Antigone rising helen morales5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() "Engaging and well-researched, this book reveals how canonical narratives that appear to uphold (white) patriarchy can be reclaimed to benefit the very groups that patriarchy attempts to suppress. ![]() "Recommended for those who like their feminism well-researched, unapologetic, and unafraid of a dirty joke as well as to all who've struggled to see themselves reflected in history."- Booklist Through these stories, whether it's Antigone's courageous stand against tyranny or the indestructible Caeneus, who inspires trans and gender queer people today, Morales uncovers hidden truths about solidarity, empowerment, and catharsis.Īntigone Rising offers a fresh understanding of the stories we take for granted, showing how we can reclaim them to challenge the status quo, spark resistance, and rail against unjust regimes. Many of today's harmful practices, like school dress codes, exploitation of the environment, and rape culture, have their roots in the ancient world.īut in Antigone Rising, classicist Helen Morales reminds us that the myths have subversive power because they are told - and read - in different ways. ![]() The picture of classical antiquity most of us learned in school is framed in certain ways - glossing over misogyny while omitting the seeds of feminist resistance. A witty, inspiring reckoning with the ancient Greek and Roman myths and their legacy, from what they can illuminate about #MeToo to the radical imagery of Beyoncé. ![]()
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Don't Feed the Fairies by Eileen Gormley5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Use sterilised tongs to put the sterilised teat, retaining lid and cap out on the lid of the steriliser.Put the sterilised bottle on the work surface.Clean and sterilise all the equipment, including bottle, teats, lids, retaining rings, caps and the scoop that comes with the formula. ![]()
![]() ![]() And, in a world where story is reality and illusion is truth, Loulie will discover that everything-her enemy, her magic, even her own past-is not what it seems, and she must decide who she will become in this new reality. Aided by her bodyguard, who has secrets of his own, they must survive ghoul attacks, outwit a vengeful jinn queen, and confront a malicious killer from Loulie's past. With no choice but to obey or be executed, Loulie journeys with the sultan's oldest son to find the artifact. When she saves the life of a cowardly prince, she draws the attention of his powerful father, the sultan, who blackmails her into finding an ancient lamp that has the power to revive the barren land-at the cost of sacrificing all jinn. ![]() Loulie al-Nazari is the Midnight Merchant: a criminal who, with the help of her jinn bodyguard, hunts and sells illegal magic. ![]() Inspired by stories from One Thousand and One Nights, this book weaves together the gripping tale of a legendary smuggler, a cowardly prince, and a dangerous quest across the desert to find a legendary, magical lamp. ![]() The strain comic series5/23/2023 ![]() And he does a pretty good job.Ī Boeing 777 lands in New York but most of the passengers are dead. ![]() Too bad because I’d pay good money to see that.ĭel Toro, who directed several horror movies as well as the critically acclaimed but extremely gruesome Pan’s Labyrinth, apparently was tired of the vampires being castrated by hordes of adoring teenage girls and set out to make them monsters again. A six foot stinger/sucker thing flies out, and it zaps that silly girl right in a major artery and drains her dry in about twenty seconds while parasitic worms take over her corpse and turn her into a mindless bloodsucking meatbag.Īnd that is why Guillermo Del Toro will never direct one of the Twilight movies. Suddenly Edward’s head flips back and his throat opens up like he just became a Pez dispenser. ![]() Imagine that you’re reading one of those Twilight books as Edward is whispering chaste sweet nothings into Bella’s ear, and it was oh-so-romantic-and-couldn’t-you-just-die-OMG-OMG-OMG. ![]() The dunwich horror and other stories5/22/2023 ![]() Henry Armitage (Begley) to lock it back in its case. The Dunwich Horror begins with Wilbur Whateley (Decker) asking to look at the Necronomicon after following Nancy Wagner (Dee) to the library where she has been tasked by her professor, Dr. Armitage) and Dean Stockwell as student of the occult Wilbur Whateley who wishes to bring back “the old ones” with the help of Necronomicon. ![]() It also stars Sandra Dee as college coed Nancy Wagner (a student of Dr. Henry Armitage, a philosophy professor and expert on matters regarding the occult (and the dreaded tome the Necronomicon). Lovecraft story of the same name (written in 1928 and first published in the April issue of Weird Tales in 1929) stars Ed Begley as Dr. This 1970 fright flick based (with a few creative liberties) on the H.P. If a Whateley offers you Tea… DON’T DRINK IT!!! A Review of 1970s The Dunwich Horror ![]() Jocko willink ownership5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() I am the senior man on the battlefield, and I am responsible