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*An Amazon Best Fiction Book of 2024* She did everything right. So why did it go so wrong?'I loved Jade. Rooting for her felt like rooting for myself' Reader review'It really is one of the most moving books I've ever read and far easier to read than a book this deep should be, thanks to the authors beautiful writing' Reader review'Jade was the perfect main character. I loved reading her story ... I urge everyone to read this' Reader reviewJade isn't even my real name. Jade began as my Starbucks name, because all children of immigrants have a Starbucks name.------------------Jade has become everything she ever wanted to be.Successful lawyer. Dutiful daughter. Beloved girlfriend. Loyal friend. Until one night, something terrible happens after a work event, and she starts to wonder if she really wants to be the person she's become.She's learned to laugh when she's felt like crying, opted to be invisible when she wanted to speak up and changed her identity to please people. But now Jade has to make a decision for herself. The question is, which is the right one? This searing novel explores the strength we find in female friendship, the hope that lights up the dark moments and recovery that's far from linear, and will leave you asking yourself: what would you have done in Jade's situation?'Ela Lee is a remarkable new voice in fiction ... JADED made me laugh, cry and really bloody furious' Stacey Halls, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Familiars'JADED is a thoughtful, hard-hitting exploration of race, identity, and the rippling effects of sexual assault. Ela Lee writes with an urgency and clarity that will have you hooked until the last page.' Cecile Pin, Women's Prize longlisted author of Wandering Souls 'This raw, dark novel explores racism, class and sexism and you'll want to savour every word on every page' Refinery 29'A raw, compulsive and nuanced novel' i newspaper
Increasingly, social, cultural, and political discourse is deeming Black women and girls to be a critical group to engage. We are told their lives should matter, and yet, there is also overwhelming evidence that Black women and girls continue to be what Malcolm X declared, "The most neglected person in America". This critical volume engages a conversation at the intersection of the fields of education and psychology among recognized Black women scholars that contemporizes the discourse about Black women's and girls' diversity, their sociocultural contexts, and various approaches to communal and clinical work with them to support their mental health, wellness, and thrivance.WE Matter!: Intersectional Anti- Racist Feminist Interventions with Black Girls and Women is a significant new contribution to Black Studies, Mental Health, and Gender Studies, and will be a great resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of Sociology, Psychology, Education, and Politics.The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Women & Therapy.
This book offers support and guidance to sexuality professionals who are looking at the different strategies to progress their career, accounting for all the diverse jobs they can take on or create.
This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the work of the The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (2013-17) and its social, psychological, legal and discursive impact.
Join Detective Jack Bondar and Dani Taylor on their continued journey to find her little sister Ali, abducted at 14 and missing for the past 14 years. This sequel to The River of Tears delves into the psyche of sex traffickers and their victims. It explores their internal and external conflicts, and the trauma that trafficked people and their families endure. It also explores the post-traumatic stress that many police officers experience in their work. It is a story about our roots, and the way we all long at some point to come home.
FINALIST FOR THE PARAGRAPHE HUGH MACLENNAN PRIZE FOR FICTIONBy the author of the award-winning The Ghost Garden, a bravely imagined, deeply empathetic novel of two adolescent boys, bound by friendship and a terrible secret. With love and sex so deeply entwined with betrayal and abuse, how does a boy grow up?Monday Rent Boy begins in Somerset, England, in the mid-1980s, with the winning and heart-warming story of two 13-year-old friends and fellow altar boys, Arthur Barnes and Ernie Castlefrank. Endearing outcasts, they try not to speak of the secret tie that binds them: both boys are routinely preyed on by The Zipper, their nickname for Father Ziperto, the local Catholic priest. Still, they find adventure and release in the mischief they get up to together, as each also tries to survive in other ways. Arthur, a great reader and denier of reality, finds an ally in town bookseller Marina Phillips. Ernie, a gifted mathematician and animal lover, is not so lucky. As he and Arthur age out of the abuse, Ernie notices younger and equally vulnerable boys being recruited. When he tries to blow the whistle, nobody believes him. At 16, he disappears, a loss that almost destroys his best friend but also confirms for Arthur that he was smart to stay silent.Arthur eventually also turns his back on the mystery of Ernie's disappearance, but his bookselling mentor and friend Marina Phillips finds a way to follow Ernie where rage and betrayal has led him—into the darkest corners of the dark web—a search that ultimately helps Arthur reckon with what happened to them both. In the novel’s stunning, deeply affecting conclusion, Doherty draws a line directly from the covered-up abuse of children by Catholic priests to the current proliferation of child pornography and predators online—miraculously revealing the true heart of darkness while managing to affirm the light.
