We Oughta Know - How Céline Shania Alanis and Sarah Ruled the ’90s and Changed Music

Andrea Warner

Sinopse

A lively collection of essays that re-examines the extraordinary legacies of the four Canadian women who dominated ’90s music and changed the industry forever
		 
Fully revised and updated, with a foreword by Vivek Shraya
		 
“A fascinating, fun, and infuriating read.” — Tegan Quin, Tegan and Sara 
		 
In this of-the-moment essay collection, celebrated music journalist Andrea Warner explores the ways in which Céline Dion, Shania Twain, Alanis Morissette, and Sarah McLachlan became bonafide global superstars while revolutionizing ’90s music. In an era when male-fronted musical acts dominated radio and were given serious critical consideration, these four women were reduced, mocked, and disparaged by the media and became pop culture jokes, even as their albums were topping the charts and demolishing sales records.
		 
With empathy, humor, and reflections on her own teenaged perceptions of Céline, Shania, Alanis, and Sarah, Andrea offers us a revised and expanded edition of her 2015 book, providing a new perspective on the legacies of the four Canadian women who dominated the ’90s airwaves and influenced an entire generation of current day popstars with their voices, fashion, and advocacy. As the world is now reconsidering the treatment and reputations of key women in ’90s entertainment, We Oughta Know is definitively entering the chat.

Disponível desde: 15/10/2024.

Comprimento de impressão: 264 páginas.

Outros livros que poderiam interessá-lo

Planning to Stay - Burnout...

Jess Cleeves

Teaching has never been easy, but these days it seems to keep getting harder. As the pressure builds, many educators are calling it quits on a profession that once felt like a calling.Planning to Stay offers a hopeful alternative; in spite of teachings' very real challenges, you can rediscover joy in the classroom and live a connected, fulfilling life year-round.An easy read for such a monumental task, this conversational book validates with relatable examples and orients with useful structural analysis. Respect for educators underpins specific, concrete exercises to support readers to make this work, this hope, and their lives their own.

Ver livro

How to Interpret the Constitution

Cass R. Sunstein

From New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein, a timely and powerful argument for rethinking how the U.S. Constitution is interpreted

The U.S. Supreme Court has eliminated the right to abortion and is revisiting other fundamental questions today—about voting rights, affirmative action, gun laws, and much more. Once-arcane theories of constitutional interpretation are profoundly affecting the lives of all Americans.
In this brief and urgent book, Harvard Law School professor Cass Sunstein provides a lively introduction to competing approaches to interpreting the Constitution—and argues that the only way to choose one is to ask whether it would change American life for the better or worse. If a
method of interpretation would eliminate the right of privacy, allow racial segregation, or obliterate free speech, it would be unacceptable for that reason.

But some Supreme Court justices are committed to “originalism,” arguing that the meaning of the Constitution is settled by how it was publicly understood when it was ratified.

Originalists insist that their approach is dictated by the Constitution. That, Sunstein argues, is a big mistake. The Constitution doesn’t contain instructions for its own interpretation.

Any approach to constitutional interpretation needs to be defended in terms of its broad effects—what it does to our rights and our institutions. It must respect those rights and institutions—and safeguard the conditions for democracy itself.

Passionate and compelling, How to Interpret the Constitution is essential reading for anyone who is concerned about how the Supreme Court is changing the rights and lives of Americans today.

Ver livro

Swapped for My Lesbian Roommate...

Kinky Press

How does a straight guy get with a lesbian? 
  
Eric has had the hots for his roommate since the first days of college. Now that they are both interning at the prestigious genetics company Generico, he may finally have an opportunity to do something about the unrequited lust playing out in his boxer shorts. 
  
One medically enhanced procedure later, and Eric becomes Erica, a hot blonde ready for action. Will his roommate jump at the chance to jump Erica’s new bones?

Ver livro

Refusenik

Lynn Melnick

In this searing new volume, Lynn Melnick dives head-first through concentric waves of personal and generational trauma with her trademark fearlessness. Evincing a complex mind shaped by the late 20th century’s misplaced priorities, Refusenik interrogates misogyny and anti-Semitism across time and a shifting global landscape—from a football field in Los Angeles to a Russian shtetl to a beloved daughter’s Brooklyn bedroom. Variously unraveling and allowing for intricate tangles of anger, nostalgia and love, these agile poems furrow deeper into the terrain of Melnick’s much-celebrated earlier titles, arriving at a profound and pressured understanding of what it means to be a contemporary American. Audiobook recorded by JBI Library for inclusion in the Yetzirah Audio Poetry Series (YAPS!).

Ver livro

How to be Heard Without...

Brenda J. Viola

It's time to find your voice. 
Have you ever felt invisible? Your lips are moving, but no one's hearing you. 
It's frustrating when your great ideas or insights are overlooked. It can make you want to scream! 
Instead, take the next thirty days to learn and implement powerful tactics to improve your quality of communication. 
Whether making a case for budget dollars, being interviewed by a reporter, speaking up in a staff meeting, or having a heart-to-heart with your partner, your voice is important. 
Not only will this book help you find your voice, but it will also empower you to use it skillfully.

Ver livro

No Sweat - How the Simple...

Michelle Segar

Do you secretly hate exercising? Struggle to stick with a program? Millions of people try and fail to stay fit. But what if "exercising" is the real problem, not you? 
Motivation scientist and behavior expert Michelle Segar?translates years of research on exercise and motivation into a simple four-point program that will empower you to break the cycle of exercise failure once and for all. 
You'll discover why you should forget about willpower and stop gritting your teeth through workouts you hate. Instead, you'll become motivated from the inside out and start to crave physical activity. 
In No Sweat, Segar will help you find:A step-by-step program for staying encouraged to exercisePleasure in physical activityRealistic ways to fit fitness into your life 
The success of the clients Segar has coached testifies to the power of her program. Their stories punctuate the book, entertaining and emboldening you to break the cycle of exercise failure once and for all. 
Practical, proven, and loaded with inspiring stories, No Sweat makes getting fit easier--and more fun--than you ever imagined. Get ready to embrace an active lifestyle that you'll love! 
Accompanying figures and exercises are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

Ver livro