As a professor, I had the privilege of meeting Naomi when she came to speak at my campus, California Lutheran University, to present “The Beauty Myth.” As you watch this clip of her new DVD, I encourage you to ask yourself (1) How many girls and women do I know who believe in this myth? (2) Which corporations are profiting from their misery?, and (3) What am I doing to reject the myth and help others reject it? Sadly, it’s 18 years later, and her message still resonates with undergrad women (and men) today. If knowledge is power, then I and other feminists were certain that soon the tide would turn - girls and women would stop buying into this myth, stop buying magazines that promoted body-loathing, and we would rebel against unrealistic and unhealthy social norms. As an undergrad growing into my own version of a third-wave feminist identity in beauty-centric southern California, her words rang so true. I read Naomi’s Wolf’s book The Beauty Myth when it was first published in 1991.
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It was also interesting seeing how fast and far things escalated. I thought the tattoos were interesting and you really see a sheep-like effect in the population with the introduction to the tattoo, then they ignore any bad rep. This isn't bad, but I've seen it all before (though, this book was published before the dystopian craze, so I can't really blame the book). Government tries to be utopia, everyone goes along with it, except for MC, and MC joins rebellion. Kayla is against the tattoo and knows that it's dangerous, but when her society is getting closer to it being mandatory, can she keep her promise to herself? And what is in those bar codes? What's the big deal? It's not a problem if you have nothing to hide? But normal people's lives are being destroyed by this tattoo, while others are getting promoted. The tattoo is becoming the new currency and it carries all of your information. It's your typical dystopian, but it was just meh overall.Įveryone is getting the bar code tattoo. I probably could've done without reading this book. I saw it at a cheap book sale, though, so I figured "why not?". I've seen this book around, but never picked it up because of the awkward cover. Tender and empowering, Hair Love is an ode to loving your natural hair - and a celebration of daddies and daughters everywhere. But he LOVES his Zuri, and he'll do anything to make her - and her hair - happy. Cherry’s literary version of Hair Love, which is a New York Times best-selling picture book, has also been nominated for an NAACP Image Award. When Daddy steps in to style it for an extra special occasion, he has a lot to learn. It kinks, coils, and curls every which way. Cherry and New York Times bestselling illustrator Vashti Harrison. It's up to Daddy to give his daughter an extra-special hair style in this ode to self-confidence and the love between fathers and daughters, from Academy-Award winning director and former NFL wide receiver Matthew A. Matthew leads the ranks of new creatives who are telling unique stories of the Black experience. "I love that Hair Love is highlighting the relationship between a Black father and daughter. Stay tuned after the story summary for a Q&A on how. A New York Times Bestseller and tie-in to Academy-Award Winning Short Film "Hair Love" This week, Sarah and Christian explore Hair Love by Matthew A. Instead, try reading some of the books written by the following authors whose words and storylines delve deeper into your conscience and make you think about more than sappy romances that end up on movie screens, instead of life lessons. If you want to call yourself an intellectual, you need to have actual knowledge and understanding of what constitutes as real intellect. If you really want to call yourself an avid reader, then, you should read books that are worthy of making you exactly that. Unfortunately, that never qualifies as literature in the first place. That’s the current predicament of young Indians who read.Ĩ0 per cent of people don’t know Indian authors who don’t write clickbaity stories that were meant to be turned into spicy Bollywood flicks. The education system isn’t helping things when they place someone like a Chetan Bhagat on the reading list for a college curriculum. Young Indians consider that modern Indian literature. The current predicament of young Indians who read- a short collection of books by Chetan Bhagat, Durjoy Dutta, Amish Tripathi and Anuja Chauhan, stacked one atop the other, on a bedside table. Their message is that Lena and her fellow citizens are all a bunch of brainless livestock.Īfter Lena moos, er, moves out of the way, she ruminates on the implications of the prank. On the day of Lena's evaluation-the procedure that will decide everything about her future-the people who live outside of her society (the Invalids) pull a prank: they release a bunch of cows into the evaluation room. This freedom doesn't sound very free to us. And by free we mean they get their education, occupation, spouse, and number of kids chosen for them.Īnd they have no emotions. When people turn 18, they get "cured" and they're free to live their lives. Lucky for everyone, we guess, there's a cure. In this society, your own emotions can be your enemy. Lena Haloway, our fearful narrator (yes, we mean fear ful-this girl's afraid of everything), lives in a world where love is a sickness. Anything called art suddenly becomes art and people are afraid to voice an opinion. "Today's conceptual artists are interested in publicity, fame - and money also comes into it. 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We just do them for the heck of it, to experience something new, to dive into a world that’s an escape from our present realities. Sometimes, we have no reason for doing some things. But trust me, I’m not the only one feeling these things. It might seem like I’m glorifying the concept of different languages for no reason, as if I’m trying to find reason in what has had me in a chokehold over the past few months. But once you start on this journey, there’s so much knowledge, so much beauty waiting for you. Of course, you don’t HAVE to learn a new language to know this. The more you learn, the more you realize how vast the differences are between people and how similar we all are. Richard tells them they must join either the D'Harans or will be considered an enemy and with the Imperial Order.Īt the Palace of the Prophets Verna is trying to figure out what happened to Prelate Annalina and Nathan. Richard then calls together the representatives of the Midlands in Aydindril. Richard then goes to the General of the D'Haran troops in Aydindril and wins over their loyalty. While in Aydindril Richard meets up with several Mord-Sith and D'haran guards that pledge themselves to Richard as the new Lord Rahl. He knows that he must fight to help stop the Imperial Order from taking over the known world but doesn't know how to do that. Richard's endurance and faith in himself will continually be tested as he, and his allies, continue to fight against the evil forces they encounter. The story focuses not only on Richard's story but on the events of others in the story that are either working against or with Richard. Blood of the Fold, by Terry Goodkind, is the story of Richard Rahl in his quest to stop evil from taking over his home and destroying the world. Forster, George Bernard Shaw, and others. The cousin of Katherine Mansfield, von Arnim was a member of a literary circle that included Hugh Walpole, E. Wells, and published more than twenty enormously successful books. Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941) was an Australian-born writer who spent her life in Great Britain and Europe, where she married a German count, raised five children, had an affair with H. This much-beloved book appeals to anyone who appreciates the sly charm of Downton Abbey and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. An immediate best seller upon its first publication, the story of unlikely female friendship, newfound empowerment, rekindled love, and unexpected romance has been adapted for stage and screen, including a 1991 Oscar-nominated film, and a Tony-nominated play in 2003. Elizabeth von Arnim’s ageless novel compellingly responds to the eternal question of how to achieve happiness in life. The Guardian Beguiling, witty, and gently comedic, The Enchanted April tells the tale of four very different women who escape dreary London for an Italian castle in Portofino, shortly after World War I. 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