Henry Louis Wallace terrorized Charlotte, North Carolina, from May 1992 to March 1994. Wallace preyed on lower economic class Black women between 17 and 35 years old. He knew most of his victims, some through his job at Taco Bell, and gained their trust with his friendly demeanor and gentle nature-concealing a monster fueled by drug abuse and rage against women. A rarity in that he was an African American serial killer, his murderous rampage spurred controversy throughout the city. Community members accused local police of ignoring the murders because of the victims' race. Wallace attended the funerals of many of his victims and offered condolences to families. The ensuing investigation became the largest in North Carolina's history. Wallace was eventually found guilty and convicted of nine counts of murder, but he admitted to more killings while incarcerated; he is potentially responsible for anywhere from 20 to 90 deaths of Black women. Wallace continues to appeal and awaits his execution at Central Prison in Raleigh. BAD HENRY: The Murderous Rampage of 'The Taco Bell Strangler' by Ron Chepesiuk offers valuable insight into the psychology of serial killers and sheds light on issues surrounding race and policing.
Matthew 18 is a heartfelt conversation between Bishop Bill Muhm and Carrie Bucalo, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. Their mutual concern for the health and well-being of the Church led to an honest dialogue about the deep wounds victims experience, emerging in a fresh, relevant, and hopeful commentary. Each chapter begins with a selected text from Matthew 18. Bishop Muhm offers theological insights, and Carrie responds with her experiences as a survivor. Together, they reveal that Jesus' words in Matthew 18 are a direct source of healing and guidance for the whole Church during this time of scandal. Enhanced with Carrie's emotive artwork, this little book shows that the present time of crisis and sadness is also a time of extraordinary grace. "Where sin abounds, grace abounds all the more" (Romans 5:20).
Sex in God's Temple - 15 Easy Ways to Understand, Identify and Overcome Sexual Immorality and Emotional Traps in Your Life was written as a practical "how to" book to help you end sexual and emotional entanglement forever.What is my motivation for writing this book, why would you want to read it and apply it to your life?The Motivation: The incidence of believers becoming trapped in destructive entanglements seems to have increased and continues to be a source of pain and heartache for singles and families alike. Sexual immorality knows no boundaries. Its insidious influence has spread into institutions and homes of well-intended people who seek to live moral, Christian lives. The internet with all its goodies does not help matters at all. The internet has made the private consumption of illicit material possible through one's home computer or mobile device (Phone). Young and old alike can access not only pornography but also engage in virtual emotional relationship with complete strangers on the other side of the world. Even if physical contact never occurs, the damage to a marriage can be devastating when the online relationship becomes enticingly important to one of the spouses. Children, Young and old, missionaries, pastors, or lay members are not immune to the invasion of pornographic content on devices that leaves images which usually lingers to the point of getting entrapped. I have been called to advise on types of software that could help prevent these invaders from taking in more casualties. The television and movies continue to expose viewers to ever more tantalizing images and content that can draw us further into compromising lifestyles.We have engaged Christian authors that have proven scriptural practical solutions to avoid the pitfalls of sexual immorality. There are also real life stories that we can learn from in charting our own course. I have also realized from my own experiences after over 25 years of my Christian journey that rarely do we teach about sexual matters from our pulpit. Yet our homes, which is the bedrock of society have suffered untold consequences as a result of the issue of sexual and emotional entrapment and entanglement either in marriages, outside marriages, in schools, in our offices or our marketplaces and in the environment giving birth to Mee Too Movements, Gender Inequality struggles, Sex for Marks in our Universities, Sex for promotions in the workplace, Sex for Transfer, Sex for privileges, Sex for Contracts etc. These developments come as a shock to many believers who are ill-prepared to handle such enormous temptations they have to endure which has led them to become victims of workplace pressures. There is a need for mentorship on this subject matter. The Why you would want to read it: It is written to help anyone, especially Christians struggling secretly or publicly with any form of sexual immorality and emotional traps. None of us are immune from the temptations surrounding us.
Le sexe dans le temple de Dieu - 15 façons simples de comprendre, d'identifier et de surmonter l' immoralité sexuelle et les pièges émotionnels dans votre vie ont été écrits comme un livre pratique expliquant comment vous aider à mettre fin pour toujours à l'enchevêtrement sexuel et émotionnel.Quelle est ma motivation pour écrire ce livre, pourquoi voudriez-vous le lire et l' appliquer à votre vie?La motivation : T il incidence des croyants deviennent piégés dans destructeurs enchevêtrements semble avoir augmenté et continue d'être une source de douleur et de chagrin d' amour pour les célibataires et les familles. L'immoralité sexuelle ne connaît pas de frontières. Son influence insidieuse s'est répandue dans les institutions et les foyers de personnes bien intentionnées qui cherchent à mener une vie morale et chrétienne. Internet avec tous ses atouts n'aide pas du tout. Internet a rendu possible la consommation privée de matériel illicite par le biais de son ordinateur à la maison ou de son appareil mobile (téléphone). Jeunes et moins jeunes peuvent accéder non seulement à la pornographie, mais aussi entretenir une relation émotionnelle virtuelle avec de parfaits inconnus de l'autre côté du monde. Même si aucun contact physique ne se produit jamais, les dommages causés à un mariage peuvent être dévastateurs lorsque la relation en ligne prend une importance attrayante pour l'un des époux. Les enfants, les jeunes et les moins jeunes, les missionnaires, les pasteurs ou les membres laïcs ne sont pas à l'abri de l'invasion de contenu pornographique sur des appareils laissant des images qui restent généralement au point de rester piégées. On m'a appelé pour vous conseiller sur les types de logiciels qui pourraient aider à empêcher ces envahisseurs de subir davantage de victimes. La télévision et les films continuent d'exposer les téléspectateurs à des images et à des contenus de plus en plus tentants, susceptibles de nous entraîner encore plus dans des modes de vie compromettants.Nous avons engagé des auteurs chrétiens qui ont fait la preuve de solutions concrètes dans les Ecritures pour éviter les pièges de l'immoralité sexuelle. Il existe également des histoires de la vie réelle que nous pouvons apprendre en traçant notre propre parcours. Je l' ai également réalisé à partir de mes propres expériences après plus de 25 ans de mon voyage chrétien qui ne nous enseignons rarement sur le sexe importe uel de notre chaire. Pourtant, nos foyers, qui sont le fondement de la société, ont subi des conséquences indescriptibles du fait du problème du piégeage sexuel et émotionnel, que ce soit dans les mariages, en dehors des mariages, dans les écoles, dans nos bureaux ou sur nos marchés et dans l'environnement donnant naissance à des enfants. Mee Too Mouvements, luttes pour l'inégalité entre les sexes, Sex for Marks dans nos universités, Sex for promotions sur le lieu de travail, Sex for Transfer, Sex for privilèges, Sex for Contracts, etc. Ces développements ont choqué de nombreux croyants mal préparés à gérer les énormes tentations qu'ils ont à subir, ce qui les a conduit à devenir victimes des pressions exercées sur leur lieu de travail.
