Social Identity

SOME SECRETS ARE DARKER THAN OTHERS In 1881, 22-year-old Amelia Equiano wields a unique power: the ability to manipulate minds and dreams. With vengeance burning in her heart for the crimes against her family, she partners with Wilbert on a perilous journey from London to San Francisco. As they navigate a world rife with corruption, Amelia's extraordinary gift becomes both a weapon and a burden. Can she bring the guilty to justice without losing herself in the process? This gripping tale of revenge intertwines the supernatural with the stark realities of a society steeped in injustice, ...

Il Tantra è la metodologia che permette di purificare l'amore da tutto ciò che lo avvelena. Per capirlo, è essenziale partire da una comprensione fondamentale, ovvero che noi siamo una realtà energetica, ed esiste un'unica energia vitale che opera attraverso di noi. Come Osho spiega, "è la stessa energia vitale che al livello più basso si manifesta come energia sessuale, e al livello più elevato si manifesta come spirituale. Pertanto, secondo me, non esiste opposizione di sorta, nessun conflitto."

Taking everything they know from more than a decade of working with the queer and trans community, their personal journey of gender exploration, and clinical best practices, licensed therapist, coach and speaker Rae McDaniel created the Gender Freedom Model. A uniquely supportive narrative for gender exploration and transition grounded in queer joy, their nine-pillar model has helped thousands of transgender and nonbinary individuals explore gender through play, pleasure and freedom. And now, it can help you too.

Drawing from the wide array of topics covered in their popular mental health podcast Minding Your Mind, psychiatrist Ian Hickie and broadcaster and author James O'Loghlin bring their signature compassion and curiosity, intelligence and humour, to this practical 'user's guide' to our evolving mind and selves. It takes an empowering, holistic approach to mental health, acknowledging that every season of life brings its own ups and downs, unique challenges and breakthroughs.

In the heart of Ironridge, a city caught between the decay of its industrial past and the stark divide of its economic reality, sixteen-year-old Eddie "Edge" McGowan is fighting for a way out. Growing up on the wrong side of Main Street, where opportunities are scarce and hope is even harder to come by, Edge knows the odds are stacked against him. But he refuses to let his circumstances define his future. As tensions rise between the haves and the have-nots, Edge and his close-knit group of friends find themselves at the center of a brewing storm. Navigating the gritty streets of Ironridge,...

The intention of this book is to open up a space for reflection and awareness of some aspects of the vast topic of female psychology, romantic relationships, and regaining your personal power by opening your heart to yourself. The central focus is the subconscious dynamics of female spirituality and the basic male and female archetypes, along with their strengths, fears, and possibilities. This understanding is valuable in order for every partner to become a complete personality who can accept their strengths, as well as their shadow aspects—those that we hide from ourselves.

Acclaim for A Revolution of the Mind “A great Chicago novel.” – Chicago Reader “A provocative, emotional novel unafraid to bare its teeth.” -Independent Book Review “Whether A Revolution of The Mind garners the large audience it deserves, remains to be seen, but in my opinion, Author Perry has penned a winner in this illuminating and meticulously edited read.” - Pacific Book Review "There is no question that A Revolution of the Mind is literary fiction and that MV Perry is firmly set within the classical style of the literati. This is not a light read. It is not even a heavy ...

Fins i tot enmig de la foscor, en un dels llocs més durs del planeta, s’hi poden obrir escletxes d’esperança que transformen vides per sempre. Al camp de refugiats de Xatila, al Líban, la llum va entrar amb en Majdi. Aquest pintor de façanes palestí va formar un equip de bàsquet femení per apartar les nenes d’un destí dramàtic que sovint comença amb un matrimoni infantil i acaba en una espiral de maltractaments, drogues i crims d’honor.

Chased by the Memory is a story about the ongoing search for family and love, and the inner arguments about the human desire to connect to something, even to the land. It is an investigation of the ethical and physical lessons that a person can learn by paying attention to his or her childhood. The book is an attempt to rekindle the spark of being mindful of place as we struggle to find and build our identity.

