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Bad Sex: Truth, Pleasure, and an Unfinished Revolution
by Nona Willis AronowitzNamed a Most Anticipated Book by Bustle, Esquire, Nylon, and The Millions&“Intimate, thoughtful, and accessible to anyone struggling with the persistent, maddening inequities of contemporary sex.&” –Rebecca Traister, New York Times bestselling author of Good and MadFrom Teen Vogue sex and love columnist Nona Willis Aronowitz, a blend of memoir, social history, and cultural criticism that probes the meaning of desire and sexual freedom today.At thirty-two years old, everything in Nona Willis Aronowitz&’s life, and in America, was in disarray. Her marriage was falling apart. Her nuclear family was slipping away. Her heart and libido were both in overdrive. Embroiled in an era of fear, reckoning, and reimagining, her assumptions of what &“sexual liberation&” meant were suddenly up for debate. In the thick of personal and political turmoil, Nona turned to the words of history&’s sexual revolutionaries—including her late mother, early radical pro-sex feminist Ellen Willis. At a time when sex has never been more accepted and feminism has never been more mainstream, Nona asked herself: What, exactly, do I want? And are my sexual and romantic desires even possible amid the horrors and bribes of patriarchy, capitalism, and white supremacy?Nona&’s attempt to find the answer places her search for authentic intimacy alongside her family history and other stories stretching back nearly two hundred years. Stories of ambivalent wives and unchill sluts, free lovers and radical lesbians, sensitive men and woke misogynists, women who risk everything for sex—who buy sex, reject sex, have bad sex and good sex. The result is a brave, bold, and vulnerable exploration of what sexual freedom can mean. Bad Sex is Nona&’s own journey to sexual satisfaction and romantic happiness, which not only lays bare the triumphs and flaws of contemporary feminism but also shines a light on universal questions of desire.
The Bad Side of Books: Selected Essays of D.H. Lawrence
by D.H. LawrenceYou could describe D.H. Lawrence as the great multi-instrumentalist among the great writers of the twentieth century. He was a brilliant, endlessly controversial novelist who transformed, for better and for worse, the way we write about sex and emotions; he was a wonderful poet; he was an essayist of burning curiosity, expansive lyricism, odd humor, and radical intelligence, equaled, perhaps, only by Virginia Woolf. Here Geoff Dyer, one of the finest essayists of our day, draws on the whole range of Lawrence&’s published essays to reintroduce him to a new generation of readers for whom the essay has become an important genre. We get Lawrence the book reviewer, writing about Death in Venice and welcoming Ernest Hemingway; Lawrence the travel writer, in Mexico and New Mexico and Italy; Lawrence the memoirist, depicting his strange sometime-friend Maurice Magnus; Lawrence the restless inquirer into the possibilities of the novel, writing about the novel and morality and addressing the question of why the novel matters; and, finally, the Lawrence who meditates on birdsong or the death of a porcupine in the Rocky Mountains. Dyer&’s selection of Lawrence&’s essays is a wonderful introduction to a fundamental, dazzling writer.
The Bad Sixties: Hollywood Memories of the Counterculture, Antiwar, and Black Power Movements (Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series)
by Kristen HoerlWinner of the 2018 Book Award from the American Studies Division of the National Communication AssociationOngoing interest in the turmoil of the 1960s clearly demonstrates how these social conflicts continue to affect contemporary politics. In The Bad Sixties: Hollywood Memories of the Counterculture, Antiwar, and Black Power Movements, Kristen Hoerl focuses on fictionalized portrayals of 1960s activism in popular television and film. Hoerl shows how Hollywood has perpetuated politics deploring the detrimental consequences of the 1960s on traditional American values. During the decade, people collectively raised fundamental questions about the limits of democracy under capitalism. But Hollywood has proved dismissive, if not adversarial, to the role of dissent in fostering progressive social change.Film and television are salient resources of shared understanding for audiences born after the 1960s because movies and television programs are the most accessible visual medium for observing the decade's social movements. Hoerl indicates that a variety of television programs, such as Family Ties, The Wonder Years, and Law and Order, along with Hollywood films, including Forrest Gump, have reinforced images of the "bad sixties." These stories portray a period in which urban riots, antiwar protests, sexual experimentation, drug abuse, and feminism led to national division and moral decay. According to Hoerl, these messages supply distorted civics lessons about what we should value and how we might legitimately participate in our democracy.These warped messages contribute to "selective amnesia," a term that stresses how popular media renders radical ideas and political projects null or nonexistent. Selective amnesia removes the spectacular events and figures that define the late-1960s from their motives and context, flattening their meaning into reductive stereotypes. Despite popular television and film, Hoerl explains, memory of 1960s activism still offers a potent resource for imagining how we can strive collectively to achieve social justice and equality.