A collection of original short plays that focus on sexual harassment and assault in Egypt, by debut Egyptian playwrightsThese five original short plays, written by Egyptian students from the American University in Cairo in collaboration with Jillian Campana and Dina Amin, mark the first published plays in Egypt that deal directly with sexual harassment. Sexual crimes are not limited to the workplace or the street-they happen everywhere, from the bedroom to the café, in shops, on modes of transportation, and in businesses, homes, outdoor areas, and educational and religious institutions. They can be perpetrated by a stranger, acquaintance, friend, family member, or loved one and they can encompass many different types of sexual violence, including verbal, non-verbal, physical, or visual violence. This collection breaks social taboos by offering dramatic texts that reflect the reality of survivors of sexual harassment from multiple perspectives-families and couples, bystanders, victims and perpetrators, men and women. Many of the women portrayed in these plays are independent, educated, and well to do, but they are all subjected to varying degrees of sexual harassment and violence. Accompanied with narrative commentary that places the events in context, these plays and the issues they explore seek to challenge dominant perceptions about sexual harassment in the region and to shine light on the power imbalances and disparities that give rise to it. They will be of interest to artists, social science researchers, educators, and anyone interested in the issue of sexual harassment, and collaborative theater processes.Playwrights: Yehia Abdelghan, Marwan Abdelmoneim, Nour El Captan, Passant Faheem, Nour Ibrahim, Noran Morsi, and Omar OmarThe research on which this book is based was awarded the Times Higher Education 2023 MENA Award for Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Performances of these plays are royalty free.
"The first and only comprehensive collection of writings by Elizabeth Garver Jordan, the groundbreaking journalist, suffragist, and editor whose fearless reporting on women preceded the #MeToo movement and popularized the true-crime genre. [This] ... is the first to collect Garver Jordan's fiction and journalism, much of which has been out of print for over a century. Jordan began her career as a reporter, making her name as one of few women journalists to cover the Lizzie Borden murder trial for the New York World in 1893. Jordan's distinctive, narrative-driven coverage of the Borden and other high-profile murder cases brought her national visibility, and she turned increasingly to fiction writing. Drawing on her experiences as a true-crime reporter and newspaper editor, she published detective novels and short story collections such as Tales of the City Room that explored the fine line between women's criminality and crimes against women. Employing popular genre conventions as a means of dealing with women's issues, Jordan exposed gendered abuse in the workplace and the prevalence of sexual violence. [The book] encourages readers to draw a historical trajectory from Jordan's pioneering literary activism to the writings of contemporary journalists and novelists whose work continues to fuel discussions of gender, feminism, and crime, raising questions about who gets to tell women's stories, especially in the wake of the #MeToo movement"--
From #notallmen to #MeToo, this book acts as an in-depth primer on how these outdated attitudes continue to persist, but also the role we can play in shifting this cultural mindset and create lasting social change.
At twenty-three, away on a Homecoming weekend with an older couple she'd met on a trip to the Holy Land, Lynne never dreamed of being molested by a Christian man and spending a night in fear she'd get raped. But that's exactly where she ended up, and for the next fourteen years, battled shame and anxiety. How was she supposed to understand God or trust men again when a Christian man did this to her? How could she find peace and calm? Searching for answers, she studied how Jesus related to women in the Bible. Find out what she discovered that helped her find forgiveness and wholeness again. Unfolding; Recovering Your Identity After Sexual Intrusion gives women practical steps to grieve their abuse, find safety and strength in a relationship with Jesus Christ, and regain their power after they've survived sexual intrusion. "Beautifully written yet real, raw and down-to-earth, Unfolding is full of candor, wisdom and truth," -Michele Chynoweth, Bestselling Author
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