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Luscious : the belly dance workout for beginners. [videorecording]. by Blanca,(Dancer); Neon,(Dancer); Skinner, Sarah.;
Instructors: Neon, Blanca, Sarah Skinner.Beginners learn the art of bellydancing through step-by-step instruction, focusing on all muscle groups used in the dance steps.DVD, Dolby digital stereophonic.
Subjects: Belly dance; Exercise.; Instructional videos.; Physical fitness.;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Neon girls : a stripper's education in protest and power / by Worley, Jennifer,author.;
A riveting true story of a young woman's days stripping in grunge-era San Francisco where a radical group of dancers banded together to unionize and run the club on their own terms. When graduate student Jenny Worley needed a fast way to earn more money, she found herself at the door of the Lusty Lady Theater in San Francisco, auditioning on a stage surrounded by mirrors, in platform heels, and not much else. So began Jenny's career as a stripper strutting the peepshow stage as her alter-ego "Polly" alongside women called Octopussy and Amnesia. But this wasn't your run-of-the-mill strip club--it was a peepshow populated by free-thinking women who talked feminist theory and swapped radical zines like lipstick. As management's discriminatory practices and the rise of hidden cameras stir up tension among the dancers, Jenny rallies them to demand change. Together, they organize the first strippers' union in the world and risk it all to take over the club and run it as a co-operative. Refusing to be treated as sex objects or disposable labor, they become instead the rulers of their kingdom. Jenny's elation over the Lusty Lady's revolution is tempered by her evolving understanding of the toll dancing has taken on her. When she finally hangs up her heels for good to finish her Ph.D., neither Jenny nor San Francisco are the same--but she and the cadre of wild, beautiful, brave women who run the Lusty Lady come out on top despite it all. A first-hand account as only an insider could tell it, Neon Girls paints a vivid picture of a bygone San Francisco and a fiercely feminist world within the sex industry, asking sharp questions about what keeps women from fighting for their rights, who benefits from capitalizing on desire, and how we can change entrenched systems of power.How a nice girl like me -- Polly -- The daily bump and grind -- Exotic dancers union -- Freelance -- No justice? No piece! -- Seizing the means of production -- Under nude management -- Epilogue: the last dance.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Worley, Jennifer.; Stripteasers; Women labor union members; Labor unions; Nightclubs; Strippers.;
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Surpassing certainty : what my twenties taught me / by Mock, Janet,1983-author.(CARDINAL)406022; Mock, Janet,1983-Redefining realness.;
"Riveting, rousing, and utterly real, Surpassing Certainty is a portrait of a young woman searching for her purpose and place in the world--without a road map to guide her. The journey begins a few months before her twentieth birthday. Janet Mock is adjusting to her days as a first-generation college student at the University of Hawaii and her nights as a dancer at a strip club. Finally content in her body, she vacillates between flaunting and concealing herself as she navigates dating and disclosure, sex and intimacy, and most important, letting herself be truly seen. Under the neon lights of Club Nu, Janet meets Troy, a yeoman stationed at Pearl Harbor naval base, who becomes her first. The pleasures and perils of their union serve as a backdrop for Janet's progression through her early twenties with all the universal growing pains--falling in and out of love, living away from home, and figuring out what she wants to do with her life. Despite her disadvantages, fueled by her dreams and inimitable drive, Janet makes her way through New York City while holding her truth close. She builds a career in the highly competitive world of magazine publishing--within the unique context of being trans, a woman, and a person of color. Long before she became one of the world's most respected media figures and lauded leaders for equality and justice, Janet was a girl taking the time she needed to just be--to learn how to advocate for herself before becoming an advocate for others. As you witness Janet's slow-won success and painful failures, Surpassing Certainty will embolden you, shift the way you see others, and affirm your journey in search of self"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Mock, Janet, 1983-; University of Hawaii (Honolulu); Transgender people; Multiracial people; Young women; African American women; Periodicals; Social advocacy; Self-actualization (Psychology); Transgender people.;
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The 99% invisible city : a field guide to the hidden world of everyday design / by Mars, Roman,author.(CARDINAL)839281; Kohlstedt, Kurt,author.(CARDINAL)837708;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-375) and index.1. Inconspicuous -- Ubiquitous -- Official graffiti: utility codes -- Initialed impressions: sidewalk markings -- Planned failure: breakaway posts -- A little safer: emergency boxes -- Camouflage -- Thornton's scent bottle: stink pipes -- Exhaustive outlets: fake facades -- Catalytic diverters: ventilation buildings -- Neighborhood transformers: electrical substations -- Cellular biology: wireless towers -- Resourceful artifice: production wells -- Accretions -- Seeing stars: anchor plates -- Scarchitecture: urban infill -- Lines of sight: relay nodes -- Thomassons: maintained remains -- Accumulative controversy: love locks -- Spolia of war: constructive reuse -- 2. Conspicuous -- Identity -- Vexillology rules: municipal flags -- Public bodies: civic monuments -- Fonts of knowledge: historical plaques -- Distinguished features: that fancy shape -- Safety -- Mixed signals: traffic lights -- Visibility aids: retroreflective studs -- Checkered past: recognition patterns -- Memorable but meaningless: warning symbols -- Signs of times: shelter markers -- Signage -- Broad strokes: hand-painted graphics -- Tube benders: neon lights -- Sky dancers: inflatable