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  How to Be a Craftivist - The Art...

  Sarah P. Corbett

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  Award-winning campaigner and founder of the global Craftivist Collective Sarah Corbett shows how to respond to injustice not with apathy or aggression, but with gentle, effective protest.
  This is a manifesto – for a more respectful and contemplative activism; for conversation and collaboration where too often there is division and conflict; for using craft to engage, empower and encourage us all to be the change we wish to see in the world.
  Sarah's craftivism has helped change laws and business policies as well as hearts and minds. Here, with thoughtful principles and practical examples, she shows that quiet action can speak as powerfully as the loudest voice.

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  The Shocking Truth about Mental...

  Zoey Fraisers

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  Mental health care has long been shrouded in misconception and stigma. Despite growing awareness, many people still harbor deep misunderstandings about mental health treatments. For decades, the public’s view of mental health has been influenced by outdated notions and portrayals in media that often fail to reflect the true complexity of mental health care. As society advances, the need to challenge these outdated perceptions becomes more urgent, especially given the rising rates of mental health issues worldwide. 
    
  At its core, mental health treatment is a deeply personal journey, one that requires careful consideration, access to the right resources, and ongoing support. However, despite the best efforts of many professionals, the landscape of mental health care is far from perfect. The reality is that treatments often come with hidden pitfalls—cost barriers, lack of regulation, and the dominance of pharmaceutical companies with their own financial interests. These challenges only deepen the complexity of the mental health crisis, making it harder for individuals to get the care they truly need. 
    
  The pharmaceutical industry plays a central role in shaping the narrative around mental health treatment. Psychiatric medications are often the first line of defense against mental health disorders, but the promise of quick fixes is not always the reality. Many individuals find themselves struggling with side effects, dependency, and the question of whether these drugs are providing long-term solutions. On the other hand, psychotherapy, while frequently effective, is often portrayed as a one-size-fits-all solution, despite its varying success rates depending on the individual and their specific condition. Add to this the growing rise of alternative and holistic treatments, which are often hailed as miracles but can lack sufficient scientific backing, and the situation becomes even more confusing.

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  Muslim Cool - Race Religion and...

  Su'ad Abdul Khabeer

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  This groundbreaking study of race, religion, and popular culture in the twenty-first century United States focuses on a new concept, "Muslim Cool." Muslim Cool is a way of being an American Muslim—displayed in ideas, dress, social activism in the 'hood, and in complex relationships to state power. Constructed through hip hop and the performance of Blackness, Muslim Cool is a way of engaging with the Black American experience by both Black and non-Black young Muslims that challenges racist norms in the U.S. as well as dominant ethnic and religious structures within American Muslim communities. 
   
   
   
  Su'ad Abdul Khabeer illuminates the ways in which young and multiethnic US Muslims draw on Blackness to construct their identities as Muslims. Thus, by countering the notion that Blackness and the Muslim experience are fundamentally different, Muslim Cool poses a critical challenge to dominant ideas that Muslims are "foreign" to the United States and puts Blackness at the center of the study of American Islam. Yet Muslim Cool also demonstrates that connections to Blackness made through hip hop are critical and contested—critical because they push back against the pervasive phenomenon of anti-Blackness and contested because questions of race, class, gender, and nationality continue to complicate self-making in the United States.

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  The Transgender Issue - Trans...

  Shon Faye

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  An incisive case for trans justice from a powerful new voice 
   
   
   
  In this brilliant introduction to trans politics, journalist Shon Faye gives an incisive overview of systemic transphobia and argues that the struggle for trans rights is necessary to any struggle for social justice. 
   
   
   
  So often, Faye argues, trans people are understood as a "side issue," the subjects of a toxic and increasingly polarized debate which generates reliable controversy for newspapers and talk shows. This media frenzy conceals a simple fact: that we are having the wrong conversation, a conversation in which trans people themselves are reduced to a talking point and denied a meaningful voice. 
   
   
   
  With skill, rigor, and heart, Faye uncovers the reality of what it means to be trans in a transphobic society. In this compellingly readable study, she explores issues of class, family, housing, healthcare, sex work, the prison system, and trans participation in the LGBTQ+ and feminist communities. What she finds, ultimately, is that when we fight for trans liberation, we fight for a better world for us all.

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  Summary: The Daily Stoic - 366...

  Brooks Bryant

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  DISCLAIMER: THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL BOOK. 
  This is a summary, and it does not accompany the official 
  'The Daily Stoic' by Ryan Holiday is a timeless guide to wisdom, perseverance, and the art of living. It explores why historical figures like George Washington, Frederick the Great, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, as well as contemporary high achievers such as Super Bowl-winning coaches, CEOs, and celebrities, have embraced the wisdom of the ancient Stoics. These individuals recognize that the insights of the Stoics are not mere classroom exercises but valuable principles for a better life. 
  The book offers daily meditations, drawing from the wisdom of Stoic philosophers like Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus, Zeno, Cleanthes, and Musonius Rufus. Each day of the year presents a thought-provoking Stoic quotation, accompanied by historical anecdotes, insightful commentary, and a glossary of Greek terms. By following these teachings daily, readers can cultivate serenity, self-knowledge, and resilience, leading to a life well lived. 'The Daily Stoic' provides a year-long journey towards personal growth and philosophical enlightenment.

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  Smoking Fetish - Short Stories

  Daniel P

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  An intense and unfiltered erotic collection where pleasure mixes with smoke, and every drag becomes part of the game. Characters boldly explore their most provocative fantasies, combining explicit sex, power, submission, and the irresistible smoking fetish. 
  Here you will find encounters that go beyond the conventional: couples discovering new pleasures sharing a cigarette in bed, dominant women seducing and controlling with every exhale, friends turning a pajama party into an unforgettable night, fiery threesomes wrapped in smoke... Each story raises the temperature until it becomes unbearable. 
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  Short stories with high sexual content. 
  A constant fetish: smoke as part of the pleasure. 
  Confident and dominant women. 
  M/F, F/F relationships, threesomes, and BDSM dynamics. 
  Scenarios where submission and control intertwine with sensuality. 
  This is pure erotica for those who seek more than just sex: a world where skin, smoke, and desire merge into one act. Get ready to ignite a fire you won't be able to put out... and let yourself be enveloped by the smoke of pleasure. 
  Note: All characters are of legal age and act consensually. This work is fiction for entertainment purposes and does not promote the consumption of tobacco or any other smoking products.

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