie visits when she can. There's her online support group, StrengthInNumbers. She has her jigsaws, favourite recipes, her beloved Emily Dickinson, the internet, the Tesco delivery man and her treacherous memories for company. But something's about to change. Whether Meredith likes it or not, the world is coming to her door ... Does she have the courage to overcome what's been keeping her inside all this time?"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Change (Psychology); Hermits; Social isolation; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Downside Up. by White, Luke,film director.; Filmhub, Inc. (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Filmhub, Inc. in 2024.Two brothers, Nick and Alex, embark on a worldwide journey to discover what life is like for other siblings living with Down’s Syndrome. Along the way, they learn more about their own relationship and the special bond they have with one another.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Social sciences.; Psychology.; Sociology.; Mental health.; Documentary films.; Developmental disabilities.; Families.; Disabilities.; Down syndrome.;
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A royal conundrum / by Yee, Lisa.; Santat, Dan.;
An elite group of underdogs trained to fight crime must save their unique school from shutting down.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; School fiction.; Action and adventure fiction.; Boarding schools; Schools; Friendship; Child detectives; Theft; Criminal investigation; Belonging (Social psychology) in children;
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Amil and the after / by Hiranandani, Veera.; Miranda, Prashant.;
"In 1948, 12-year-old Amil, who is both Muslim and Hindu, struggles to find his place in Bombay, India, until his twin sister suggests he tell his story through drawings meant for their late mother as he tries to find hope and a sense of belonging in a chaotic world."--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Siblings; Muslims; Belonging (Social psychology); Drawing; Mothers; Grief;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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