Sadomasochism, Popular Culture and Revolt
Sadomasochism, Popular Culture and Revolt

Author: Tom Pollard

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-07-03

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0429556926

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Sadomasochism, Popular Culture and Revolt: A Pornography of Violence explores powerful connections between violent pornography and current gender wars, generational conflicts, political struggles, and racial and ethnic unrest. Long before these conflicts dominated headlines worldwide, they become embedded and contextualized in popular culture. Tracing the history of today’s popular porn genres, including torture porn, revenge porn, war porn, and fascist porn, Tom Pollard reveals a "sadomasochistic trope" of fictional and real sexual violence and sexual justice that had largely remained hidden and suppressed. Today it has exploded into public awareness by mass movements like #MeToo demanding justice for sexual assault victims. This movement joins other recent social movements, including Black Lives Matter and advocates of safety from gun violence, which, along with #MeToo, constitute a "revolt of submissives" no longer willing to endure unwanted violence. This thoughtful examination of the history and content of violent pornography reveals portentous patterns and developing trends. By examining pornography’s violent content, Pollard forces us to confront wider social and cultural violence. Sadomasochism, Popular Culture and Revolt will be of great interest to scholars of gay and lesbian studies and queer studies, while being a vital text for undergraduate and graduate instructors of social movement studies in sociology, political science, American Studies, and history.

Paxton Passes Out
Paxton Passes Out

Author: Denise Marie

Publisher:

Published: 2018-11-12

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781732916401

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Some goats are known to faint. Paxton faints, but he has also been diagnosed with Dysautonomia. This means that the "auto" parts of his body do not work so automatically. Paxton cannot do everything he wants to do. But with support, he can learn to put the most important things first. Paxton's story can be used by parents, teachers or counselors to open dialogue about challenging assumptions. Further material can be found at www.donkeypenguin.com. Paxton is a goat, different from the other farm animals. Some of the animals will never understand him, while others happily help him. No matter what, he must remember to love himself. The final pages provide a simplified explanation of Dysautonomia along with some of the common symptoms. Paxton's story delivers a healthy message for readers of all ages, childhood through adult, who struggle or know someone with an invisible illness.

Honoring Lena
Honoring Lena

Author: Sara Blackard

Publisher: Sara Blackard

Published: 2021-07-06

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1954301219

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She wants her fiancé’s betrayers found. He yearns to fix a horrible mistake. When tensions explode, will they find an ally in each other or an enemy? Lena Rebel’s heart bled out when her military mission went south and her fiancé never made it home alive. Two years later, she still struggles between her drive to gain justice for his death and the potential for healing she’s found in the Stryker Security Force. When her next protection assignment has her acting as nanny, her patience and resolve is tested. Marshall Rand’s entire existence revolves around redeeming the one decision that cost him everything. After finding out his wife was used and murdered to manipulate his vote in Congress, Marshall spends his energy doing everything he can to support the military that he failed. When his son’s life is threatened and he needs covert help, he calls the best security team he knows. With threats escalating to attacks, will Lena and Marshall’s escape into the Alaskan wilderness provide the safety they need or more danger than they can handle? If you like page-turning adventure, fascinating characters, and engaging stories of triumph, you'll love Sara Blackard's riveting inspirational security romance series.

Going to the Zoo
Going to the Zoo

Author: Tom Paxton

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1996-04-26

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 0688138004

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Daddy's taking us to the zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow. Daddy's taking us to the zoo tomorrow. We can stay all day. Now you can go along too, as Tom Paxton's classic song comes to life in this boisterous picture book. Rhythmic verse leads you through a wild kingdom where animals burst from every page. Monkeys are scritch, scritch, scratchin', and kangaroos are hop, hop, hoppin', making every moment an adventure. Karen Lee Schmidt's lively, irresistible illustrations show the animals up to all sorts of mischief. And with the easily played melodies included, this musical menagerie is every bit as fun as a trip to the zoo. Youngsters will want to "stay all day" -- and come back again and again!

Trance-Portation
Trance-Portation

Author: Diana L. Paxson

Publisher: Weiser Books

Published: 2008-11-01

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1609255089

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The ability to move from the ordinary into an altered state of consciousness is one of the most valuable skills in both magic and religion. From the ceremonial magician to the shaman, using trance work to explore inner realms is essential to the magical process of healing, transcendence, and wisdom desired throughout diverse occult and spiritual traditions. Trance-Portation offers a comprehensive and multi-spirited way to enter the inner realm. Blending the modern world with the ancient arts, Trance-Portation’s first three chapters, Travel Planning, Crossing the Threshold, and Getting Started, offer preparatory suggestions including meditations and relaxations, breathing, warding, shifting gears, and returning. Drawing on examples from varied traditions, from Western Mystery to Native American, Ancient Celtic to Eastern Mysticism, and peppered with folk lore and tales from popular science fiction stories, Trance-Portation explores spiritual journey work extensively, offering readers the chance to find their own ways into the inner realm, encounter their own guides and fellow travelers, and create divine relationships with the deities and gods and goddesses that they meet.

Hail to the Chiefs
Hail to the Chiefs

Author: Stephen James Poppoon

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2012-08-22

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9781475928778

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In 1969, five players from a powerhouse high school soccer program enroll at Bainbridge University, where football is everything and soccer has only just become a varsity sport. Worse yet, the coach has never played the game, the upcoming schedule is a killer, and the Bainbridge team has only won two games in the past year. Life is about to become very challenging for these freshman used to being winners. Andrew Paxton, a captain of the former high school soccer team, is now sharing a dorm room with his best friend and star teammate, Brian Barrett. But trouble soon brews when Barrett clashes with the coach and members of the football team. Paxton, ever loyal to his best friend, has his own share of problems. He has silently and agonizingly carried a torch since the seventh grade for Barretts ex-girlfriend, who followed him to Bainbridge hoping to win him back. Meanwhile, the soccer team faces one hurdle after another when Barrett threatens to quit, the team loses one of its stars to injury, and the coachs inexperience becomes painfully obvious. During a time when soccer was still in its infancy in the United States, the players must try to turn around a losing college program and, in the process, come to grips with the realities of friendship and love.