Bad Tidings: Communication and Catastrophe (Routledge Communication Series)
by Lynne Masel Walters Lee Wilkins Tim WaltersFirst Published in 1993. In the 1970s, a book collecting research about the mass media and their role in disasters would have been unimaginable. This book, then, is an attempt to compile a somewhat eclectic view of research on mass communication and catastrophe. The editors have attempted to provide a sampling of the most recent empirical work on the mass media and disasters, including everything from content analysis of media reports to studies of audience response to those events.
Bad Words: And What They Say About Us
by Philip GoodenOnce upon a time, the worst words you could utter were short, simple and tended to be four letters in length. Now things are more complicated. To be insulted as a 'snowflake' or an 'expert' is arguably worse than being called a **** or a **** or even a ****.So what are today's 'bad words' and how are they different from yesterday's taboo expressions? This entertaining guide to the shifting sands of bad language is indispensable in an increasingly divided world in which abuse becomes ever more widespread and vituperative.Philip Gooden shows how and why taboo words and contentious expressions, including those four-letter ones, were first used in English. He discusses the ways such words have changed over the years and explores how a single syllable or two may possess an almost magical power to offend, distress or infuriate. Bad Words investigates the most controversial and provocative words in the English language in a way that is both anecdotal and analytical. Combining intrigue and scandal, the book delves into expressions connected to religion, ethnicity, nationality, politics, swearing and oaths, and includes contemporary issues like political correctness and elitism.
Badass: Spine-crushing Tales Of The Most Merciless Gods, Monsters, Heroes, Villains, And Mythical Creatures Ever Envisioned (Badass Series)
by Ben ThompsonBen Thompson—author of Badass, creator of the epic website badassoftheweek.com, and the Internet’s foremost expert on badassitude—is back to enthrall lovers of skull-smashing, bone-crushing bad behavior with his latest compendium, Badass: The Birth of a Legend. Like its macho predecessor, Badass: The Birth of a Legend celebrates fearless berserkers of every stripe, male and female, but this time pulls them from the hoary pages of mythology, fantasy fiction, and the silver screen—from Zeus to Beowulf to Dirty Harry Callahan, the most merciless gods, monsters, heroes, villains, and mythical creatures ever envisioned. Forget your whiny Twilight vampires and werewolves, these badasses kick butt!
Badass Black Girl: Quotes, Questions, and Affirmations for Teens (Badass Black Girl Ser.)
by M.J. FievreThis inspirational journal features wisdom from Black female trailblazers who have made their mark in science, sports, politics and more.Badass Black Girl is the guidebook every Black girl needs to conquer the world. This book challenges teenage girls to reflect on their role in the world, set goals despite the naysaying and prejudice of others, push past limiting boundaries, and fulfill their dreams for a badass future of then-own design. It is filled with inspirational quotes from notable Black women who challenged the status quo and set their own standards for success. It also includes personal letters and insights from the author, M.J. Fievre, a successful badass Black woman and entrepreneur in her own right.The journal’s daily affirmations and reflections are designed to help Black girls see the limitless possibilities of the future. It tackles topics such as family and friends, school and careers, body image, and stereotypes. By reflecting on these topics, girls confront the issues that can hold them back from living their best lives and finding their Black girl bliss.
