Reality Bites Back

Reality Bites Back
Author: Jennifer L. Pozner
Publisher: Seal Press
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2010-10-19
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1580053750

Nearly every night on every major network,"unscripted" (but carefully crafted) "reality" TV shows routinely glorify retrograde stereotypes that most people would assume got left behind 35 years ago. In Reality Bites Back, media critic Jennifer L. Pozner aims a critical, analytical lens at a trend most people dismiss as harmless fluff. She deconstructs reality TV's twisted fairytales to demonstrate that far from being simple "guilty pleasures," these programs are actually guilty of fomenting gender-war ideology and significantly affecting the intellectual and political development of this generation's young viewers. She lays out the cultural biases promoted by reality TV about gender, race, class, sexuality, and consumerism, and explores how those biases shape and reflect our cultural perceptions of who we are, what we're valued for, and what we should view as "our place" in society. Smart and informative, Reality Bites Back arms readers with the tools they need to understand and challenge the stereotypes reality TV reinforces and, ultimately, to demand accountability from the corporations responsible for this contemporary cultural attack on three decades of feminist progress.

Eating Disorders in Boys and Men

Eating Disorders in Boys and Men
Author: Jason M. Nagata
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2021-04-12
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030671275

Boys and men with eating disorders remain a population that is under-recognized and underserved within both research and clinical contexts. It has been well documented that boys and men with eating disorders often exhibit distinct clinical presentations with regard to core cognitive (e.g., body image) and behavioral (e.g., pathological exercise) symptoms. Such differences, along with the greater likelihood of muscularity-oriented disordered eating among boys and men, emphasize the importance of understanding and recognizing unique factors of clinical relevance within this population. This book reviews the most up-to-date research findings on eating disorders among boys and men, with an emphasis on clinically salient information across multiple domains. Five sections are included, with the first focused on a historical overview and the unique nature and prevalence of specific forms of eating disorder symptoms and body image concerns in boys and men. The second section details population-specific considerations for the diagnosis and assessment of eating disorders, body image concerns, and muscle dysmorphia in boys and men. The third section identifies unique concerns regarding medical complications and care in this population, including medical complications of appearance and performance-enhancing substances. The fourth section reviews current findings and considerations for eating disorder prevention and intervention for boys and men. The fifth section of the book focuses on specific populations (e.g., sexual minorities, gender minorities) and addresses sociocultural factors of particular relevance for eating disorders in boys and men (e.g., racial and ethnic considerations, cross-cultural considerations). The book then concludes with a concise overview of key takeaways and a focused summary of current evidence gaps and unanswered questions, as well as directions for future research. Written by experts in the field, Eating Disorders in Boys and Men is a comprehensive guide to an under-reported topic. It is an excellent resource for primary care physicians, adolescent medicine physicians, pediatricians, psychologists, clinical social workers, and any other professional conducting research with or providing clinical care for boys and men with eating disorders. It is also an excellent resource for students, residents, fellows, and trainees across various disciplines.

Network Security Assessment

Network Security Assessment
Author: Chris R. McNab
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2004
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 059600611X

Covers offensive technologies by grouping and analyzing them at a higher level--from both an offensive and defensive standpoint--helping you design and deploy networks that are immune to offensive exploits, tools, and scripts. Chapters focus on the components of your network, the different services yourun, and how they can be attacked. Each chapter concludes with advice to network defenders on how to beat the attacks.

Reunion Planner

Reunion Planner
Author: Phyllis A. Hackleman
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2009-06
Genre: Class reunions
ISBN: 0806345594

If there is a reunion in your future, whether as the organizer or a helping hand, Reunion Planner is one book you won't want to be without. Reunion Planner leaves nothing to chance. The contents include sections on the following: choosing the proper kind of reunion, recruiting volunteers, selecting the time and place, creating the program, guest speakers, budgeting, notifying the participants and promoting the event, planning meals and decorations, accommodations and transportation, souvenirs and fund raisers, photographers and videographers, building a genealogy, and finishing touches from road signs to thank-you notes and more.

