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Author : Megan Phelps-Roper
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 26,54 MB
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0374715815

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The activist and TED speaker Megan Phelps-Roper reveals her life growing up in the most hated family in America At the age of five, Megan Phelps-Roper began protesting homosexuality and other alleged vices alongside fellow members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. Founded by her grandfather and consisting almost entirely of her extended family, the tiny group would gain worldwide notoriety for its pickets at military funerals and celebrations of death and tragedy. As Phelps-Roper grew up, she saw that church members were close companions and accomplished debaters, applying the logic of predestination and the language of the King James Bible to everyday life with aplomb—which, as the church’s Twitter spokeswoman, she learned to do with great skill. Soon, however, dialogue on Twitter caused her to begin doubting the church’s leaders and message: If humans were sinful and fallible, how could the church itself be so confident about its beliefs? As she digitally jousted with critics, she started to wonder if sometimes they had a point—and then she began exchanging messages with a man who would help change her life. A gripping memoir of escaping extremism and falling in love, Unfollow relates Phelps-Roper’s moral awakening, her departure from the church, and how she exchanged the absolutes she grew up with for new forms of warmth and community. Rich with suspense and thoughtful reflection, Phelps-Roper’s life story exposes the dangers of black-and-white thinking and the need for true humility in a time of angry polarization.

Author : edbarry
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 25,15 MB
Release : 2018-02-09
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1543488889

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In his first full collection, Instagram poet edbarry explores that elusive Venn diagram, where the sacred and profane, the spiritual and erotic overlap. With severe economy, edbarry probes the possibility of sainthood in the suburbs with concision and a fresh directness that springboards poetry from the dusty shelves of academia into your home. His is the poetry of tattoos and public spaces.

Author : Linda Papadopoulos
Publisher : Piatkus
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,3 MB
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0349414130

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Life is full of opportunity for young women, but it's also far more pressured than ever before. Whether it's the proliferation or the homogeneity of images of beauty and success that wallpaper our world, we know what a beautiful woman looks like - and we know what a perfect life looks like too. We live in a world that floods us with expectations about everything - from what we should weigh to what we should wear to how often we should be having sex and how much money we should be making. As a consequence, we begin to feel that we need to tick all these boxes in order to have 'the Perfect Life'. When we inevitably fall short, we feel anxious - we feel that we are failing and have the sense we are losing control. As a result, increasing numbers of young women are battling with issues such as anxiety, low self-esteem, bullying, perfectionism, toxic friendships and relationships, pressure to succeed or conform, and poor body image. At an age when life should be exciting, fun and relatively care-free, more and more young women are adrift and struggling. Dr Linda Papadopoulos understands the issues and has the experience to guide and support young women to help get their lives back on track so they can feel happier, more confident, more in control. Unfollow: Living life on your own terms offers valuable insight and practical self-help to empower women to throw off the burden of expectation and start leading the lives they want to lead.

Author : Jill Louise Busby
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,99 MB
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1635577128

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An intimate, impertinent, and incisive collection about race, progress, and hypocrisy from Jill Louise Busby, aka Jillisblack. Jill Louise Busby spent years in the nonprofit sector specializing in Diversity & Inclusion. She spoke at academic institutions, businesses, and detention centers on the topics of Race, Power, and Privilege and delivered over two-hundred workshops to nonprofit organizations all over the California Bay Area. In 2016, fed up with what passed as progressive in the Pacific Northwest, Busby uploaded a one-minute video about race, white institutions, and faux liberalism to Instagram. The video received millions of views across social platforms. As her pithy persona Jillisblack became an "it-voice" weighing in on all things race-based, Jill began to notice parallels between her performance of "diversity" in the white corporate world and her performance of "wokeness" for her followers. Both, she realized, were scripted. Unfollow Me is a memoir-in-essays about these scripts; it's about tokenism, micro-fame, and inhabiting spaces-real and virtual, black and white-where complicity is the price of entry. Busby's social commentary manages to be both wryly funny and achingly open-hearted as she recounts her shape-shifting moves among the subtle hierarchies of progressive communities. Unfollow Me is a sharply personal and self-questioning critique of white fragility (and other words for racism), respectability politics (and other words for shame), and all the places where fear masquerades as progress.

Author : Terri Trespicio
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 10,13 MB
Release : 2023-01-03
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1982169257

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One of the Best Feel-Good Books of 2021 by The Washington Post A hilarious and honest not-quite-self-help book in the vein of Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies and I Used to Have a Plan. Every person on the planet wants their life to mean something. The problem is that you’ve been told there’s only one way to find that meaning. In Unfollow Your Passion, Terri Trespicio—whose TEDx talk has more than six million views—questions everything you think you need: passion (fun, but fleeting), plans (flimsy at best), and a bucket list (eye roll), to name a few. Instead, she shows you how (and why) to flip society, culture, and the #patriarchy the bird so you can live life on your terms. Trespicio effortlessly guides you through her method of unhooking yourself from other people’s agendas, boning up on the skills to move you forward, and exploring your own creativity, memory, and intuition to unlock your unique path to meaning—while also confronting the challenges that stop you in your tracks, like boredom, loss, and fear. Unfollow Your Passion is a fresh and fearless “must-read for anyone looking for a more meaningful life” (Mel Robbins, author of The 5 Second Rule).

