5/13/2023 0 Comments Capitalist realism by mark fisher![]() ![]() The book’s call to find a way to pull up the shutters on this oppressive and blinkered worldview – which Fisher argued pervades not just economic thinking, but the way we experience culture, the parameters of our imagination, and even our own mental health – remains a key reference point for progressive thinkers and activists. ![]() At the centre of cultural theorist Mark Fisher’s best known publication, Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? is a terrifyingly simple proposition: that as the 21st century dawned, it was easier to imagine the end of the world than it was to imagine the end of capitalism.Ĭapitalist Realism, published just after the banking meltdown of 2008, articulated the fear that the global consensus around market-led, lightly regulated economics and international trade (aka neoliberalism) was here to stay, despite its glaring failure to deliver prosperity for (most) people or the planet. ![]()
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![]() ![]() He just knows too many random things about Sutton. ![]() That's probably not the case but it would have been interesting. Becky is unhinged and the real Sutton hadn't taken the news well about Ted being her real grandfather. Apparently, Becky was disturbed and a wild child and she ran away from home and came back pregnant. Meaning he's actually Sutton's and Emma's biological grandfather! The woman he was with was Sutton's and Emma's biological mother, Becky!ī. Mercer is cleared near the end when he comes clean about everything:Ī. Laurel is cleared halfway when Emma discovers she spent all night at the hospital with Thayer and Mr. He might have killed Sutton to try to hide an alleged affair. She might have flown in a jealous rage after Thayer was hit by an unknown person and killed Sutton. Hide and Seek, the fourth book in The Lying Game series has three suspects on who killed Sutton. ![]() ![]() ![]() Many Dutch and English settlers, including religious dissenters like the Puritans, came to the states now known as New England, while French colonists settled in Canada and the Louisiana territory. Charles II restored the English monarchy after Cromwell's death in 1658.Įuropeans migrated to North America in large numbers. One of the seventeenth century's greatest conflicts was the English Civil War, which led to the beheading of King Charles I and the establishment of a Commonwealth government headed by the strict Puritan Oliver Cromwell. Groups like the Puritans and Quakers pushed for religious reforms. By the end of the century, most people stopped believing in witches. Many innocent people were accused of witchcraft and put to death in both Europe and America. In the seventeenth century, people still feared witches. ![]() This page lists historical novels for young adult readers set in seventeenth-century Europe and North America. Young Adult Historical Novels: The Seventeenth Century ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Little women orchard house![]() ![]() Women describe the toll it took remaining smiling and optimistic in the face of so much tragedy, and how PTSD is not limited to combat veterans. We hear the stories of some of these women, and how women's roles in Vietnam reflected the gender norms of the era. From the Red Cross volunteers who boosted morale to the nurses who treated injuries, women were a major part of soldiers' experience of the war. Audiences will hear interviews with Eleanor Roosevelt’s granddaughter, a woman who ran a secret school for girls in Afghanistan under the Taliban and the astounding journey of one of Latin America’s most popular politicians.Īlongside the army of men on the front lines of conflict was an army of women in support roles. The BBC World Service presents this new edition of its Witness program to celebrate women’s lives and stories. Lyse Doucet hosts this hour-long exploration of how young women around the world perceive news coverage - and which stories they think the media is missing. ![]() ![]() Please click on each program for additional airdates and information. KQED is proud to celebrate Women's History Month in March with a special TV and radio programming lineup. ![]() NASA astronaut Yvonne Cagle greets young fan at Novato Space Festival (Madame Mars: Women and the Quest for Worlds Beyond) (Jan Millapps) ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Herbert lemon malamander![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And the town legend of the Malamander - a part-fish, part-human monster whose egg is said to make dreams come true - is rearing its scaly head. The trouble is, Violet is being pursued at that moment by a strange hook-handed man. It seems that Violet Parma, a fearless girl around his age, lost her parents at the hotel when she was a baby, and she’s sure that the nervous Herbert is the only person who can help her find them. Inside, young Herbert Lemon, Lost and Founder for the hotel, has an unexpected visitor. It’s winter in the town of Eerie-on-Sea, where the mist is thick and the salt spray is rattling the windows of the Grand Nautilus Hotel. A quirky, creepy fantasy set in Eerie-on-Sea finds a colorful cast of characters in hot pursuit of a sea monster thought to convey a surprising gift. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments The last superstition![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s not clear why four-leaf clovers came to mean good luck. There’s even a word for fear of the number thirteen, called triskaidekaphobia. In early Christian and Nordic traditions, the 13th guest at a table is the one who will bring the whole group down. The number that comes after 12 would be regarded as imperfect or defiled. In some religious traditions, “12” is regarded as the perfect number. Looking into a broken mirror would result in a distorted reflection, which would indicate tragedy or bad luck ahead. Looking at your own reflection wasn’t just a way to check yourself out - in ancient cultures, consulting a mirror was a way to consult the future. Walking under ladders is seen to be an act of defiance and an invitation to bad luck. Cultures such as the ancient Egyptians found triangles to be sacred, and walking under a ladder disrupts the perfect triangle shape. When ladders are in use, they create a triangle shape. Interestingly, some cultures believe that black cats are a sign of good luck. In German tradition it’s believed that a black cat crossing your path from left to right is a sign of bad news and death in the near future. At some point, black cats became associated with evil forces and shape-shifting witches. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Ann bannon beebo brinker![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That is why a play like The Beebo Brinker Chronicles should be hailed for the triumph that it is.īased on a series of lesbian pulp fiction novels written between 19, by iconic novelist Ann Bannon, the Beebo Brinker Chronicles was adapted for the stage in 2009 by playwrights Kate Moira Ryan and Linda S. Women’s histories, experiences and stories remain largely unexplored. Meaning that 80% of the stories told upon the stage (even those with female leads,) are told from a male perspective. ![]() In America 60% of theatre audiences are female, yet only 20% of all plays produced are written by women. And if women in general have been relegated to the footnotes, then lesbians have typically been omitted and erased altogether. Women’s works and deeds have most often been co-opted by males or referenced only in the footnotes of historical documentation. Woolf’s quote has been adapted to read, “For most of history, Anonymous was a woman,” and epitomizes the place of women’s stories in the telling of our history. In 1929, British novelist Virginia Woolf, ran her fingers along the spines of the books in her library wondering why no woman in Shakespeare’s era had written “ a word of that extraordinary literature when every other man, it seemed, was capable of song or sonnet.” She concluded, “ Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.” ![]() ![]() Increasing Personal Efficiency Russell H. Self-Help Samuel Smiles Help from the outside may be convenient, but it enfeebles all self-help invigorates. ![]() Creed And Deed Felix Adler It is indeed, in itself, a monument of the power of self-help in man. Historical Examples The vain attempt does but keep us from that which is more needful, active exertion and strenuous efforts at self-help. This group is also for readers to discuss the controversial topics explored in The Underground Knowledge Series – which includes the non-fiction books Genius Intelligence, Antigravity Propulsion & Medical Industrial Complex – written by James Morcan & Lance Morcan. All you need is an enquiring mind, an interest in the world we live in and a desire to learn or share “underground knowledge”. ![]() Underground Knowledge - A discussion group This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Alanna the song of the lioness![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Her principal rivals are classmate Ralon of Malven, and Jonathan's kinsman Duke Roger, who becomes the chief antagonist in the final book. Throughout the four novels Alanna befriends George, the king of the thieves the scholar Sir Myles of Olau senior students Gareth (Gary) of Naxen, Raoul of Goldenlake, and Prince Jonathan of Conté Princess Thayet of Sarain Liam Ironarm, a martial-arts champion and Buriram (Buri) Tourakom, Thayet's bodyguard. Series Synopsis: Noblewoman Alanna of Trebond, disguised as the boy "Alan," exchanges places with her twin brother Thom, to go to the royal palace in the city of Corus to train for knighthood, while Thom studies magic. Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce ( Published: September 1988 by Atheneum) ( Amazon / Goodreads ) The Woman Who Rides Like a Man by Tamora Pierce ( Published 1986 by Atheneum) ( Amazon / Goodreads ) In the Hand of the Goddess by Tamora Pierce ( Published 1984 by Atheneum) ( Amazon / Goodreads ) Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce ( Published 1983 by Atheneum) ( Amazon / Goodreads ) ![]() 5/12/2023 0 Comments Waiting for Willa by Dorothy Eden![]() ![]() Don’t say, doesn’t it always, because this one is different. ![]() I must tell you that a situation has developed. That was why, after reading her apparently happy letter, Grace had felt the shock of the last brief paragraph Īll the same. Though only Grace knew the tension that lay beneath Willa’s gaiety and her uniform of eccentric hair styles and daring clothes. She was very different from herself, Grace thought, with her sober ways. Willa, with her skinny body and sharp eager face, had always wanted to be larger than life, so she made all the events with which she was associated subjects of exaggerated importance. The people she had met, the parties she had been to, the kind of food the Swedes ate, even the weather-it was all treated with drama. The first page was Willa’s account of life in Stockholm written in her usual compulsive way. In any case Grace almost knew it by heart. It was too late to read Willa’s letter again. THE SOMBER SWEDISH COUNTRYSIDE tipped beneath the wings of the plane, endless spruce forests lighted at intervals by autumn-tinted birches, outcrops of rocks like bare bones, small dark-red houses that looked as if they had been dropped haphazardly into the forest. ![]() |