Badass Feminist Politics: Exploring Radical Edges of Feminist Theory, Communication, and Activism
by Sarah Jane Blithe Janell C. Bauer Angela N. Gist-Mackey Ashley R. Hall Shardé M. Davis Anita Mixon Andrea Ewing Prisca S. Ngondo Cerise L. Glenn Melanie Duckworth Kelly J. Cross Idrissa Snider Rebecca Mercado Jones Jayna Marie Jones Siobhan Smith-Jones Johnny L. Jones Savaughn Williams Robin M. Boylorn Tina Harris Cassidy D. Ellis Sarah Gonzalez Noveiri Ruth J. Beerman Michael S. Martin Lydia Huerta Moreno Ana Gomez Parga Maureen Ebben Cheris Kramarae Kathleen Rushforth James McDonald Sara DeTurk Danette M. Pugh-Patton Antonio L. Spikes Jenna N. HancheyIn the late 2010s, the United States experienced a period of widespread silencing. Protests of unsafe drinking water have been met with tear gas; national park employees, environmentalists, and scientists have been ordered to stop communicating publicly. Advocates for gun control are silenced even as mass shootings continue. Expressed dissent to political power is labeled as “fake news.” DREAMers, Muslims, Trans military members, women, black bodies, the LGBTQI+ community, Latina/o/x communities, rape survivors, sex workers, and immigrants have all been systematically silenced. During this difficult time and despite such restrictions, advocates and allies persist and resist, forming dialogues that call to repel inequality in its many forms. Addressing the oppression of women of color, white women, women with (dis)abilities, and LBTQI+ individuals across cultures and contexts remains a central posit of feminist struggle and requires “a distinctly feminist politics of recognition.” However, as second wave debates about feminism have revealed, there is no single way to express a feminist politic. Rather, living feminist politics requires individual interpretation and struggle, collective discussion and disagreement, and recognizing difference among women as well as points of convergence in feminist struggle. Badass Feminist Politics includes a diverse range of engaging feminist political projects to not only analyze the work being done on the ground but provide an overview for action that can be taken on by those seeking to engage in feminist activism in their own communities. Contributors included here are working for equality and equity and resisting violent, racist, homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, and sexist language and action during this tension-filled political moment. Collectively, the book explores what it means to live and communicate feminist politics in everyday choices and actions, and how we can facilitate learning by analyzing these examples. Taking up current issues and new theoretical perspectives, the authors offer novel perspectives into what it means to live feminist politics. This book is a testament to resilience, resistance, communication, and forward thinking about what these themes all mean for new feminist agendas. Learning how to resist oppressive structures through words and actions is particularly important for students. Badass Feminist Politics features scholars from non-dominant groups taking up issues of marginalization and oppression, which can help people accomplish their social justice goals of inclusivity on the ground and in the classroom.
Badiou and American Modernist Poetics (Pivotal Studies In The Global American Literary Imagination Ser.)
by Cameron MacKenzieBadiou and American Modernist Poetics explores the correspondence between Alain Badiou's thinking on art and that of the canonical modernists T.S. Eliot, Wallace Stevens, and Ezra Pound. Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, the text engages with themes of the void, mastery, and place present in both modernist poetry and in Badiou’s philosophy. Through an examination of classic modernist texts, Cameron MacKenzie reveals that where Badiou hopes to go, the modernists have already been.
Badiou by Badiou (Cultural Memory in the Present)
by Alain BadiouAn accessible introduction to Badiou's key ideas In this short and accessible book, the French philosopher Alain Badiou provides readers with a unique introduction to his system of thought, summed up in the trilogy of Being and Event, Logics of Worlds, and The Immanence of Truths. Taking the form of an interview and two talks and keeping in mind a broad audience without any prior knowledge of his work, the book touches upon the central concepts and major preoccupations of Badiou's philosophy: fundamental ontology, mathematics, politics, poetry, and love. Well-chosen examples illuminate his thinking in regards to being and universality, worlds and singularity, and the infinite and the absolute, among other topics. A veritable tour de force of pedagogical clarity, this new student-friendly work is perhaps the single best general introduction to the work of this prolific and committed thinker. If, for Badiou, the task of philosophy consists in thinking through the truths of our time, the texts collected in this small volume could not be timelier.
The Badlands Sleuth: The Case of the Missing Fossils (Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts Reader)
by Amplify LearningUnit 9 includes informational texts that focus on science. Some texts are couched in a fictional structure.
