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The male gazed : on hunks, heartthrobs, and what pop culture taught me about (desiring) men / by Betancourt, Manuel(Writer),author.(CARDINAL)814751; Betancourt, Manuel(Writer).Once upon a dream.; Betancourt, Manuel(Writer).Wrestling heartthrobs.; Betancourt, Manuel(Writer).Hombres.; Betancourt, Manuel(Writer).Pink armor.; Betancourt, Manuel(Writer).Of capes and men.; Betancourt, Manuel(Writer).Walk like a loaded man.; Betancourt, Manuel(Writer).Laws of desire.; Betancourt, Manuel(Writer).Balls out.; Betancourt, Manuel(Writer).Into the future.; Betancourt, Manuel(Writer).A cock in a frock.;
Once upon a dream -- Wrestling heartthrobs -- Hombres -- Pink armor -- Of capes and men -- Walk like a loaded man -- Laws of desire -- Balls out -- Into the future -- A cock in a frock."Manuel Betancourt has long lustfully coveted masculinity--in part because he so lacked it. As a child in Bogota, Colombia, he grew up with the social pressure to appear strong, manly, and, ultimately, straight. And yet in the films and television he avidly watched, Betancourt saw glimmers of different possibilities. From the stars of telenovelas and the princes of Disney films to pop sensation Ricky Martin and teen heartthrobs in shows like Saved By the Bell, he continually found himself asking: Do I want him or do I want to be him? The Male Gazed grapples with the thrall of masculinity, examining its frailty and its attendant anxieties even as it focuses on its erotic potential. Masculinity, Betancourt suggests, isn't suddenly ripe for deconstruction--or even outright destruction--amid so much talk about its inherent toxicity. Looking back over decades' worth of pop culture's attempts to codify and reframe what men can be, wear, do, and desire, this book establishes that to gaze at men is still a subversive act."--
Subjects: Essays.; Biographies.; Betancourt, Manuel (Writer); Gay men; Masculinity in popular culture.; Masculinity.; Gay men.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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For brown girls with sharp edges and tender hearts : a love letter to women of color / by Mojica Rodríguez, Prisca Dorcas,1985-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 251-256)."For generations, women of color have had to push against powerful forces of sexism, racism, and classism in this country, and too often, they have felt that they had to face these challenges alone. Through her writing, her activism, and through founding Latina Rebels, Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez fought to create community to help women fight together. Now her new book For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts offers wisdom and a liberating path forward for all fellow Brown girls. Her new book addresses a range of issues: How can Brown girls survive, and thrive, in spaces that were never meant for us? How do we feel pride when we're forced to code-switch? How can we deal with our own imposter syndrome? How do we free ourselves from internalized racism, when it comes to colorism within our communities? And what does it mean to decolonize our worldview? Chapter by chapter, Mojica Rodríguez not only defines these terms, she crafts powerful new ways to address these challenges. She defies "universal" white narratives by telling her own stories. She gives readers access to the knowledge that changed her life and powered her activism. Too often Brown girls have had to strive and climb and force themselves into predominantly white spaces that were never built for them. Here Mojica Rodríguez crafts a love letter and a manifesto to Brown girls, guiding them toward women who have innovated a sense of pride and sisterhood when the dominant community has failed them. In the end, this timely and urgent book energizes a movement with essential tools to help women speak up and make change. May it spark a fire within you"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Mojica Rodríguez, Prisca Dorcas, 1985-; Nicaraguan American women; Racism; Minority women; Nicaraguan Americans; Indigenous peoples; Immigrant students; Christian women; Coming of age.; Racism.;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 13
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The mental load : a feminist comic / by Emma(Illustrator),author,illustrator.(CARDINAL)793447; Dimitrijevic, Una,translator.(CARDINAL)794751;
You should've asked -- Violence of the oppressed -- The story of my friend C -- The male gaze -- Show me that bosom -- The wonderful tale of mohamed -- The wait -- Work! -- Check your pussy! -- Just another guy from the hood -- Chill out -- The holidays.In her first book of comic strips, Emma reflects on social and feminist issues by means of simple line drawings, dissecting the mental load, i.e. all that invisible and unpaid organizing, list-making and planning women do to manage their lives, and the lives of their family members. Most of us carry some form of mental load--about our work, household responsibilities, financial obligations and personal life; but what makes up that burden and how it's distributed within households and understood in offices is not always equal or fair. In her strips Emma deals with themes ranging from maternity leave (it is not a vacation!), domestic violence, the clitoris, the violence of the medical world on women during childbirth, and other feminist issues, and she does so in a straightforward way that is both hilarious and deadly serious.. If you're not laughing, you're probably crying in recognition. Emma's comics also address the everyday outrages and absurdities of immigrant rights, income equality, and police violence.