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- A Proper Education. by Linen, MaryLanae,film director.; University of Southern California Cinematic Arts (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by University of Southern California Cinematic Arts in 2023.Filmmaker MaryLanae Linen explores the impact of poor sex education through not-so-awkward conversations with her peers, parents, and sex educators.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Documentary films.; Parenting.; Teachers.; Youth.; Human body.; Youth--Social life and customs.; Parents.;
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- A Dublin girl : growing up in the 1930's / by Crowley, Elaine,1927-;
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- Subjects: Crowley, Elaine, 1927-; Novelists, Irish;
- © 1998., Soho Press,
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- We Can Be Heroes. by Simmons, Alex,film director.; Mia Wong, Carina,film director.; Tribeca Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Tribeca Films in 2024.Sometimes, finding your tribe requires a bit of magic. For attendees of a live action role-playing (LARP) camp in upstate New York, the accepting environment gives neurodivergent, queer, and self-proclaimed nerdy teens the space for true self-discovery. As the campers immerse themselves in an imaginative world, they discover inner strength and emerge as heroes. From Tribeca Films.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Documentary films.; Mass media and culture.; Youth.; Teenagers.; Coming-of-age films.; Games.; Popular culture.; Youth--Social life and customs.; Fantasy films.;
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- Homework : a memoir / by Dyer, Geoff,author.;
"A memoir by the English author Geoff Dyer, focusing on his childhood years"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Dyer, Geoff; Authors, English; Education; Working class families;
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- The girls in the wild fig tree : how I fought to save myself, my sister, and thousands of girls worldwide / by Leng'ete, Nice,author.; Butler-Witter, Elizabeth,author.;
"Nice Leng`ete was raised in a Maasai village in Kenya by relatively progressive parents. Her father established a wildlife sanctuary, which was managed by the Maasai themselves rather than outside interests, and watching how he created a consensus by meeting people where they are gave Nice a lesson for the rest of her life. In 1998, when Nice was six, her parents both fell sick and died - it took years for her to understand that they had died of AIDS. Nice and Soila were taken in by their father's brother, who had little interest in whether the girls stayed in school. He expected that the sisters would undergo the ritual referred to as "the cut" (female genital mutilation), which would make them acceptable Maasai women and signal their readiness to be married. Fearing the ritual cut, which Nice had witnessed as a painful, bloody, and sometimes deadly procedure, Nice and Soila climbed a tree to hide. Nice hoped they could eventually run away, and delay the cut forever, but Soila knew that their uncle would not let both girls defy the rules. But maybe one of them could escape it, if the other submitted. After Soila chose to undergo the surgery, sparing Nice, who was still only nine, their lives diverged in the ways Nice had predicted. While Soila married, dropped out of school, and had children - all in her teenage years - Nice continued with her education, postponing receiving the cut at each school break, and became the first in her family to attend college. While at boarding school, at around age 16, Nice began training with Amref, an organization working for healthcare advances in Africa, after they had heard that she had been successfully talking to girls in her village about FGM. Even after she departed for Nairobi for college, she continued her outreach and made inroads in improving sexual education and feminine hygiene by conversing with the young girls, using herself as an example for what was possible. Changing the minds of the men was the biggest obstacle - as a rule in Maasai culture, women do not lead discussions with men - but again she started at the base, with the young unmarried men, before bringing her ideas about new, alternative ceremonial rites for girls to the tribe's elders. One by one, families agreed to end FGM. Girls were allowed to forgo the cut and stay in school. Men began marrying women who were whole. Nice's town has since ended FGM entirely, and her goal is to end the practice worldwide. Nice's journey from "heartbroken child and community outcast, to leader of the Maasai" is an inspiration and a reminder that one person can change the world - and every girl is worth saving"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Leng'ete, Nice; Amref Health Africa.; Female circumcision; Maasai (African people); Maasai (African people); Women, Maasai;
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- Generation Flex. by Newton, Dorenna,film director.; Collective Eye Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Collective Eye Films in 2024.THERE'S SOMETHING BIG going on with boys.Maybe you've seen an influx of teenagers at your local gym. Maybe you've noticed more kids carrying around blender bottles. Maybe you've even witnessed the social media phenomenon that is a teenage fitness influencer. What's big with boys right now is getting huge. Jacked arms. Swole chests. Chiseled abs. Spurred by intense pressure and unattainable body standards, boys are risking their physical and mental health to build muscle and lose weight. We know this because for the last year Men's Health followed the stories of four young teens in their quests to bulk up and get cut. What we found was a dark world of social media manipulation, shady supplements, and very real consequences. And we talked to the top experts in the country—from behavioral health researchers to emergency clinicians—for their insights and advice. Whether you're a parent, caregiver, coach, or kid (and, actually, especially if you're a kid), GENERATION FLEX is a warning shot to the dangers of excessive exercise, fit-fluencer culture, and supplement overuse.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; Psychology.; Physical education and training.; Health.; Gender identity.; Mental health.; Documentary films.; Mass media and culture.; Social media.; Mass media and gender.; Men's studies.; Exercise.; Masculinity.; Child psychology.; Youth--Social life and customs.;
