![]() Most trans people lack a safety net, he said, due to factors involving both their poverty and the discrimination that keeps them out of jobs. They’re also often from households where parents are also affected by systemic discrimination and poverty.” He explained the cyclical and even generational factors that played a role: “A lot of people who come to SRLP come to us out of youth services, where they’ve faced gender segregation, where they have to go into mandatory systems where that can be forced into the wrong group, leaving them unsafe. Much of his talk was based on a critique of the prison industrial complex ( PIC ). Its primary aim is to address the issues of poverty and severe incarceration that affect low-income transgender communities and transgender communities of color.īuilding upon his experiences as a poverty lawyer, Spade provided a historical and cultural context to explain why trans communities are so overwhelmingly faced with these issues. Spade founded the organization in 2002 (it became a collective in 2003), and specifically set up to work with and for trans people. Speaking to a packed room, Spade began by contextualizing the very specific issues faced by many trans people, particularly those who lack economic resources and constitute the clients at SRLP. ![]() ![]() Noted trans activist, attorney, Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) founder and author Dean Spade was in Chicago presenting on his book, Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and the Limits of Law. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() He lacks free will and is a disturbing doppelgänger to the more experienced Luke. Luuke represents Joruus C’baoth’s obsession with finding an apprentice and his disregard for the autonomy of others. Luuke Skywalker is often dismissed as one of the goofier elements of the Star Wars Legends continuity due to his out-of-left-field introduction and the two U’s in his name, but he is a thematically relevant element of the Thrawn Trilogy. C’baoth used Luuke Skywalker as a pawn to fight the real Luke, either killing the latter or making him succumb to the dark side. Luuke has no thoughts or will of his own and simply follows the direction of Joruus C’baoth, using offensive lightsaber strikes and Force abilities that he learned from his creator (and possibly strengthened through telepathy). C’baoth created Luuke using a Spaarti cloning cylinder (a quicker, yet far less efficient form of cloning than Kaminoan technology), growing Luuke within a month. ![]() The Thrawn Trilogy’s final, climactic, lightsaber duel is not fought between Luke Skywalker and Joruus C’baoth, but rather between Luke and the latter’s bodyguard, Luuke Skywalker. ![]() ![]() ![]() One definition is that time is simply what is referenced when talking about temporally-related things or events, and that time would not exist independently of these things and events. This notion raises the question, what exactly is the present, and what is its significance? In order to investigate this question, we must evaluate the notion of time, the perception of time, and the idea of the present. Leo emphasizes the importance of living in the present. Read aloud video by Kayla Ancrum Guidelines for Philosophical Discussion When Nikolai asks Leo what his answers to the questions are, Leo refers back to the incident with the panda and her cub and reveals the secret of life. ![]() ![]() While visiting Leo, he rescues a panda and her cub, who were lost in a storm. Unsatisfied with their answers, Nikolai seeks out Leo, an old, wise turtle to answer the questions. Nikolai three friends these three questions. Nikolai seeks out the answers to three questions that he deems the most important questions. Questions for Philosophical Discussion » Summary The Three Questions explores questions of altruism and living “in the moment” and introduces the concept of dynamic choice. ![]() ![]() It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit and his quest to become real. (A great read-aloud for all ages, but children ages 8 and up can read it on their own. A childrens novel written by Margery Williams and illustrated by William Nicholson. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.'" This sentimental classic-perfect for any child who's ever thought that maybe, just maybe, his or her toys have feelings-has been charming children since its first publication in 1922. "'Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. In time, the shy Rabbit befriends the tattered Skin Horse, the wisest resident of the nursery, who reveals the goal of all nursery toys: to be made "real" through the love of a human. Author: Margery Williams Genre: Juvenile Fiction Topic: Classics, Holidays & Celebrations / Easter & Lent, Animals / Rabbits, General, Imagination & Play. Given as a Christmas gift to a young boy, the Velveteen Rabbit lives in the nursery with all of the other toys, waiting for the day when the Boy (as he is called) will choose him as a playmate. A stuffed toy rabbit (with real thread whiskers) comes to life in Margery Williams's timeless tale of the transformative power of love. ![]() ![]() ![]() He is also the creator and host of The Folklore Podcast. He is a council member of The Folklore Society and has been on the judging panel for the Katharine Briggs book awards for the last 4 years. ![]() AUTHORS: Mark Norman is a folklore author and researcher. 'Dark Folklore' highlights those aspects of our cultural beliefs and social history which are less 'wicker basket' and more 'Wicker Man'. 'Dark History' addresses those more salubrious aspects of our past. We are familiar with concepts such as the growth of 'Dark Tourism' legend tripping at sites such as the Paris Catacombs, Salem Massachusetts or even Chernobyl. ![]() ![]() How did our less enlightened ancestors use the concept of the demon to explain sleep paralysis? If fairies are sweet little creatures with wings and sparkles, why do they steal your children? And just what is a vampire watermelon? The fields of folklore have never been more popular: the recent resurgence of interest in traditional beliefs and customs, coupled with morbid curiosities in folk horror, historic witchcraft cases and our superstitious past have led to an intersection of ideas which is driving people to seek out more information. The first entertaining, yet rigorously researched, modern anthology to explore a wide range of creepy beliefs, customs and stories. ![]() ![]() It wasn’t until my writing stalled that I realized Arika was too fierce to realistically survive the cruelty of prewar America. For them, having a place in history is comparable to having a place in heaven.