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Humorous comics.; Nonfiction comics.; Comics (Graphic works); Women; Feminism; Sex role; Sexual division of labor; Women.; Womyn.; Feminism.; Women's movement.; Gender roles.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The country of the blind : a memoir at the end of sight / by Leland, Andrew,author.(CARDINAL)871258;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-325) and index."A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author's transition from sightedness to blindness and his quest to learn all he can about blindness as a distinct and rich culture all its own. We meet Andrew Leland as he's suspended in the strange liminal state of the soon-to-be blind: He's midway through his life with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that ushers those who live with it from complete sightedness to complete blindness over a period of years, even decades. He grew up with full vision, but starting in his teenage years, his sight began to degrade from the outside in, such that he now sees the world as if through a narrow tube. Soon-but without knowing exactly when-he will likely have no vision left. Full of apprehension but also dogged curiosity, Leland embarks on a sweeping exploration of the state of being that awaits him: not only the physical experience of blindness but also its language, internal debates, politics, and customs. He also negotiates his changing relationships with his wife and son, and with his own sense of self, as he moves from sighted to semi-sighted to blind, from his mainstream, "typical" life to one with a disability. Part memoir, part historical and cultural investigation, The Country of the Blind represents Leland's determination not to merely survive this transition, but to grow from it-to seek out and revel in that which makes blindness enlightening. His story reveals essential lessons for all of us, from accepting uncertainty and embracing change to connecting with others across difference. Thought-provoking and brimming with warmth and humor, The Country of the Blind is at once a deeply personal journey and an intellectually exhilarating tour of a way of being that most of us have never paused to consider-and from which we have much to learn."--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Leland, Andrew.; People with visual disabilities; Blind people;
Available copies: 29 / Total copies: 31
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The country of the blind [large print] : a memoir at the end of sight / by Leland, Andrew,author.(CARDINAL)871258;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-402) and index."A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author's transition from sightedness to blindness and his quest to learn all he can about blindness as a distinct and rich culture all its own. We meet Andrew Leland as he's suspended in the strange liminal state of the soon-to-be blind: He's midway through his life with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that ushers those who live with it from complete sightedness to complete blindness over a period of years, even decades. He grew up with full vision, but starting in his teenage years, his sight began to degrade from the outside in, such that he now sees the world as if through a narrow tube. Soon-but without knowing exactly when-he will likely have no vision left. Full of apprehension but also dogged curiosity, Leland embarks on a sweeping exploration of the state of being that awaits him: not only the physical experience of blindness but also its language, internal debates, politics, and customs. He also negotiates his changing relationships with his wife and son, and with his own sense of self, as he moves from sighted to semi-sighted to blind, from his mainstream, "typical" life to one with a disability. Part memoir, part historical and cultural investigation, The Country of the Blind represents Leland's determination not to merely survive this transition, but to grow from it-to seek out and revel in that which makes blindness enlightening. His story reveals essential lessons for all of us, from accepting uncertainty and embracing change to connecting with others across difference. Thought-provoking and brimming with warmth and humor, The Country of the Blind is at once a deeply personal journey and an intellectually exhilarating tour of a way of being that most of us have never paused to consider-and from which we have much to learn." --
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Large print books.; Leland, Andrew.; People with visual disabilities; Blind people;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 15
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Bezimena / by Bunjevac, Nina,author,artist.(CARDINAL)404657;
The jumping-off point of this graphic novel is the myth of Artemis and Siproites, in which a young man is turned into a woman as a punishment for the attempted rape of one of Artemis' virgin cohorts. Bunjevac's retelling follows Benny, who, when he comes across a former classmate, concocts a disturbing rape fantasy. In her stippled, illustrative style, Bunjevac crafts a gripping noirish, Nabokovian tale, by turns sensual, surreal, and harrowing, that turns the male gaze inside-out.
