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Sexy Like Us: Disability, Humor, and Sexuality takes a humorous,
intimate approach to disability through the stories, jokes,
performances, and other creative expressions of people with
disabilities. Author Teresa Milbrodt explores why individuals can
laugh at their leglessness, find stoma bags sexual, discover
intimacy in scars, and flaunt their fragility in ways both
hilarious and serious. Their creative and comic acts crash,
collide, and collaborate with perceptions of disability in
literature and dominant culture, allowing people with disabilities
to shape political disability identity and disability pride, call
attention to social inequalities, and poke back at ableist cultural
norms. This book also discusses how the ambivalent nature of comedy
has led to debates within disability communities about when it is
acceptable to joke, who has permission to joke, and which jokes
should be used inside and outside a community's inner circle.
Joking may be difficult when considering aspects of disability that
involve physical or emotional pain and struggles to adapt to new
forms of embodiment. At the same time, people with disabilities can
use humor to expand the definitions of disability and sexuality.
They can help others with disabilities assert themselves as sexy
and sexual. And they can question social norms and stigmas around
bodies in ways that open up journeys of being, not just for
individuals who consider themselves disabled, but for all people.
Inside this seriously funny un-commentary you will find the top
seven lists of recently discovered businesses, pet peeves of Noah,
favorite Christmas gifts for Bible characters, stand by plagues not
inflicted on Egypt, biblical fitness videos, and much more! If you
aren't careful, you may learn a few things about the Bible as you
laugh your way through the puns, limericks, stories, and jokes told
in "Bible Humor Top Seven Lists."
It's a grim fact that the world isn't as nice as it used to be.
People are ruder, more greedy, more selfish, and more violent. And
even though those hardback retro books with flock covers and
embossed titles look nice, they won't help turn back the clock.
Making a pin-hole camera, skimming stones, and whittling wood isn't
going to bring world peace. In fact, the world is only made more
dangerous by people making their own bunsen burners and careering
down hills in soap-box carts. Well, here's an alternative book for
boys--although it won't just mock the things that Dad did. Though
if you can build a tree house along the lines suggested by certain
authors, you're better off starting a loft extension business. The
book will also have useful suggestions for skills to acquire that
will actually help you as you grow up, namely: how to tell decent
jokes, three essential chords on the guitar, how to drill a hole
and put a rawlplug in it, how to play pool, and how to learn the
half-volley in any sport.
Everyone can use a daily wake-up call.
Now in bite-size mantras, the abridged empathetic wit and wisdom
of the number one "New York Times" bestseller "He's Just Not That
Into You" will recharge and inspire your dating outlook one wake-up
call at a time.
For ages women have come together over coffee, cocktails, or
late-night phone chats to analyze the puzzling behavior of men.
Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo are here to say that -- despite good
intentions -- you're wasting your time. Men are not complicated,
although they'd like you to think they are. And there are no mixed
messages.
The truth may be, "He's just not that into you."
"He's Just Not That Into You" -- based on a popular episode of
"Sex and the City" -- educates otherwise smart women on how to tell
when a guy just doesn't like them "enough, " so they can stop
wasting time making excuses for a dead-end relationship. This book
knows you're a beautiful, smart, funny woman who deserves better
A high-energy, laugh-out-loud, fully illustrated adventure story by
much-loved actor Stephen Mangan and talented artist Anita Mangan.
'Just read the title... that will draw them in. It's a bit naughty,
a bit silly, a bit funny but you start reading and it's an
adventure Holly Willoughby A sure-fire way for kids to entertain
themselves. What's more, it's also excellent for reading aloud
LoveReading4Kids 'Laugh-out-loud stuff' Ray D'Arcy It's the most
important day of the year for King Fabian as he is hosting all the
neighbouring rulers. Everything simply must go perfectly. King
Fabian wakes up, stretches, and... farts. His wife's fury is so
huge that he panics and blames the butler, who is carted off to the
dungeons. Leaving behind a big problem: Fabian isn't really the
brains behind the crown: it is the butler... how will dithery
Fabian manage to pull off this high-pressure event alone? His small
and smelly fart looks like it will kick off a crisis... Frank - a
kitchen boy with a big imagination - is drafted in as an emergency
butler. As the banquet descends into a food fight and processions
catapult out of control, Frank finds himself in an all-out farty
farce. Can he save the day? Wildly funny and endlessly surprising,
this is delightfully imaginative, surreal storytelling with a
message that small events can trigger big change, and children can
be heroes! Packed with pictures by Stephen Mangan's sister Anita
Mangan. Escape the Rooms is one of the most loved and bestselling
children's debuts of 2021. Praise for Stephen Anita's first book,
Escape the Rooms: "A brilliant, clever, kind of genius book" Graham
Norton, Virgin Radio 'Richly imagined and deeply heartfelt' Hadley
Freeman, Guardian 'Manages to feel both classic and modern at the
same time' Good Housekeeping 'A beautiful and exciting adventure
that ignites the imagination' Edith Bowman Stephen Mangan is an
author, script-writer and actor with huge range across TV, radio,
film and theatre. From classic comedy such as Green Wing, Episodes
and I'm Alan Partridge and acclaimed drama such as The Split,
Stephen also presents Portrait and Landscape Artist of the Year and
regularly appears on stage, most recently as a highly praised
Ebeneezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. Stephen also voiced the
title role in Postman Pat: The Movie. He has been a member of the
judging panels for the Costa Book of the Year prize and The
Laugh-Out-Loud Awards (The Lollies). His first children's book was
the bestselling Escape the Rooms. Anita Mangan is a celebrated
graphic designer and illustrator who has designed over 60 books
including for Leon Restaurants, Gizzi Erskine and Fearne Cotton.
