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Etsy is an online marketplace where hundreds of thousands of crafters from over 150 countries pay to post their handmade wares. It’s a way for us to set ourselves apart from traditional media, and highlight the innovative things people are doing to make this world a more palatable place.īut what about criticism, parody, and a little bit of harsh truth? Do these things necessarily deconstruct positive communities?Īpril Winchell, editor-in-chief of clever, cutting, thinks otherwise. ![]() One of the guidelines issued to new Gumbooters when we are coerced happily volunteer to write for this publication is to always play nice: while we don’t typically down a valium-vodka cocktail and proclaim that everything is sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows (we save that for the Christmas party), we are committed to keeping the nay-saying firmly in check. 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Peggy Schuyler has always felt like she's existed in the shadows of her beloved sisters: the fiery, intelligent Angelica and beautiful, sweet Eliza. But it's in the throes of a chaotic war that Peggy finds herself a central figure amid Loyalists and Patriots, spies and traitors, friends and family. Perfect for fans of the smash musical sensation Drawing from historical journals and letters,īestselling author Laura Elliot weaves a richly detailed tale about the extraordinary Peggy Schuyler and her revolutionary friendship with Alexander Hamilton. ![]() ![]() ![]() Overwhelmed by feelings of shame and embarrassment, he devoted himself almost obsessively to the physical therapy with which he hoped to rebuild his strength and reclaim the life he had lost. 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In October of 2017 cocky, alpha-male Irishman, Colin Campbell, Sergeant in Charge of the Special Assault Unit of the University of Virginia Campus Police Force, dove in front of a bullet meant for a University of Virginia student. Book Title: Love’s Glory (Revolutionary Heart series)Ĭover Artist: Robin Vuchnich / ![]() ![]() She shines a light not only on blatant discrimination, but also the more insidious, institutional behaviours that marginalise women around the world, in order to help readers of all walks of life better understand the often masked realities of sexual politics. ![]() With humour and levity, here Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century – one rooted in inclusion and awareness. What does “feminism” mean today? That is the question at the heart of We Should All Be Feminists, a personal, eloquently-argued essay – adapted from her much-viewed Tedx talk of the same name – by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the award-winning author of ‘Americanah' and ‘Half of a Yellow Sun'. ![]() A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of 'Americanah' and 'Half of a Yellow Sun', based on her 2013 TEDTalks of the same name. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lakshmi faces an unbelievable fate: she has been sold into child prostitution. Instead she brings young Lakshmi to happiness house in India. What she doesn’t know is, that her new Auntie Bimla never intended to find her a job as a maid. With the picture of gaining enough money to buy a tin roof Lakshmi willingly agrees and is thankful that she can help her Ama. After a especially rainy monsoon that washed away all of the family’s crops Lakshmi’s stepfather tells her that she’ll have to go to the city and find a job as a maid to support the family. Nonetheless she and her mother excel at finding the simple pleasures in live even if the step father gambles away all their money every night… A bad man is better than no man. She lives together with her mother, stepfather, a small goat and a small baby brother in a hut that can not protect them from the rain. ![]() Lakshmi is a thirteen years old “hill girl” from a small mountain village in rural Nepal. ![]() ![]() ![]() I love that her physical appearance is barely mentioned, except for the muscles she builds as she ventures out of the cubicle and into the farmer’s market. Sourdough features that most elusive of creatures: a female protagonist who behaves like a normal human being, who is not defined by her relationships with others, and who instigates her own adventures. (Its successor comes in solid form: “Market research indicates people associate liquid superfood with pessimistic science fiction.”) The robot arm that Lois works on is called the Vitruvian. There’s a food substitute called Slurry, available in convenient pouches. ![]() Words you will encounter while reading: pareidolia, proprioception, botrytis, molybdoenzymes. Big questions about how much we should embrace change and what’s worth holding on to. A hidden subculture with valuable secrets. A main character with endless intellectual curiosity, but without a 5-year or even a 1-year plan. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, it’s about many things: an undefined future that’s a lot like the present, but with cooler technology and subtle changes in society that have evolved as a result. Like Sloan’s other books, the self-published novella Annabel Scheme and his previous novel Mr. ![]() But that makes the book sound more whimsical than it is. The story involves a robotics engineer who receives an unusual and possibly sentient sourdough starter that sets her off on a baking journey. “Reading anything good?” “ Sourdough by Robin Sloan.” “What’s it about?” ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fighting wave after wave of hybrids, she taunted Cheetah into coming out and, while fighting her, begged her to find the island of Themyscira, that had recently gone of the charts. Reaching a rocky peak filled with dozens of these man/hyena hybrids, Diana asked their "goddess" for help, triggering them to actually rush towards her. Progressing through, she comes across quite a macabre altar, composed of various animals' bones, being followed by weirder humanoid figures, with glowing red eyes and long claws. Wonder Woman, apparently searching for Cheetah, goes through the jungle, followed by lurking indigenous natives. Banakane rainforest, Dkarango Region, Bwunda ![]() ![]() He was smartly dressed in a suit and had thinning gray hair with a yellowish tinge. Brian was a red-faced man in his sixties with a walking stick for his bad leg. ![]() We were in Sheehan’s, a pub in Dun Laoghaire that wasn’t far from where I worked at the time in Dublin. I had met Brian for the first time only an hour earlier. I had never been asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement in the bathroom of a pub before, so it came as something of a relief to discover that this was all that Brian was asking me to do. The following is an excerpt from Stuff Matters, by Mark Miodownik. Used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Normal metals have enormous numbers of dislocations which overlap and intersect. This sketch by Mark Miodownik shows only a few dislocations to make them easy to see. ![]() |