Manhood on the Line: Working-Class Masculinities in the American Heartland
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Stephen Meyer charts the complex vagaries of men reinventing manhood in twentieth century America....
GameGrumps
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Game Grumps: Dan and Arin playin' games. Episodes now LONGER and GIRTHIER. We've changed the...
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Sex Object: A Memoir in Books
Mar 18, 2018
I understand that the premise is to show how sexism doesn't happen in a vacuum and that an accumulation eventually wears down a person thus accepting their situation and even relenting to further abuse. Which is why by the half way point, Valenti herself seems bored of having to replay every terrible sexual incident, and the events become repetitive to the point of desensitization.
As a person, it's horrifying to go through it, as a reader - especially a female one - it does feel like I do not need hear about the details to understand it's happening. Perhaps writing this memoir is a cathartic experience for Valenti, we'll never know. It is sad, especially when she gives up on being herself and caters to everyone else, but that is something a lot of feminist memoirs reveal.
Too Much Pressure by Selecter / Selector
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The Selecter were one of the key bands of the ska revival in the late '70s and one of the few...
How to Be Safe
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Former Teacher Had Motive. Recently suspended for a so-called outburst, high school English teacher...
Haley Mathiot (9 KP) rated Wake of Vultures in Books
Apr 27, 2018
The biggest problem I had with the story was I felt that it tried to deal with too many things at once. Racism, sexism, sexual identity, slavery, nudity, and religion are all important and heavy topics. All of them together in one YA urban fantasy novel? It’s a bit excessive. Even though I of all people understand that sometimes when a story comes to you, as an author, you can’t change your character! That’s just who they are! And don’t get me wrong, the story was great and I enjoyed listening to it, and I was totally caught up in it. But there were times when I would listen and something would come up and I’d be like “this is too much. this is ridiculous.” It felt like overkill.
That aside, I enjoyed the book and look forward to the sequel.
Rebecca Billcliff (2409 KP) rated Friends in TV
Jan 5, 2020 (Updated Jan 28, 2020)
It does give the characters some unconventional story arcs, and has interesting situations, such as Pheopbe having her brothers triplets (Though I will not lie, now I have had a baby, the way they gloss over labour now inrages me, so I skip those episodes).
To me fair, until very recently, it was keeping its age well, showing the passage of time clearly over the 10 years with changes in styles.
Though, even at 15, I wondered how any of them kept their jobs, while off so much. Time must move differently in New York...
Football, Culture and Power
Wade Davis, David Leonard and Kimberly George
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What does it mean when a hit that knocks an American football player unconscious is cheered by...
Sport and Discrimination
Daniel Kilvington and John Price
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Despite campaigns to educate and increase awareness, discrimination continues to be a deep-rooted...
Against Citizenship: The Violence of the Normative
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Numerous activists and scholars have appealed for rights, inclusion, and justice in the name of...