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Cancel culture addresses real harm...and sometimes causes more. It’s time to think this through. In We Will Not Cancel Us, movement mediator adrienne maree brown reframes the discussion for us, in a way that points to possible paths beyond this impasse. Most critiques of cancel culture come from outside the milieus that produce it, sometimes even from from its targets. However, brown explores the question from a Black, queer, and feminist viewpoint that gently asks, how well does this practice serve us?

We all have an idea what it means to be a good mom: little screen time, kids hitting their milestones, endless patience and understanding, and self-sacrifice on behalf of one’s children. But what does it mean to be a “bad mom” in modern society? Women as wide-ranging as Meghan Markle, Hannah Neelman (of Ballerina Farm), and anyone giving birth over forty, have been labeled “bad moms.” In a world where the rules are constantly changing, it feels like women simply cannot win.

In this provocative book, Thomas Chatterton Williams, one of the most revered and reviled social commentators of our time, paints a clear and detailed picture of the ideas and events that have paved the way for the dramatic paradigm shift in social justice that has taken place over the past few years. Williams also decries how liberalism - the very foundation of an open and vibrant society - is in existential crisis, under assault from both the right and the left, especially in our predominantly networked, Internet-driven monoculture.

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This is not about gas stations. It’s about everything they represent. Addiction disguised as convenience. Exhaustion normalized as hustle. Survival sold back to you—one purchase at a time. This Will Make a Blue-Collar Worker Cry is a brutal, eye-opening dive into the real systems fueling burnout culture. From nicotine rituals to sugar-coated dopamine bombs, it shows how the trap was built—and how to finally escape it. Every gas station breakfast. Every energy drink at dawn. Every smoke break, sugar rush, and six-pack after shift. It all adds up. And it’s not by accident.

How can you cheat… at drinking wine? It turns out you can. And when you do, a whole world of power, ego and money will unravel. Corked is the scandalous saga in the glamorous, competitive and mysterious world of fine wines.

When people think of Kentucky, three things usually come to mind: bourbon, Colonel Sanders's secret chicken recipe, and the glamorous Kentucky Derby. Add college basketball to that list, and you have yourself a superfecta. Looking beyond these time-honored traditions, however, visitors will find in Kentucky a diverse patchwork of faces and places, each as unique as the state's geography. Kentucky, Y'all is an entertaining and informative compilation of the state's favorite oddities, cultural quirks, traditions, and rites of passage.

Maar wie doet er eigenlijk precies aan online daten, hoe daten ze, en welke lessen kunnen we trekken uit hun ervaringen? Online dating: the good, the bad and the ugly brengt het (liefdes)leven van de online dater in kaart. Maar ook voor zij die zich liever niet op de onlinehuwelijksmarkt begeven, is het een must-read: dit boek bevat namelijk een schat aan informatie over hoe relaties in de eenentwintigste eeuw tot stand komen, en hoe je als ouder kunt omgaan met kinderen die net in de dating scene duiken.

Hun har selv været en del af det aktivistiske miljø, der med radikale metoder kæmper for minoriteters synlighed. I dag ser hun mere kritisk på de holdninger, som hun automatisk indtog, og de aktiviteter hun i retfærdighedens navn deltog i. Med humor og med alvor fører Aminata læseren ind i det tankesæt, der de senere år har fået Det Kongelige Teater til at indføre selvcensur, fået DR til at nedsætte et kvotemangfoldighedsteam, og Kunstakademiet til at kaste kunstnerisk frihed i havnen.

What happens when history’s greatest warriors, sports icons, and cultural legends step into the ring? Fantasy Fight Match brings you the ultimate dream fight book, where impossible bouts become reality. From Tyson Fury vs. Muhammad Ali in a boxing clinic to Mike Tyson taking on the Incredible Hulk in an all-out brawl, every fight is analyzed in thrilling detail, complete with training strategies, strengths, weaknesses, and round-by-round breakdowns.

This is a Community-Help Book, outlining the real impact our current social dynamics have on our social capital, belonging and how we lead, or don't lead, others. This audio version emphasizes didactic, and pragmatic guidance for building or shifting community dynamics towards more shared responsibility, integrity, and mutually beneficial connection. t provides diverse, do-able individual AND systemic solutions to create more social capital where you live, work and interact.

Did you know that Alexander the Great was a sloppy drunk, William Shakespeare was a stoner, and George Washington drank a spoonful of opium every night to staunch the pain from his fake teeth? Or how about the fact that China's first emperor, Qin Shi Huangdi, ingested liquid mercury in an (ironic) attempt to live forever, or that Alexander Shulgin, inventor of no fewer than 230 new psychedelic drugs, was an employee of the DEA?

The Color Pynk is a passionate exploration of Black femme poetics of survival. Sidelined by liberal feminists and invisible to mainstream civil rights movements, Black femmes spent the Trump years doing what they so often do best: creating politically engaged art, entertainment, and ideas. In the first full-length study of Black queer, cis-, and trans-femininity, Omise'eke Natasha Tinsley argues that this creative work offers a distinctive challenge to power structures that limit how we color, gender, and explore freedom.

A groundbreaking work—named one of the five most influential sports books of the decade by Sports Illustrated—How Soccer Explains the World is a unique and brilliantly illuminating look at soccer, the world’s most popular sport, as a lens through which to view the pressing issues of our age, from the clash of civilizations to the global economy.

In Same Blood, Different Boats, the author explores the psychological and cultural dissonance between Caribbean immigrants and African Americans, who share a common ancestry but often experience profound disconnection. Drawing on history, sociology, and personal narrative, the book exposes the inherited naivety with which many Caribbean immigrants arrive in the United States, often unaware of the deeply rooted racial dynamics, historical trauma, and cultural undercurrents that shape the Black American experience.

This deeply researched and rigorously reported biography of Gwyneth Paltrow takes us inside the world of one of the most influential, aspirational, and polarizing celebrities of the last thirty years.

From Emperor Commodus to Rupert Murdoch, Count Dracula to Kim Kardashian, Genghis Khan to Gina Rinehart, Sins of the Filthy Rich explores how the mega wealthy have exploited, indulged, and misbehaved appallingly throughout history.

From the creator of the highly popular Kardashian Kolloquium comes a New Media manifesto for the TikTok age, blending theory and cultural analysis to explain the meteoric rise of the Kardashians and explore what their fame can teach us about the way media functions today.

¿Qué papel tiene la música en la vida sexual de las personas? ¿Cuáles son las representaciones de la sexualidad en las obras musicales clásicas y populares? Desde Mozart hasta Adorno, desde Wagner hasta Cardi B, pasando por Pink Floyd, Guy Debord y Madonna, por el tango, la música de películas y la vanguardia, cada uno de los dieciséis capítulos que componen Playlist. Música y sexualidad aborda estas cuestiones desde una entrada singular, como una serie de variaciones sobre un tema musical.