Heartstream

Heartstream
Author: Tom Pollock
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-07
Genre: Application software
ISBN: 9781406378184

I just wanted to see you. Before the end. A taut psychological thriller about obsession, fame and betrayal, for fans of Black Mirror. Cat is in love. Always the sensible one, she can't believe that she's actually dating, not to mention dating a star. But the fandom can't know. They would eat her alive. And first at the buffet would definitely be her best friend, Evie. Amy uses Heartstream, a social media app that allows others to feel your emotions. She broadcasted every moment of her mother's degenerative illness, and her grief following her death. It's the realest, rawest reality TV imaginable. But on the day of Amy's mother's funeral, Amy finds a strange woman in her kitchen. She's rigged herself and the house with explosives - and she's been waiting to talk to Amy for a long time. Who is she? A crazed fan? What does she want? Amy and Cat are about to discover how far true obsession can go.

Chase the Gem

Chase the Gem
Author: Deanna Irwin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2019-06-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9781072091134

Follow the journey of a boy who miraculously escapes obstacles, achieves faith, and finds friends and family in the process. His charming attitude prompts lighthearted positive feelings to all around him. A happy-go-lucky tale!

I Will Survive

I Will Survive
Author: Gloria Gaynor
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2014-03-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1466865954

I Will Survive is the story of Gloria Gaynor, America's "Queen of Disco." It is the story of riches and fame, despair, and finally salvation. Her meteoric rise to stardom in the mid-1970s was nothing short of phenomenal, and hits poured forth that pushed her to the top of the charts, including "Honey Bee," "I Got You Under My Skin," "Never Can Say Goodbye," and the song that has immortalized her, "I Will Survive," which became a #1 international gold seller. With that song, Gloria heralded the international rise of disco that became synonymous with a way of life in the fast lane - the sweaty bodies at Studio 54, the lines of cocaine, the indescribable feeling that you could always be at the top of your game and never come down. But down she came after her early stardom, and problems followed in the wake, including the death of her mother, whose love had anchored the young singer, as well as constant battles with weight, drugs, and alcohol. While her fans always imagined her to be rich, her personal finances collapsed due to poor management; and while many envied her, she felt completely empty inside. In the early 1980s, sustained by her marriage to music publisher Linwood Simon, Gloria took three years off and reflected upon her life. She visited churches and revisited her mother's old Bible. Discovering the world of gospel, she made a commitment to Christ that sustains her to this day.

Thintharoo

Thintharoo
Author: Kuzhur Wilson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2018-02-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781977063847

A collection of 50 sizzling poems that will set your mind ablaze with the hell fires on earth and heaven. Beautifully translated from Malayalam, they contain imagery that will blow the reader away. Kuzhur Wilson is a quintessential poet who inhales and exhales poetry. From the moment he opened his eyes, he has seen a world different from others. And, he continues to converse with the plants, trees, flowers, fishes, animals, people in much the same way as the five elements spoke to him at that defining moment. Here is imagination at its best - ranging from Thintharoo, a name that never was, to a hundred strange names of the trees around us. Kuzhur Wilson can call each and every tree by name like God calls on us on Judgement day. In his poetry, our world seems to hang on the brink of collapse. But, Kuzhur Wilson summons his women to save us.... 'Karingali who pees standing, Kallavi beseeching to stuff her up, Karanjili quivering in lust, Kaari who hums while fucking, Kaavalam who naps after the toil, Thannimaram showing off her petals, Thambakam kissing the cunt, Thellipayar savouring a prick, Neerkurunda in post-coital languor.' Saved, we are.

Abject Relations

Abject Relations
Author: Megan Warin
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2010
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0813546907

"Abject Relations presents an alternative approach to anorexia, through detailed ethnographic investigations. Megan Warin looks at the heart of what it means to live with anorexia on a daily basis. Unraveling anorexia's complex relationships and contradictions, Warin provides a new theoretical perspective rooted in a socio-cultural context of bodies and gender. Abject Relations departs from conventional psychotherapy approaches and offers a different logic, one that involves the shifting forces of power, disgust, and desire and provides new ways of thinking that may have implications for future treatment regimes." --Publisher.