![]() ![]() Informed by feminist, transgender, and queer theory, as well as politics and activism, Bi is a radical manifesto for a group that has been too frequently silenced, erased, and denied-and a starting point from which to launch a bisexual revolution. Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution Shiri Eisner 3.80 872 ratings137 reviews Depicted as duplicitous, traitorous, and promiscuous, bisexuality has long been suspected, marginalized, and rejected by both straight and gay communities alike. Bi : notes for a bisexual revolution Author: Shiri Eisner (Author) Summary: 'Depicted as duplicitous, traitorous, and promiscuous, bisexuality has long been suspected, marginalized, and rejected by both straight and gay communities alike. ![]() In this forward-thinking and eye-opening book, feminist bisexual and genderqueer activist Shiri Eisner takes readers on a journey through the many aspects of the meanings and politics of bisexuality, specifically highlighting how bisexuality can open up new and exciting ways of challenging social convention. “Depicted as duplicitous, traitorous, and promiscuous, bisexuality has long been suspected, marginalized, and rejected by both straight and gay communities alike.īi takes a long overdue, comprehensive look at bisexual politics-from the issues surrounding biphobia/monosexism, feminism, and transgenderism to the practice of labeling those who identify as bi as either "too bisexual” (promiscuous and incapable of fidelity) or "not bisexual enough” (not actively engaging romantically or sexually with people of at least two different genders). ![]()
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![]() Will what she learns devastate her or free her? Then, while caring for a fevered immigrant whose own loss mirrors hers, she becomes intrigued by a name embroidered onto the scarf he carries…and finds herself caught in a dilemma that compels her to confront the truth about the assumptions she’s made. On Ellis Island in New York Harbor, nurse Clara Wood cannot face returning to Manhattan, where the man she loved fell to his death in the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. ![]() ![]() Biblical Criticism & Interpretation (158)Īuthor Interview A beautiful scarf, passed down through the generations, connects two women who learn that the weight of the world is made bearable by the love we give away.Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (24).Human Resources & Personnel Management (43). ![]() ![]() Zappalàs reflections on humanity always take as their starting point the body and its stories, its perennial conflicts, and its hopes for solidarity and universal brotherhood. The music used is not the original score for orchestra, choir and soloists, but Liszts transcription for two pianos, accompanied by a countertenor. ImPulsTanz – Vienna International Dance Festivalįollowing the success of Invenzioni a tre voci, a work dedicated to women, and Oratorio per Eva, a tribute to the symbolic figure of Eve, Compagnia Zappalà Danza presents a new project, La Nona (The Ninth), a work for eleven dancers, inspired by Beethovens Ninth Symphony. ![]() Teatro Garibaldi / Unione dei Teatri d∮uropa (Palermo) In the transcription for 2 grand pianos by Franz LisztĬhoreography and direction Roberto ZappalàĬorinne Cilia, Filippo Domini, Anna Forzutti, Alberto Gnola, Marco Mantovani, Sonia Mingo, Gaia Occhipinti, Fernando Roldan Ferrer, Silvia Rossi, Valeria Zampardi, Erik ZarconeĬhoreographer’s assistant Maud de la PurificationĬompagnia zappalà danza / scenario pubblico international choreographic centre Sicily Music Ludwig Van Beethoven 9th Symphony op.125, DANZA&DANZA 2015 AWARD “BEST ITALIAN PRODUCTION”ģrd step of the project Transiti Humanitatis ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Tell me you want me,” he said, so close I could feel his breath fanning over my lips as he withdrew his thumb from my mouth, wetting my lips with it. Warning: This series contains foul language, graphic depictions of gang violence, references to past trauma, and jealous/possessive themes. It’s a reverse harem romance, meaning the main character will have more than one love interest and she will not have to choose between them. Twisted Games is book three in the Boys of Briar Hall series and should be read after Wicked Trials. It’s time for some new rules in Thorn Valley, and I’m going to be the one making them. ![]() I am the queen they’ve all been waiting for. It’s time for me to show them I’m not a toy to be played with. Any of them could be the end of me unless I do something about it. Each one clinging to my bones as irrevocably as my own shadow. Crow, an imminent gang war, and an anonymous shadow from my past. But Rook, Corvus, and Grey aren’t the only ones keeping me up at night. This place and these men have seeped into me, and not even my blades can cut them out. Twisted Games (Boys of Briar Hall Book 3) by Elena Lawsonįavors and debts. ![]() ![]() He is also the creator of The Creech, a sci-fi/horror comic published by Image Comics. Other popular comics work includes Marvel Comics' X-Force and Quasar (as well as a slew of one-shot titles). ![]() Prior to that, he was best known for his 80-issue run on Image Comics' Spawn, created by Todd McFarlane. Greg Capullo is a self-taught illustrator and artist on the bestselling and highly acclaimed Batman series for DC Comics. He teaches at Columbia University and Sarah Lawrence University and lives in New York with his wife, Jeanie, and his son, Jack Presley. He has also been published in Zoetrope, Tin House, One-Story, Epoch, Small Spiral Notebook and other journals, and has a short-story collection, Voodoo Heart, which was published by Dial Press. ![]() His works include Dark Nights: Metal, All Star Batman, Batman, Batman: Eternal, Superman Unchainced, American Vampire and Swamp Thing. Scott Snyder is a #1 New York Times best-selling writer and one of the most critically acclaimed scribes in all of comics. ![]() ![]() ![]() “I never sat cross legged ever in class during the nine years I spent as a student in Rander, India.” (Moulana Umarji Sahib Rahimahullah, UK) When you teach Quran translation do not try to teach Ibn Kathir.” (Mawlana Abdullah Kapodrawi Sahib, India) ![]() “Mawlana Badr Alam Meerthi told me in Madinah Munawwarah to tell the teachers: When you teach Quduri do not try to teach Fathul Qadir. “Mawlana Islamul Haq would say: ‘One ounce of knowledge (Ilm) requires forty ounce of forbearance (Hilm).” (Mufti Shabbir Ahmad Sahib, UK) To read some of the discourses of Hakimul Ummat Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi, click on this link. This page will be updated regularly.