They Said This Would Be Fun

They Said This Would Be Fun
Title They Said This Would Be Fun PDF eBook
Author Eternity Martis
Publisher McClelland & Stewart
Pages 257
Release 2021-07-13
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0771062206

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER Winner of the Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Nonfiction Nominated for the Evergreen Award A powerful, moving memoir about what it's like to be a student of colour on a predominantly white campus. A booksmart kid from Toronto, Eternity Martis was excited to move away to Western University for her undergraduate degree. But as one of the few Black students there, she soon discovered that the campus experiences she'd seen in movies were far more complex in reality. Over the next four years, Eternity learned more about what someone like her brought out in other people than she did about herself. She was confronted by white students in blackface at parties, dealt with being the only person of colour in class and was tokenized by her romantic partners. She heard racial slurs in bars, on the street, and during lectures. And she gathered labels she never asked for: Abuse survivor. Token. Bad feminist. But, by graduation, she found an unshakeable sense of self--and a support network of other women of colour. Using her award-winning reporting skills, Eternity connects her own experience to the systemic issues plaguing students today. It's a memoir of pain, but also resilience.

They Said

They Said
Title They Said PDF eBook
Author Simone Muench
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2018
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9781625577016

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Poetry. Fiction. Literary Nonfiction. THEY SAID: A MULTI-GENRE ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY COLLABORATIVE WRITING includes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as hybridized forms that push the boundaries of concepts like "genre" and "author." Contributors to this anthology include: Kelli Russell Agodon, Nin Andrews, Elisa Gabbert, Ross Gay, Carol Guess, Carla Harryman, j/j hastain, Lyn Hejinian, Persis Karim, Ada Limon, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Julie Marie Wade, G C Waldrep, and many more.

They Said What?!

They Said What?!
Title They Said What?! PDF eBook
Author Jeff Necessary
Publisher Xlibris Corporation
Pages 163
Release 2015-07-28
Genre Education
ISBN 150358299X

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“This is such a great read! It helps society understand the minds of our young people and appreciate the humor they bring into the classroom.” —Bambi Condrey, The Academy for the Arts, Science and Technology, English department “Page turning, pants wetting, jaw dropping look into the eyes of our future. You won’t put this book down for a moment.” —Lucas B. Ingersoll, North Myrtle Beach High School, business department “Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall of a high school classroom? Well, this read is your chance. Read it cover to cover. Couldn’t stop laughing.” —Jennifer Mundy, North Myrtle Beach High teacher “Every page makes you laugh. It’s funny to see what some of these students came up with! Hilarious!” —Lydia Webb, student

They Never Said It

They Never Said It
Title They Never Said It PDF eBook
Author Paul F. Boller Jr.
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 186
Release 1990-06-14
Genre History
ISBN 0199879168

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Abraham Lincoln never said, "You cannot fool all the people all the time." Thomas Jefferson never said, "That government is best which governs least." And Horace Greeley never said, "Go west, young man." In They Never Said It, Paul F. Boller, Jr. and John George examine hundreds of misquotations, incorrect attributions, and blatant fabrications, outlining the origins of the quotes and revealing why we should consign them to the historical trashcan. Many of the misquotes are quite harmless. Some are inadvertent misquotes that have become popular (Shakespeare actually said, "The best part of valor is discretion"), others, the inventions of reporters embellishing a story (Franklin Roosevelt never opened a speech to a DAR group with the salutation, "My fellow immigrants"). But some of the quotes, such as Charles Darwin's supposed deathbed recantation of evolution, falsify the historical record with their blatant dishonesty. And other chillingly vicious ones, filled with virulent racial and religious prejudices, completely distort the views of the person supposedly quoted and spread distrust and hatred among the gullible. These include the forged remarks attributed to Benjamin Franklin that Jews should be excluded from America and the fabricated condemnation of Catholics attributed to Lincoln. An entertaining and thought-provoking book, They Never Said It covers a great deal of history and sets it right. Going beyond a mere catalog of popular misconceptions, Boller and George reveal how rightists and leftists, and atheists and evangelists all have at times twisted and even invented the words of eminent figures to promote their own ends. The ultimate debunking reference, it perfectly complements handbooks of quotations.

She Said

She Said
Title She Said PDF eBook
Author Jodi Kantor
Publisher Penguin
Pages 322
Release 2020-06-30
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 052556036X

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Now a major motion picture, starring Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan "An instant classic of investigative journalism...‘All the President’s Men’ for the Me Too era." — Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the untold story of their investigation of Harvey Weinstein and its consequences for the #MeToo movement For years, reporters had tried to get to the truth about Harvey Weinstein’s treatment of women. Rumors of wrongdoing had long circulated, and in 2017, when Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey began their investigation for the New York Times, his name was still synonymous with power. But during months of confidential interviews with actresses, former Weinstein employees, and other sources, many disturbing and long-buried allegations were unearthed, and a web of onerous secret payouts and nondisclosure agreements was revealed. When Kantor and Twohey were finally able to convince sources to go on the record, a dramatic final showdown between Weinstein and the New York Times was set in motion. In the tradition of great investigative journalism, She Said tells a thrilling story about the power of truth and reveals the inspiring and affecting journeys of the women who spoke up—for the sake of other women, for future generations, and for themselves.

Highway of Tears

Highway of Tears
Title Highway of Tears PDF eBook
Author Jessica McDiarmid
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 352
Release 2024-05-21
Genre Political Science
ISBN 150116029X

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In the vein of the astonishing and eye-opening bestsellers I'll Be Gone in the Dark and The Line Becomes a River, this stunning work of investigative journalism follows a series of unsolved disappearances and murders of Indigenous women in rural British Columbia.

They Said. They Said

They Said. They Said
Title They Said. They Said PDF eBook
Author Steffan Tubbs
Publisher
Pages 314
Release 2020-04-22
Genre
ISBN 9781705300152

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"They Said. They Said." The true story of two families deeply impacted by the death of 36-year-old Kathleen Rafferty Petrocco. The coroner said the 2019 death was a suicide; Kate's family feels the mother of twin was murdered - or at least driven to kill herself. Growing media coverage, a well-known Colorado produce company, and damning social media posts all play a role in the aftermath. Domestic abuse, alcohol and drug addiction, alleged affairs, enabling family members and the failure of the social justice system all contribute to this heartbreaking, real-life saga.