Īrika’s story was originally set in the antebellum South. Arika’s people, the Kongos, have an innate sense of the importance of telling their stories to a Record Keeper before they die. At the same time, I wanted to acknowledge how racism played a role in robbing us of our oral history. Oral tradition is rich and dynamic, and I wanted to honor it. Access to education has always been limited by racism, and so African-Americans have a long tradition of using oral mediums to store and transmit our history. ![]() In making her a Record Keeper, I gave her a historically significant and honored position in African-American culture. How does your novel address the creation of history?Īrika’s role in her society is to preserve her people’s history. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This chapter explicates Western and Buddhist psychological models of self, Buddhist theories of not-self and conventional and ultimate self-cherishing, and outlines a somatopsychotherapeutic clinical approach for helping individuals struggling with depressive, anxious, trauma-related symptoms and addictions, to recognize self-cherishing mentation and lessen its deleterious effects. Yet, Buddhist psychology also affirms the innate capacity of all human beings to end the mental suffering of self-cherishing. It further states that endemic self-cherishing-the habitual reification of distorted hyper-egoic self-narratives-is a primary source of mental and emotional affliction. Buddhist psychology asserts wisdom and compassion are the forerunners of genuine confidence and sustainable personal and collective well-being. Western psychology claims high self-esteem is a requirement for self-confidence, happiness, and success. ![]() But these two disciplines hold divergent views on the utility of ‘cherishing the self’. Western and Buddhist psychologies acknowledge the significant role distorted self-narratives play in poor mental health. ![]() ![]() His analysis of search is pointed and poignant, underlining that we need to understand it better and treat search results more critically and sceptically… Pasquale’s detailed analyses, and his recipes not just for transparency but also for accountability, for more rigour in regulation and harder-hitting enforcement, deserve a careful read-and then action. The Black Box Society was one of rst scholarly accounts of algorithmic decision-making to synthesize empirical research, normative frameworks, and legal argument. ![]() ![]() For this reason, although it might appear merely to be a book about technology and finance, The Black Box Society, ultimately, is a radical and political work that deserves wide attention… The Black Box Society includes, for example, a fine explanation of the way that corporate and government surveillance work in concert and why we should be concerned about both… brutal on the subject of the NSA, but devastating in his critique of Facebook, Twitter and Google and the myths that continue to surround them: myths of neutrality, myth about the ephemeral nature of their power and more. state interests that operate in proverbial black boxes. The algorithmic control that law scholar Frank Pasquale eloquently and intelligently details and analyzes goes beyond money information and into almost every aspect of our lives. Frank Pasquale is a professor of law at Brooklyn Law School, and the author of The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms That Control Money and Information (2015, Harvard), and. ![]() ![]() ![]() Last month, a blockbuster investigation by the New York Times detailed Facebook’s stumbles amid an onslaught of crises, including Sandberg’s efforts to distract from the fact that Russians were using the platform to try to influence the 2016 presidential election. But in the waning weeks of 2018 – a year in which Facebook was besieged by high-profile scandals, and the #MeToo movement continued to train attention on the barriers facing working women – the potency of Sandberg’s individualistic, motivational mantra has fully eroded. Sandberg’s brand of self-empowerment feminism has endured waves of criticism ever since her 2013 bestselling book, “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead” became a cultural phenomenon. The “Lean In” movement launched by Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg is officially over. ![]() ![]() ![]() In Omorphi, we meet Christy briefly three months after he has been rescued from abuse, but the story doesn’t begin until the following March, one year after his freedom begins.Ĭhristy continues to endure post-traumatic stress, but is learning how to manage triggers, and building a self-image and a sense of self-worth. In fact, you may often find that the most valuable principles and adages in my books are understated. But the stories are vastly different in subtle ways. Without hope, we lose the will to live life to the fullest and Slaying Isidore’s Dragons and Omorphi are about exactly that. ![]() While many of the tenets in my books are about learning to live after abuse, they apply to everyone in everyday life. Pacific Standard Time* on my Facebook wall we’re going to party down to the release of Slaying Isidore’s Dragons at 9 p.m.! Come join us!įor those of you who are unfamiliar with my books, I write books about hope, triumph, and building life beyond abuse. Welcome to the book tour for Slaying Isidore’s Dragons and the countdown to release! Beginning tonight at 7 p.m. Thank you, Kimi-chan, for the honor and privilege of sharing my new book with you! It’s great to be here! How Slaying Isidore’s Dragons is Different from Omorphi ![]() |