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- We are not numbers : the voices of Gaza's youth / by Alnaouq, Ahmed,author.; Bailey, Pam,author.;
"A teenage girl stares at her roof, hoping it won't collapse over her head. A young student searches the Internet for photos of libraries around the world, hoping he'll be able to visit them one day. Another walks around the city, taking notes of all the buildings she dreams of repairing. These are the stories of young people from Gaza, born under Israeli occupation and blockade. They are people who have endured unspeakable struggles and losses, who keep fighting to be recognised not as numbers, but as human beings with hopes, dreams and lives worth living. We are not numbers was founded in 2014 to give voice to the youth of Gaza. In this collection, vital, urgent and full of heart, spanning over ten years to the present moment, we gain an unparalleled insight into the past, as well as the current and next generation of Palestinian leaders, artists, scientists and scholars and imagine where we might go from here"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Children, Palestinian Arab; Civilians in war; Gaza War, 2014; Gaza War, 2014; Youth; Gaza War, 2014;
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- Kâ-pî-isi-kiskisiyân = The way I remember / by Ratt, Solomon,author,translator.; Ogg, Arden C.(Arden Catherine),1960-editor,writer of introduction.; container of (expression):Ratt, Solomon.Kâ-pî-isi-kiskisiyân.English.; container of (work):Ratt, Solomon.Kâ-pî-isi-kiskisiyân.;
"A residential school survivor finds his way back to his language and culture through his family's traditional stories. When reflecting on forces that have shaped his life, Solomon Ratt says his education was interrupted by his schooling. Torn from his family at the age of six, Ratt was placed into the residential school system--far from the love and comfort of home and family. In The Way I Remember, Ratt reflects on these memories and the life-long challenges he endured through his telling of autobiographical stories and traditional tales. In many ways, these stories reflect the experience of thousands of other Indigenous children across Canada, but Ratt's stories also stand apart in a significant way: despite the destruction wrought by colonialism, he managed to retain his mother language of Cree by returning home to his parents each summer. Ratt then shifts from the âcimisowina (personal, autobiographical stories) to âcathôhkîwina (sacred stories), the more formal and commonly recognized style of traditional Cree literature, to illustrate how, in a world uninterrupted by colonialism and its agenda of genocide, these traditional stories would have formed the winter curriculum of a Cree child's education. Presented in Cree th-dialect standard roman orthography, syllabics, and English, Ratt's particularly Cree sense of humour shines, making kâ-pî-isi-kiskisiyân / The Way I Remember an important and unique memoir that emphasizes and celebrates Solomon Ratt's perseverance and life after residential school."--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Ratt, Solomon; Ratt, Solomon.; Cree language; Cree language; First Nations; First Nations; First Nations; First Nations;
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- (I Am) Weekender. by Raunet, Chloé,film director.; Gillespie, Bobby,actor.; Langer, Clive,actor.; Welsh, Irvine,actor.; Deller, Jeremy,actor.; Ramsay, Lynne,actor.; Moore, Mark,actor.; British Film Institute (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Bobby Gillespie, Clive Langer, Irvine Welsh, Jeremy Deller, Lynne Ramsay, Mark MooreOriginally produced by British Film Institute in 2023.Initially banned on its release, Weekender – the film of Flowered Up’s classic acid house cri de cœur – is today hailed as one of the most innovative music films ever made. Now WIZ’s pioneering meditation on the British rave experience is celebrated in (I AM) WEEKENDER, Chloé Raunet’s documentary about the film’s making, impact and legacy, with contributions from Irvine Welsh, Jeremy Deller, Lynne Ramsay, Bobby Gillespie, Clive Langer, Mark Moore, Róisín Murphy, Annie Nightingale, Shaun Ryder, David Holmes, Roy the Roach and more.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Motion pictures.; Music.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; Mass media and culture.; Artists.; Current affairs.; Motion pictures, British.; Motion pictures--Production and direction.; Popular music.; Popular culture.; England.; Youth--Social life and customs.; Performing arts.; British Isles.;
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- I know why the caged bird sings / by Angelou, Maya,author.;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.
- Subjects: Biographies.; Angelou, Maya; Angelou, Maya; Banned book sanctuary.; Classics; Literary; African American women authors; Authors, American; Entertainers; African American authors;
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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