figures -- Outstanding directors: production placards -- Minded businesses: absent advertising -- 3. Infrastructure -- Civic -- Bureaucracy inaction: incidental bridge -- Good delivery: postal service -- Water -- Rounding down: manhole covers -- Upwardly potable: drinking fountains -- Reversing course: waste management -- Circling back: subsurface cisterns -- Apples to oysters: flood mitigation -- Technology -- Fine lines: utility poles -- Alternated currents: power grids -- Moonlight towers: street lights -- Dialed back: electricity meters -- Network effects: internet cables -- Roadways -- Accelerating change: painting centerlines -- Shifting responsibility: blaming jaywalkers -- Key indicators: crash testing -- Cemented divisions: lane separators -- Extra turns: safer intersections -- Circulating logic: rotary junctions -- Incomplete stops: calming traffic -- Reversing gears: changing lanes -- Public -- On verges: interstitial spaces -- Crossing over: pedestrian signals -- Sharrowed routes: cycling lanes -- Congestion costs: easing gridlock -- Extravehicular activities: naked streets -- 4. Architecture -- Liminal -- Imperfect security: locked entries -- Open and shut: revolving doors -- Improved egress: emergency exits -- Materials -- Stolen facades: recycling brick -- Aggregate effects: cracking concrete -- Hybrid solutions: amassing timber -- Regulations -- Secular orders: taxable units -- Formative setbacks: mansard roofs -- Heaven to hell: property limits -- Towers -- Braking good: modern elevators -- Cladding skeletons: curtain walls -- Topping out: skyscraper races -- Unanticipated loads: managing crises -- Perspective matters: redefining skylines -- Beyond above: engineering icons -- Grouped dynamics: street canyons -- Foundations -- Vernacular enclaves: international districts -- Reality checks: service centers -- Approachable ducks: commercial signifiers -- Competitive starchitecture: contrasting additions -- Heritage -- Heathen's gate: overlapping narratives -- Landmark ruling: historic preservation -- Recrowned jewel: complex restoration -- Architectural license: faithless reconstruction -- Unnatural selection: subjective stabilization -- Faded attraction: alluring abandonments -- Runed landscapes: peripheral traces -- Unbuilding codes: premeditated deconstruction --5. Geography -- Delineations -- Points of origin: zero markers -- Edge cases: boundary stones -- Defining moments: standardized time -- Road boosters: national highways -- Configurations -- Rounding errors: Jeffersonian grids -- Unassigned lands: patchwork plans -- Rectilinear revelations: coordinated layouts -- Good eixamples: reconfigured super-blocks -- Standard deviations: growth patterns -- Designations -- Citations needed: informal geonyms -- Hybrid acronames: neighborhood monikers -- Calculated omissions: unlucky numbers -- Deliberated errors: fictitious entries -- Misplaced locations: null island -- Paved ways: Tucson stravenues -- Accessible voids: nameless places -- Landscapes -- Graveyard shifts: pastoral parks -- Trailing spaces: converted greenways -- Courting palms: street trees -- Lawn enforcement: owned backyards -- Lofty treescrapers: ungrounded plants -- Synanthropes -- Naturalized denizens: common squirrels -- Ghost streams: fish stories -- Home to roost: unloved doves -- Raccoon resistance: trash pandas -- Unmanned lands: wildlife corridors -- 6. Urbanism -- Hostilities -- Loved park: dubious skateblockers -- Urine trouble: discouraging spikes -- Obstinate objects: discomforting seats -- Cities of light: dissuasive illumination -- Targeting demographics: disruptive sounds -- Exterior motives: deceptive deterrents -- Interventions -- Guerrilla fixation: unsanctioned shield --- Drawing attention: viral signage -- Asking permission: open hydrants -- Seeking forgiveness: embattled boulders -- Legitimizing action: middle way -- Catalysts -- Ramping up: cutting curbs -- Cycling through: clearing cars -- Driving away: appropriating parklets -- Grafting on: grassroots gardening -- Bumping out: collaborative peacemaking."A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast." --
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Cities and towns; Public works; Design;
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Anora [videorecording] / by Baker, Sean,1971-film director,screenwriter,film producer,editor of moving image work.; Coco, Alex,film producer.; Quan, Samantha,film producer.; Madison, Mikey,actor.; Eydelshteyn, Mark,2002-actor.; Borisov, I͡Uriĭ,1992-actor.; Karagulian, Karren,actor.; Tʻovmasyan, Vachʻe,1986-actor.; Serebri͡akov, Alekseĭ,1964-actor.; Daniels, Drew,cinematographer.; Capalbo, Joseph,composer (expression); Lim, Dennis,1973-writer of accompanying material.(CARDINAL)480811; Janisse, Kier-La,writer of accompanying material.; Cre Film (Firm),production company.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)348269; FilmNation Entertainment (Firm),presenter.(CARDINAL)343575; Neon (Firm),presenter.(CARDINAL)679032;
Disc 1. Feature -- Disc 2. Special features.Director of photography, Drew Daniels ; edited by Sean Baker ; composer, Joseph Capalbo.Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Aleksey Serebryakov.Originally released as a motion picture in 2024.Anora, an enterprising, ferociously foulmouthed Brooklyn erotic dancer and sex worker meets her prince not-so-charming Vanya, a Russian oligarch's wild-child son. After getting assigned to his VIP party because she speaks some Russian, Ani spends a week as his arm candy and the two get married on an impulse. However, she must quickly adjust to the cruel reality of the class divide when his father decides it's time for him to grow up and take his place in the family business, sending his henchmen to annul the marriage and setting off a wild chase through the streets of New York.MPA rating: R; for strong sexual content throughout, graphic nudity, pervasive language, and drug use.Described video in EnglishEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)DVD; NTSC, region 1; wide screen (2.39:1); described video (English); Dolby Digital 5.1.Winner, Academy Award. Best picture ; Best actress (Mikey Madison) ; Best director (Sean Baker) ; Best Original Screenplay (Sean Baker) ; Best Film Editing (Sean Baker), 2025.