įor discourses of Muhaddithul Asr Shaykh Yunus Jownpuri Sahib, click here. ![]() This page features some discourses of some leading scholars from around the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() Through research, education and interpretation, the corridor aims to preserve and raise awareness regarding the Gullah/Geechee, among America’s least-known and most unique cultures. The Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor is managed by a federal commission made up of local representatives who collaborate with the National Park Service, Community Partners, grass root organizations and the State historic preservation offices of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. ![]() ![]() The cultures represent the many ways that Africans in the Americas maintained their homeland roots while simultaneously assimilating aspects of new cultures they encountered during and after enslavement. The Gullah and Geechee share similar linguistic, artistic and societal traits that have remained relatively intact for several centuries due to the geographic isolation of the region. The Gullah/Geechee Heritage Corridor is home to the Gullah people in the Carolinas, and the Geechee in Georgia and Florida – cultural groups descended from enslaved peoples from West and Central Africa. The National Heritage Area includes roughly 80 barrier islands and continues inland to adjacent coastal counties, defining a region 30 miles inland throughout the United States Low Country. The Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor extends from Wilmington, North Carolina in the north to Jacksonville, Florida, in the south. A tree-lined path at the Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia,Ĭourtesy of Linda N., Flickr's Creative Commons ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Armbruster joined WPR’s " The Larry Meiller Show" for a segment airing Memorial Day, a day to honor the memories of soldiers who died - soldiers whose names and stories are known, and those that are not. But after years of Armbruster and Moran’s families becoming close and building trust, Moran agreed to share his remarkable story - but only if Armbruster wrote it.Īfter three years of interviews and research, Armbruster wrote the book, "Tailspin," which came out April 30. She told him: "We don’t go there."Īs was the case for so many families of veterans, the details of their loved one’s deployments remained largely unknown, untouched, undiscussed. But Moran’s daughter told him that wasn't an option. The rookie history teacher started to hear layer after layer of this story - Gene Moran, the Soldiers Grove native whose Flying Fortress bomber was shot down in World War II, yet he somehow survived the 4-mile descent, the 17 months inside Nazi prisoner-of-war camps and a 600-mile forced march.Īrmbruster had to share Moran's story. 'Lean Gene the fighting machine,'" Armbruster remembered her saying.Īrmbruster’s mind started racing. ![]() ![]() ![]() In this new study of key moments in Venice's history, from its half-legendary founding amid the collapse of the Roman empire to its modern survival as a fragile city of the arts menaced by saturation tourism and rising sea levels, Jonathan Keates shows us just how much this remarkable place has contributed to world culture and explains how it endures as an object of desire and inspiration for so many. A stunningly illustrated history of Venice, from its beginnings as La Serenissima - the Most Serene Republic - to. Masters of the sea, the Venetians raised an empire through an ethos of service and loyalty to a republic that lasted a thousand years. 'Everything about Venice,' observed Lord Byron, 'is, or was, extraordinary - her aspect is like a dream, and her history is like a romance.' Dream and romance have conditioned myriad encounters with Venice across the centuries, but the city's story embodies another kind of experience altogether - the hard reality of an independent state built on conquest, profit and entitlement and on the toughness and resilience of a free people. A stunningly illustrated history of Venice, from its beginnings as 'La Serenissima' - 'the Most Serene Republic' - to the Italian city that continues to enchant visitors today. La Serenissima by Jonathan Keates review the decline and fall of Venice James Marriott sees alarming parallels between the long decay of the city and sinking, scandal-ridden Britain The. ![]() ![]() Fans of Angela Carter and Shirley Jackson take note' i Newspaper. All will burrow their way into your brain and not let go' Stylist. These dark tales explore women's fears with electrifying honesty and invention and speak to one another about female bodies, domestic claustrophobia, desire and violence. Couples wrestle with a lack of connection to their children a schoolgirl becomes obsessed with the female anatomical models in a museum and a cheery account of child's day out is undercut by chilling footnotes. Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan Lonesome Reader When I saw the books listed for this year’s Dylan Thomas Prize one that I was most eager to read was Kirsty Logan’s new collection of stories Things We Say in the Dark. ![]() Alone in a remote house in Iceland a woman is unnerved by her isolation another can only find respite from the clinging ghost that follows her by submerging herself in an overgrown pool. ![]() A shocking collection of dark stories, ranging from chilling contemporary fairytales to disturbing supernatural fiction. 'You won't put it down' Sunday Telegraph. ![]() |