The Badlands Sleuth: Reader (Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts, Grade 5 #Unit 9)
by Amplify EducationNIMAC-sourced textbook
Bafana Republic and Other Satires: A collection of monologues and revues
by Mike van GraanThis collection of satirical sketches takes readers on a sometimes cynical, sometimes hilarious trip through many of the issues that face democratic South AfricaThe seed of this collection was sown in 2007 when South Africa won the right to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The debate about huge amounts of public funds being spent on a 'vanity project' instead of being used to improve the lives of the majority of the country’s citizens inspired Mike van Graan, one of South Africa's leading contemporary political playwrights, to use sport as an entry point for satirical commentary. Van Graan follows this with piercing attention towards matters of the state. With themes ranging from the World Cup to the political football of land, from the violent abuse of women to state capture, this selection of satirical sketches takes readers on a rollercoaster trip through many of the issues that face democratic South Africa. The sketches come from six one-person revues, Bafana Republic (2007), Bafana Republic: Extra Time (2008), Bafana Republic: Penalty Shootout (2009), Pay Back the Curry (2016), State Fracture (2017) and Land Acts (2018). Van Graan uses a potent mix of comedy, poetry and drama to make points that hit hard at core issues which 21st-century South Africans are struggling with. Readers will laugh and cringe and sometimes cry, but one thing they will not be able to do is remain unaffected.
Baghdad Bulletin: Dispatches on the American Occupation
by David EndersBaghdad Bulletin is a street-level account of the war and turbulent postwar period as seen through the eyes of the young independent journalist David Enders. The book recounts Enders's story of his decision to go to Iraq, where he opened the only English-language newspaper completely written, printed, and distributed there during the war. Young, courageous, and anti-authoritarian, Enders is the first reporter to cover the war as experienced by ordinary Iraqis. Deprived of the press credentials that gave his embedded colleagues access to press conferences and officially sanitized information, Enders tells the story of a different war, outside the Green Zone. It is a story in which the struggle of everyday life is interspersed with moments of sheer terror and bizarre absurdity: wired American troops train their guns on terrified civilians; Iraqi musicians prepare a recital for Coalition officials who never show; traveling clowns wreak havoc in a Baghdad police station. Orphans and intellectuals, activists and insurgents: Baghdad Bulletin depicts the unseen complexity of Iraqi society and gives us a powerful glimpse of a new kind of warfare, one that coexists with-and sometimes tragically veers into-the everyday rhythms of life.
BAH! Said the Baby
by Jennifer PlecasUnderstanding baby-talk becomes a fun game in this adorable and funny picture book for families. When baby says "bah!" the rest of the family scrambles to bring him balls and books and bows and bottles, sheep and baby dolls and blankets and even a brother! But it turns out that all along, the baby was just trying to say "bye-bye." A perect gift for baby showers, new parents, and new siblings. Praise for BAH! Said the Baby: "A nifty romp that doubles as a guessing game (with some phonics tied in), this has appeal for large read-aloud crowds as well as siblings who seek a lighter new-baby tale."--Kirkus Reviews "Simple colorful backgrounds accentuate Plecas&’s bright and playful illustrations; her cartoon style is humorous and expressive....Parents and children with younger siblings are sure to relate to the pitfalls and joys of communicating with pre-verbal babies."--School Library Journal"Add this charmer to the lineup for a baby-themed storytime, or share it with the older sibs of an almost-verbal little one."--BCCB
Bajo bandero negra
by L. Ronald HubbardMucho antes de que el capitán Jack Sparrow provocara un infierno con Piratas del Caribe, Tom Bristol navegó a los infiernos y regresó bajo bandera negra. Ha estado a las órdenes del látigo del cruel capitán. Ha sido acusado de asesinato. Y lo han abandonado para que muera en una isla desierta. Pero su suerte está a punto de cambiar. Junto con una mujer intrépida y una astuta tripulación, iza una bandera pirata propia, dispuesto a hacer el amor y la guerra en los mares.