Subjects: Feature films.; Fiction films.; Romance films.; Dark comedy films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Stripteasers; Sex workers; Rich people; Russians; Man-woman relationships;
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Anora [videorecording] / by Baker, Sean,1971-film director,screenwriter,film producer,editor of moving image work.; Coco, Alex,film producer.; Quan, Samantha,film producer.; Madison, Mikey,actor.; Eydelshteyn, Mark,2002-actor.; Borisov, I͡Uriĭ,1992-actor.; Karagulian, Karren,actor.; Tʻovmasyan, Vachʻe,1986-actor.; Serebri͡akov, Alekseĭ,1964-actor.; Daniels, Drew,cinematographer.; Capalbo, Joseph,composer (expression); Lim, Dennis,1973-writer of accompanying material.(CARDINAL)480811; Janisse, Kier-La,writer of accompanying material.; Cre Film (Firm),production company.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.(CARDINAL)348269; FilmNation Entertainment (Firm),presenter.(CARDINAL)343575; Neon (Firm),presenter.(CARDINAL)679032;
Disc 1. Feature -- Disc 2. Special features.Cinematographer, Drew Daniels ; edited by Sean Baker ; composer, Joseph Capalbo.Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, Aleksey Serebryakov.Anora, an enterprising, ferociously foulmouthed Brooklyn erotic dancer and sex worker meets her prince not-so-charming Vanya, a Russian oligarch's wild-child son. After getting assigned to his VIP party because she speaks some Russian, Ani spends a week as his arm candy and the two get married on an impulse. However, she must quickly adjust to the cruel reality of the class divide when his father decides it's time for him to grow up and take his place in the family business, sending his henchmen to annul the marriage and setting off a wild chase through the streets of New York.MPA rating: R; for strong sexual content throughout, graphic nudity, pervasive language, and drug use.Described video in EnglishEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)Blu-ray; region A; 1080p High Definition; wide screen (2.39:1); DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0; described video; requires Blu-ray player.Winner, Academy Award. Best picture ; Best actress (Mikey Madison) ; Best director (Sean Baker) ; Best Original Screenplay (Sean Baker) ; Best Film Editing (Sean Baker), 2025.Winner, British Academy Film Awards. Best actress in a leading role (Mikey Madison) ; Best Casting (Sean Baker and Samantha Quan), 2025.
Subjects: Dark comedy films.; Romance films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Stripteasers; Sex workers; Russians; Rich people; Man-woman relationships;
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Luscious [videorecording] the BellyDance workout / by Blanca.; Neon.; Skinner, Sarah.; StratoStream (Firm); World Dance New York (Firm);
Welcome -- Workout structure -- Luscious music + voice cues -- Luscious music only -- Step-by-step tutorial -- Music [text] -- Credits [text] -- Disclaimer [text].Director of photography, Sean Adair.Presented by Neon, Blanca, Sarah Skinner.If this is one of your first steps in bellydance, this program will be a fun introduction to all the basic groups of bellydance moves and transitions. If you are a dancer, it's a great way to practice the core of the bellydance technique and vocabulary through functional drills performed in the context of dance combinations and transitions, creating an extra layer of muscle memory that isolated drills do not provide. It introduces the dance vocabulary in a careful, systematic way and contains an extensive tutorial section breaking down each move used in the workout, covering circles, infinity loops, undulations, shimmies, hipwork, and the body line.DVD; 16:9.
Subjects: DVD-Video discs.; Instructional films.; Belly dance.; Belly dance; Exercise.; Physical fitness.;
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