She illustrated the best-selling Be a Unicorn series. Her first
children's book was the bestselling Escape the Rooms.
Brain Candy for expectant parents
Pregnancy is an adventure.
Lots of books tell you the basics--"the baby is the size of insert
fruit here]." But pregnant science writer Jena Pincott began to
wonder just how a baby might tinker with her body--and vice
versa--and chased down answers to the questions she wouldn't ask
her doctor, such as:
- Does stress sharpen your baby's mind--or dull it?
- Can you predict your baby's temperament?
- Why are babies born in the darker months of the year more likely
to grow up to be novelty-loving risk takers?
- Are bossy, dominant women more likely to have boys?
- How can the cells left behind by your baby affect you years
later?
This is a different kind of pregnancy book--thoughtful, fun, and
filled with information you won't find anywhere else.
From the wildly popular Instagram account, Disappointing Affirmations
hilariously counters the culture of relentless toxic positivity with a
realistic take on a disappointing world where failure is always an
option, but that's okay.
Pairing lovely vacation photos taken by the author himself with sayings
that are amusingly self-critical, encouraging, disillusioned, or all
three at once, Tarnowski points to feelings commonly unacknowledged or
hidden and spotlights them with humor, wit, and empathy. You can do it!
But you probably won't. But also: Be kind to yourself, asshole.
Transforming and re-envisioning the material for print while adding
tons of new work, this is the funny-because-it's-true, sneaky self-help
gift book for anyone who isn't happy all the time and doesn't feel seen
in the whole positive mental attitude" culture. Unfollow your dreams!
IT REALLY IS OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY: People say, "It's okay to not be
okay," but then it feels like they need you to be okay. This
subversively funny book is the perfect way to remind ourselves, or
anyone who needs it, that it's better to deal with our feelings
honestly than fall into the "positive vibes only" self-help trap.
COMEDY FOR A NEW ERA: Wellness has been slowly taking a darker turn in
popular culture, and comedy is no exception. From Inside by Bo Burnham
to the absurdity of TV giant Succession, audiences are drawn to media
that embraces discomfort rather than drowning it out. Disappointing
Affirmations may not look very comforting, but not all self-care comes
in the form of warm hugs and sunrise yoga.
FOR HUMOR BOOK FANS: Seeking a gift for the anti-optimist in your life?
This one fits the bill for fans of satirical doom classics and
self-help antidotes such as All My Friends Are Dead, Am I Overthinking
This?, the Worst Case Scenario series, and The Subtle Art of Not Giving
a F*ck .
THERE'S MORE: See also the Disappointing AffirmationsPencils and
Disappointing Affirmations: 30 Postcards set. You won't be disappointed.
Perfect for:- College grads, people entering the workforce, people who
wish they hadn't entered the workforce - Fans of the
@disappointingaffirmations Instagram account - Anyone who isn't always
cheerful and doesn't feel seen - Fans of satire and sarcastic humor -
Anyone feeling burnout, empathy fatigue, positivity fatigue, or fatigue
in general
For every cat that hisses and stares at you, there is a happy cat
somewhere in the world that would love to receive your attention. A
celebration of joyful and jubilant felines, this book is especially
crafted for all the cat lovers out there who are desperate to have
a puss that loves them back.
Hierdie skrywer weet hoe om ʼn storie te vertel en hoe om die leser in te katrol. Haar kinderjare in Pretoria-Wes word lewendig en humoristies verhaal.
Haar pa het lewenslank boekminderwaardig gevoel omdat hy nie kon gaan studeer nie. Sy pa het sy grond verloor en hy moes vroeg die skool verlaat om te gaan werk. Hy onderskei hom in die spoorweë, maar die drankduiwel ry hom (en die gesin). Geen kind van hom hoef te gaan leer nie, glo hy.
Die verteller self spring duidelik en onweerstaanbaar uit die bladsy regop – iemand wat, in haar eie woorde al soos ʼn haas verskrik is deur haar pa maar wat haar eenvoudig nie laat onderkry nie. Sy sou gaan leer, buig of bars. En sy het nie opgehou voordat sy ʼn doktorsgraad verwerf het nie.
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