Bajo el signo de Saturno (Perspectivas Ser.)
by Susan SontagUna serie de magníficos ensayos cuyo hilo conductor es la discusión sobre las frágiles relaciones entre moral y estética. Después de Contra la interpretación (1968) y Estilos radicales (1969), en Bajo el signo de Saturno (1980) se encuentran reunidos una serie de ensayos magníficos los dedicados a Antonin Artaud y a Leni Riefensthal cuyo hilo conductor es la discusión sobre las frágiles relaciones entre moral y estética. Defensora de la independencia del arte respecto a las ideas de sus creadores «una obra de arte es una cosa en el mundo, no un texto o comentario sobre el mundo», en esta ocasión Susan Sontag habla sobre algunos de los artistas y pensadores más influyentes de nuestra era. «Esteta enamorada y moralista obsesiva, tal y como se describía a sí misma, Sontag, más que muchos otros escritores de su generación, consideraba la tarea cotidiana de pensar y sentir como aspectos dialécticos mutuos. Al depurar esa sensibilidad mientras se ocupaba de los temas más controvertidos de su época, Sontag ha creado un corpus de un mérito ejemplar.»The Boston Globe
Bajo el sol de Kenia
by Barbara WoodEn 1918 lord Valentine Treverton, como otros muchos colonos ricos, comienza a edificar un imperio cafetero en Kenia; para lograrlo,deberá pasar por encima de los derechos y de las tradiciones de los nativos. Y por ello, Treverton, arrogante y despectivo, sufrirála maldición de Wachera, guardiana de una ancestral sabiduría. A partir de entonces, las vidas de los Treverton y de la familia de Wachera se verán inextricablemente ligadas en un torbellino deodios y amores sobre los que aletea la vieja maldición.
Bakhtin Between East and West: Cross-cultural Transmission
by Karine Zbinden"Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) has had an enormous influence on literary studies and cultural theory. Bakhtin between East and West: Cross-Cultural Transmission looks beyond the concepts of carnival and dialogue and traces for the first time the transformation of the Bakhtin Circle's thought from its introduction to the West in Julia Kristeva's seminal late-1960s theory of intertextuality, through Tzvetan Todorov's landmark study and on to contemporary interpretations. The notion of sociality in all its problematic complexity provides the red thread guiding us through this historical and thematic examination of Western and Russian Bakhtin studies. As a critical evaluation of Bakhtin scholarship across various cultures and a celebration of the vigour of the Circle's legacy, this is an invaluable resource for scholars and students with an interest in Bakhtin and critical theory."
Bakhtinian Explorations of Indian Culture: Pluralism, Dogma and Dialogue Through History
by E. V. Ramakrishnan Lakshmi BandlamudiThis volume, an important contribution to dialogic and Bakhtin studies, shows the natural fit between Bakhtin’s ideas and the pluralistic culture of India to a global academic audience. It is premised on the fact that long before principles of dialogism took shape in the Western world, these ideas, though not labelled as such, were an integral part of intellectual histories in India. Bakhtin’s ideas and intellectual traditions of India stand under the same banner of plurality, open-endedness and diversity of languages and social speech types and, therefore, the affinity between the thinker and the culture seems natural. Rather than being a mechanical import of Bakhtin’s ideas, it is an occasion to reclaim, reactivate and reenergize inherent dialogicality in the Indian cultural, historical and philosophical histories. Bakhtin is not an incidental figure, for he offers precise analytical tools to make sense of the incredibly complex differences at every level in the cultural life of India. Indian heterodoxy lends well to a Bakhtinian reading and analysis and the papers herein attest to this. The papers range from how ideas from Indo-European philology reached Bakhtin through a circuitous route, to responses to Bakhtin’s thought on the carnival from the philosophical perspectives of Abhinavagupta, to a Bakhtinian reading of literary texts from India. The volume also includes an essay on ‘translation as dialogue’ – an issue central to multilingual cultures – and on inherent dialogicality in the long intellectual traditions in India.