Sabrina Pace-Humphreys is a 43-year-old mother of four and grandmother of two, an award-winning businesswoman, an ultrarunner, a social justice activist and a recovering alcoholic. She is a mixed-raced woman, the daughter of a white Scottish Roman Catholic woman and a Black Church of England man. When she was two, her parents separated and Sabrina, her mother and her white-presenting younger sister moved to a small market town where no one looked like her. From as young as she can remember, she was the subject of verbal and physical racist abuse.

Michael Nast, seit seinem Nr.-1-Bestseller das Sprachrohr für die Generation Beziehungsunfähig, hat neue Nachrichten für seine Leserschaft: Den Traumpartner unserer Vorstellungen, der unseren mannigfaltigen Anforderungen entspricht, gibt es nicht! Die Gründe für das ständige Scheitern unserer Dates und Beziehungen sind unsere falschen Idealvorstellungen, gepaart mit dem eigenen Selbstoptimierungswahn und unserer Darstellungswut in den sozialen Medien. Dem Ganzen setzt die Oberflächlichkeit und Unverbindlichkeit der heutigen Dating-Apps Tinder und Co. dann noch die Krone auf.

With chapters covering sexual and cultural identity, body hair, colourism and mental health, and a particular focus on the suffocating beauty standards South Asian women are expected to adhere to, Sharan Dhaliwal speaks openly about her journey toward loving herself, offering advice, support and comfort to people that are encountering the same issues.

This poetry handbook, "When they Stole Away Our Virginity - Poetry of Life" is a collection of poems from the heart on life issues. A must-read for all poetry-lovers. - When They Stole Away Our Virginity (Poetry of Life) invites readers on a poignant journey through the myriad complexities of the human experience. This evocative collection of poems grapples with the themes of innocence lost, love's betrayals, people, love, politics, governance, God, Christian living, culture, traditional beliefs, marriage, virtuous living, education and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of ...

Transitioning is an alignment of the invisible and the physical. It is truth rising to the surface. It is one of the most fundamental aspects of the human condition - a part of our experience as a conscious being, no matter who we are. As time goes on, we all develop as people. None of us ever becomes someone else entirely - regardless of how we identify – but nor do we stay the same forever. We all transition. It’s what binds us, not what separates us.

Jordan Peele, the visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, curates this groundbreaking anthology of brand new stories of Black horror, exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but the chilling reality of injustice that haunts our world. Featuring an introduction by Jordan Peele and an all-star roster of beloved writers and new voices, Out There Screaming is a master class in horror, and its stories prey on everything we think we know about our world, and redefine what it means to be afraid. Very afraid.

Miranda Panda is being very bossy when telling everyone what dress ups to wear to her party. Ginnie is unhappy when given a firefighter's costume. She doesn't feel brave enough to be a firefighter. Will things change when the fire truck arrives and Ginnie is asked to help?

Miranda Panda is being very bossy when telling everyone what dress ups to wear to her party. Ginnie is unhappy when given a firefighter's costume. She doesn't feel brave enough to be a firefighter. Will things change when the fire truck arrives and Ginnie is asked to help?

To See and Be Seen considers some of the ideological, aesthetic, pragmatic, institutional, cultural, commercial, environmental, and psychological forces that consciously or otherwise shape the production of news images and subsequently influence their reception. T. J. Thomson examines the expectations, experiences, and reactions of those depicted by visual journalists and considers other relevant factors: How do everyday people perceive cameras and those who operate them?

In his ground-breaking book, Gary Younge argues that we have recoiled into refuges of race or class, religion or national identity to survive in a state seemingly indifferent to our lives. Ranging from his Stevenage childhood to present day America, from the borders of Europe to division in South Africa, Younge explores the issues that bind the powerful elite and the poor immigrant, the fundamentalist and the conservative.

Cyber attacks are a growing problem that’s affecting an increasing number of devices and people. The current numbers are staggering. Hackers create and deploy over 300,000 new malware programs every single day on networks, individual computers, and other devices. And there are nearly half a million ransomware attacks every year.