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Flip the script on how you think about UGLY--what it means, what it is, and how to reclaim it to Uplift, Glorify, and Love Yourself in an uglified world. Blending joyful self-help magic with incisive social analysis and personal narrative, Vanessa Rochelle Lewis empowers readers to heal, connect, and revolt against uglification. Uglification is "ugly" weaponized: a tool, ideology, and type of oppression that designates some bodies as more or less worthy of love, respect, access, and dignity. It defines who's accepted in what spaces, which identities are marginalized, and how we all move through the world--and is part and parcel of systems like white supremacy, ableism, sizeism, sexism, and q...
She is the girl who feels too much, left with emotions dripping from cracks in her heart. She is the girl who wants to speak but is afraid of her own voice. She is the girl who is told to get over it and that it could be worse. She is the girl who has spent too long letting the voices of other people define her. She is the girl who desperately wants someone to listen rather than to fix her. She is the girl who just wants to speak.
Combatting fatphobia and racism to reclaim a space for womxn at the intersection of fat and Black To be a womxn living in a body at the intersection of fat and Black is to be on the margins. From concern-trolling--"I just want you to be healthy"--to outright attacks, fat Black bodies that fall outside dominant constructs of beauty and wellness are subjected to healthism, racism, and misogynoir. The spaces carved out by third-wave feminism and the fat liberation movement fail at true inclusivity and intersectionality; fat Black womxn need to create their own safe spaces and community, instead of tirelessly laboring to educate and push back against dominant groups. Structured into three sectio...
"Duncan Gilles is presumed to have lived on the Isle of Skye, and most probably in the Parish of Bracadale. The 1820 census of Kershaw District, South Carolina, lists a Duncan Gillis..." Includes Box, Campbell, Davis, Humphries, McCaskill, Melton and other allied families.
Camp is in session in this cheer-tastic middle-grade novel about making new friends, finding your place, and learning to embrace your inner Magic. Magic Olive Poindexter has big shoes to fill. Her mother was a professional cheerleader, her father is a retired NBA legend, her big sister is the new face of the oh-so-glamorous Laker Girls, and her grandmother was the first black cheerleader ever on Valentine Middle School's HoneyBee cheer squad. Magic wants nothing more than to follow in their footsteps. But first, she has to survive Planet Pom Poms, the summer cheer camp where she'll audition for a spot on the HoneyBee squad. But with zero athletic ability and a group of mean girls who have he...
From the 1950s through the 1980s girl groups were hot and not just because of their looks. These rocking women had a profound impact in our culture, and left us with a lifetimes worth of memorable tunes. Now you can learn about all your favorite female artists, and you can build the ultimate girl-powered record collection for yourself! This all-new book features biographical information on over seventy of the most significant girl groups of rock n roll and rhythm n blues, everyone from The Supremes to The Go-Gos. These profiles contain complete discographies for each of the groups and quotes from members of the many of the featured groups. Also included: A comprehensive listing of all girl group and their labels Pricing for 500 of the most collectible girl group records More than 200 photos This book enables all music lovers to learn how those fabulous voices came together to form the harmonies that captured generations and also find out the most current values of the hottest collectible records.
Perseverance meets track and field in this mini-memoir and innovative spirituality-fitness book by three-time Olympian, Althea Moses. In this instant bestseller, Althea Moses shares the story of her fearful childhood and coming to America journey to become a record-breaking Olympian. She defied many odds. When Althea was blindsided, she chose affirmations, meditations, and prayers to triumph over decades of emotional and physical pains. Become spiritually strong by using effective mind/spirit exercises in this book. Learn the equation and nutritional choices to lose weight and keep it off, and the two-day exercises to have a firm-body temple at any age.
Liz and Anthony are thrown together when his mother falls ill. Attraction is instant and love blooms quickly, but their happily ever after is threatened by one of Anthony's disgruntled ex-lovers. Liz discovers Anthony's secret past the night before their wedding, and must decide whether she loves Anthony enough to marry him.
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