Bakhtinian Thought: An Introductory Reader (Critical Readers In Theory And Practice Ser.)
by Simon DentithFirst published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Bal Mahabharat Katha class 7 - NCERT - 23: बाल महाभारत कथा ७वीं कक्षा - एनसीईआरटी - २३
by Rashtriy Shaikshik Anusandhan Aur Prashikshan Parishadबाल महाभारत कथा चक्रवर्ती राजगोपालाचार्य की महाभारत कथा का संक्षिप्त रूप कक्षा 7 के लिए हिंदी की पूरक पाठ्यपुस्तक - महाभारत की कथा महर्षि पराशर के कीर्तिमान पुत्र वेद व्यास की देन है। व्यास जी ने महाभारत की यह कथा सबसे पहले अपने पुत्र शुकदेव को कंठस्थ कराई थी और बाद में अपने दूसरे शिष्यों को । मानव-जाति में महाभारत की कथा का प्रसार महर्षि वैशंपायन के द्वारा हुआ। वैशंपायन व्यास जी के प्रमुख शिष्य थे। ऐसा माना जाता है कि महाराजा परीक्षित के पुत्र जनमेजय ने एक बड़ा यज्ञ किया। इस महायज्ञ में सुप्रसिद्ध पौराणिक सूत जी भी मौजूद थे। सूत जी ने समस्त ऋषियों की एक सभा बुलाई। महर्षि शौनक इस सभा के अध्यक्ष हुए। एन. सी. ई. आर. टी. इस पुस्तक की रचना के लिए बनाई गई पाठ्यपुस्तक निर्माण समिति के परिश्रम के लिए कृतज्ञता व्यक्त करती है।
Bal Ram Katha class 6 - NCERT - 23: बाल राम कथा ६वीं कक्षा - एनसीईआरटी - २३
by Rashtriy Shaikshik Anusandhan Aur Prashikshan Parishadबाल राम कथा के अध्यायों में भगवान राम के जीवन में घटित सभी महत्वपूर्ण घटनाओं का विवरण दिया गया है, जिसमें उनके वन निष्कासन से लेकर रावण के साथ युद्ध और अयोध्या में उनके राज्याभिषेक तक शामिल हैं। छात्र इन महत्वपूर्ण प्रश्नों से भगवान राम के बारे में बहुत सारी जानकारी प्राप्त कर सकते हैं। प्रश्न और उत्तर उन्हें अध्यायों की गहरी और अधिक विस्तृत समझ प्रदान करते हैं। वे प्रश्नों का अभ्यास कर सकते हैं और अपनी तैयारी की रणनीति को बढ़ावा दे सकते हैं। चूंकि बाल राम कथा पुस्तक में 12 अध्याय हैं, इसलिए छात्रों के लिए सभी अध्यायों पर समान ध्यान देना महत्वपूर्ण है। वेदांतु के महत्वपूर्ण प्रश्न छात्रों को पूरी किताब को बार-बार पढ़े बिना अभ्यास करने की अनुमति देकर मदद करते हैं। वे अपनी अंतिम परीक्षाओं में आमतौर पर पूछे जाने वाले कुछ प्रश्नों का पता लगाने के लिए प्रश्नों का अध्ययन भी कर सकते हैं। जब परीक्षा में अच्छे अंक प्राप्त करने की बात आती है तो यह कुछ ऐसा है जो उन्हें बहुत मदद करेगा।
Balaam's Ass: Volume 1: Frameworks, Arguments, English to 1250 (The Middle Ages Series)
by Nicholas WatsonFor over seven hundred years, bodies of writing in vernacular languages served an indispensable role in the religious and intellectual culture of medieval Christian England, yet the character and extent of their importance have been insufficiently recognized. A longstanding identification of medieval western European Christianity with the Latin language and a lack of awareness about the sheer variety and quantity of vernacular religious writing from the English Middle Ages have hampered our understanding of the period, exercising a tenacious hold on much scholarship.Bringing together work across a range of disciplines, including literary study, Christian theology, social history, and the history of institutions, Balaam's Ass attempts the first comprehensive overview of religious writing in early England's three most important vernacular languages, Old English, Insular French, and Middle English, between the ninth and sixteenth centuries. Nicholas Watson argues not only that these texts comprise the oldest continuous tradition of European vernacular writing, but that they are essential to our understanding of how Christianity shaped and informed the lives of individuals, communities, and polities in the Middle Ages.This first of three volumes lays out the long post-Reformation history of the false claim that the medieval Catholic Church was hostile to the vernacular. It analyzes the complicated idea of the vernacular, a medieval innovation instantiated in a huge body of surviving vernacular religious texts. Finally, it focuses on the first, long generation of these writings, in Old English and early Middle English.