Author : Aditya
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 14,92 MB
Release : 2018-10-25
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1644295849

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Financial independence gives you the confidence to live your dreams. As you work towards it, you will encounter numerous ‘financial traps’. They appear to be the right paths but are quicksand. This book not only talks about some of these financial traps and how to avoid them but also guides you to diligently save and invest so you can become financially independent. If all it takes is an hour to learn, then it's an awesome deal...isn't it?

Author : Rob Williams
Publisher : Vertigo
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 15,27 MB
Release : 2017-08-08
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1401279740

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Writer Rob Williams and artist Michael Dowling are joined by guest artists Simon Gane and Javier Pulido to bring their provocative take on social networking to its shocking conclusion in UNFOLLOW VOL. 3: TURN IT OFF. When Internet billionaire Larry Ferrell announced that he was giving away his entire fortune to 140 random users of his Headspace app, it seemed like a dream come true. But for the people who were chosen, it soon became a nightmare. Ferrell’s only condition was that if any of the 140 died, their share of the money would be immediately redistributed to those left alive. The result was carnage. The survivors—both hunters and hunted alike—scattered across the globe. Some went into hiding, some sought protection from mercenaries, and many found sanctuary in cult author Akira’s secure compound on Yakushima Island. But Akira’s haven became a hell on Earth when the half-sane artist unveiled his own death-fueled plan for digital immortality. In the fiery aftermath, his posthumous Akira app is poised to steal the world’s attention away from Ferrell’s 140 experiment. Now, two competing visions for the planet’s future are about to go to war—and the last of Ferrell’s unlucky winners are trapped between them. After a final bloody showdown in the jungle, the ultimate social media alpha will be revealed—but will any of the 140 escape? And if so, what kind of world will they return to? Collects issues #13-18 of the acclaimed Vertigo series.

Author : Rob Williams
Publisher : Vertigo
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 43,31 MB
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1401275923

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DOWN FOR THE COUNT Larry Ferrell died as he lived-changing the world. As the legendary founder of the social network Headspace, which connects nearly everyone on the planet, Ferrell gave away his entire fortune on his deathbed-18 billion dollars, evenly divided between 140 randomly selected strangers. With the money came one simple condition: if any of the recipients dies, their shares are automatically redistributed to those still alive. The result? Kidnappings. ÒAccidents.Ó Murder. Slowly but surely, the 140 are dwindling, and no one-not the rich and famous socialite, not the strangely prescient guru, not the tough-as-nails reporter-is safe. But death is not the end that it might seem to be. Behind this sinister experiment is a secret that Ferrell kept from everybody, including those responsible for the 140 program-and now all the masks are about to come off. Collecting issues #7-12 of the acclaimed Vertigo series, UNFOLLOW VOL. 2: GOD IS WATCHING brings a new level of savage insight to Rob Williams and Mike DowlingÕs razor-sharp thriller, with special appearances from guest artists Marguerite Sauvage and Ryan Kelly.

Author : Rob Williams
Publisher : Vertigo
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 34,54 MB
Release : 2016-05-04
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN :

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Courtney is the 'It' girl of the 140 List: an heiress with looks, brains and all the attitude. And now, she's got her very own hit reality TV show. So what puts the 'curt' in Courtney? Why does she hate her father so much? And who is the mystery girl in the next room? Featuring art by Marguerite Sauvage (DC COMICS: BOMBSHELLS, SENSATION COMICS FEATURING WONDER WOMAN).

Author : Charlotte Duckworth
Publisher : Crooked Lane Books
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 32,62 MB
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1643853937

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This domestic thriller is a “timely, page-turner of a novel” that examines the terrifying depths of our social media obsessions (Araminta Hall, author of Our Kind of Cruelty) You can't stop watching her. Violet Young is a hugely popular journalist-turned-mummy-influencer, with three children, a successful husband and a million subscribers on YouTube who tune in daily to watch her everyday life unfold. Until the day she's no longer there. But one day she disappears from the online world—her entire social media presence deleted overnight, with no explanation. Has she simply decided that baring her life to all online is no longer a good idea, or has something more sinister happened to Violet? But do you really know who Violet is? Her fans are obsessed with finding out the truth, but their search quickly reveals a web of lies, betrayal, and shocking consequences . . .