Subjects: Comics (Graphic works); Fiction.; Graphic novels.; Actaeon (Greek mythological character); Artemis (Greek deity); Sex offenders; Stalking; Women; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Thick with trouble / by McBride, Amber,author.(CARDINAL)863830;
"In Thick with Trouble, award-winning poet Amber McBride interrogates if being "trouble"-difficult, unruly, powerful, defiant-is ultimately a weakness or an incomparable source of strength. Steeped in the hoodoo spiritual tradition and organized via reimagined tarot cards, this collection becomes a chorus of unapologetic women who laugh, cry, mesmerize, and bring outsiders to their knees. Summoning the supernatural to examine death, rebirth, and life outside the male gaze, Amber McBride has crafted a haunting, spellbinding, and strikingly original collection of poems that reckon with the force and complexity of Black womanhood"--
Subjects: Poetry.; Women, Black; African American women;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 9
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The very best of Kate Elliott. by Elliott, Kate,1958-author.(CARDINAL)349327;
"Strong heroines and riveting storytelling are the hallmarks of groundbreaking fantasy author Kate Elliott (Crown of Stars, Crossroads). Her long-awaited first collection showcases twenty years of her finest work. Captured here are many of Elliott's previously out-of-print tales, four previously unpublished essays, and a brand new Crossroads story, "On the Dying Winds of the Old Year and the Birthing Winds of the New." Elliott's bold adventuresses, complex quests, noble sacrifices, and hard-won victories shine in classic, compact legends. In "The Memory of Peace," a girl's powerful emotions rouse the magic of a city devastated by war. Meeting in "The Queen's Garden," two princesses unite to protect their kingdom from the blind ambition of their corrupted father. While "Riding the Shore of the River of Death" a chieftain's daughter finds an unlikely ally on her path to self-determination. Elliott's many readers, as well as fantasy fans in search of powerful stories featuring well-drawn female characters, will revel in this unique gathering of truly memorable tales" --
Subjects: Short stories.; Fantasy fiction.; Short stories, American.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Lesbian decadence : representations in art and literature of fin-de-siècle France / by Albert, Nicole G.,author.(CARDINAL)899177; Erber, Nancy,1951-translator.(CARDINAL)899151; Peniston, William A.,1959-translator.(CARDINAL)270739; Harrington Park Press,publisher.(CARDINAL)899178;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In 1857 the French poet Charles Baudelaire, who was fascinated by lesbianism, created a scandal with Les Fleurs du Mal [The Flowers of Evil]. This collection was originally entitled "The Lesbians" and described women as "femmes damn es, " with "disordered souls" suffering in a hypocritical world. Then twenty years later, lesbians in Paris dared to flaunt themselves in that extraordinarily creative period at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries which became known as the Belle poque. Lesbian Decadence, now available in English for the first time, provides a new analysis and synthesis of the depiction of lesbianism as a social phenomenon and a symptom of social malaise as well as a fantasy in that most vibrant place and period in history. In this newly translated work, praised by leading critics as "authoritative, " "stunning, " and "a marvel of elegance and erudition, " Nicole G. Albert analyzes and synthesizes an engagingly rich sweep of historical representations of the lesbian mystique in art and literature. Albert contrasts these visions to moralists' abrupt condemnations of "the lesbian vice, " as well as the newly emerging psychiatric establishment's medical fury and their obsession on cataloging and classifying symptoms of "inversion" or "perversion" in order to cure these "unbalanced creatures of love." Lesbian Decadence combines literary, artistic, and historical analysis of sources from the mainstream to the rare, from scholarly studies to popular culture. The English translation provides a core reference/text for those interested in the Decadent movement, in literary history, in French history and social history. It is well suited for courses in gender studies, women's studies, LGBT history, and lesbianism in literature, history, and art.--
Subjects: Lesbian history; Lesbian literary criticism; LGBTQ+ history; LGBTQ+ literary criticism; Queer history; Queer literary criticism; Male gaze; Lesbianism; Lesbians in art; Lesbians in literature; Lesbianism in art; Lesbianism in literature; Gay and lesbian studies.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Women don't owe you pretty / by Given, Florence,artist,author.;
Feminism is going to ruin your life--in the best way possible--because society screams numerous messages every moment about how women must look, act, and speak in order to earn their right to be seen and heard. The only thing any human needs to do in order to earn their right to exist, however, is to exist. Break free of the insidious narratives that hold you back from being your most authentic self.
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Illustrated works.; Feminism.; Women; Self-perception in women.; Self-esteem in women.; Self-actualization (Psychology) in women.; Patriarchy.; Body image in women.; Sexual minorities.; Gender identity.; Feminism.; Sexual minorities.; Gender identity.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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