for everything that happens, everything. Then I told them that there was only one person at fault for what had happened. It was only through a miracle that no one else was killed. “When it was over, and the fog of war lifted, one friendly Iraqi solider was dead, two more were wounded. This fire fight tragically was between us and us. This fire fight … It wasn’t between us, and the enemy. In that fog of war, through a series of mistakes, and human error, and poor judgment, and Murphy’s Law and just plain bad luck, a horrendous fire fight broke out. ![]() “And then, the fog of war rolled in with its confusion and chaos, and mayhem, and with its gunfire, and enemy attacks, and screaming men, and blood, and death. We had US Army soldiers, and US Marines, along with small elements of my seal team. We had multiple units out on the battlefield, fighting the enemy. During an operation that I was in charge of, when all hell broke loose. It teaches you lessons that you will not forget. But war is also an incredible teacher, a brutal teacher. It is indifferent, and devastating, and evil. ![]() Thread of Revenge by Elizabeth Goddard5/22/2023 ![]() So that’s one suggestion, my tip, for you on how to make a few things become reality.Īs for the “word for the year”-what I believe God is speaking to me-it’s not something I usually pray about or think about too hard. (Only book ideas become book babies, I’m talking about everything else.) That’s true for most everything else on my to do list. ![]() Every single book idea I’ve written on my to do list has eventually come into this world as a book baby-ahem-a published novel on sale at stores. Something I’ve learned through experience is that if I write it down, it has a better chance of happening. But not something we could hold onto or make a reality. ![]() Maybe you’re in the middle of something big and the new year doesn’t feel like anything but the passing of time much too quickly, but you CAN make it a fresh start.įor most of us, those resolutions go to the side of the road within a week or two as we make our journey through life. I LOVE new beginnings! That’s my perspective on the new year. I confess that I belong to all of those groups. ![]() ![]() Are you one of those people who starts out the new year with resolutions or goals or even one word you believe God has for you? ![]() An American Marriage by Tayari Jones5/22/2023 ![]() Jones was born and raised in Cascade Heights, Atlanta, by her parents Mack and Barbara Jones, who both participated in the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Jones was Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-large at Cornell University before becoming Charles Howard Candler Professor of Creative Writing at Emory University. She is currently a member of the English faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences at Emory University, and recently returned to her hometown of Atlanta after a decade in New York City. ![]() Jones is a graduate of Spelman College, the University of Iowa, and Arizona State University. Tayari Jones (born November 30, 1970) is an American author and academic known for An American Marriage, which was a 2018 Oprah's Book Club Selection, and won the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction. ![]() West side story by irving shulman5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() They could move over to Central Park and look for a drunk they could roll because there were a couple of men in the Jets who needed watches. ![]() There were a couple of things they could do. It was all right for juniors like Baby-John to hang around and wait for orders, but nightly he had to show the Jets that he could keep them as busy and as important as Tony had when that missing person was planning their scene. But all day he had been feeling restless, itching and aching to get started, to get the Jets off their ass and into action. Once daylight-saving time was in effect, the action had to start later, after it was really dark. ![]() Riff Lorton looked at the wristwatch he had rolled off a drunk the week before, saw it was about nine o’clock, and groaned because most of the night was still ahead. ![]() Lights Out by R.L. Stine5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() While packing away all of the toys from his childhood days before his 14th birthday, Dylan Pierce (Shia LaBeouf) is haunted by a strange little boy (played alternately by Dylan and Cole Sprouse) who turns out to be Dylan's favourite childhood doll come to life - and he's not willing to let his human friend go. ![]() Lure living children in by making their friends and families forget Of children who have been forgotten by their friends and families - and Just moved into a new house where the basement is haunted by the ghosts Episodes No.ĭanielle Warner (Amanda Bynes) along with her brother, Peter Warner, and the rest of her family, have or you might find yourself in The Nightmare Room. A whirling merry-go-round that never stops, spinning faster and faster, taking you on a frightening ride. ![]() The world becomes a carnival of shocks and chills. ![]() When the lights fade and the moon rises, anything can happen. ![]() |