Mask Off

2019 Masculinity

Author : J. J. Bola
Release : 2019
Genre : Masculinity
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 743/5 ( reviews)

Book Synopsis Mask Off by : J. J. Bola

Download or read book Mask Off written by J. J. Bola. This book was released on 2019. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is masculinity? Dominating the world around us, from Trump's twitter outbursts to deadly gun violence, from male suicide rates to incels on Reddit and 4chan, masculinity is perceived to be 'toxic', 'fragile' and 'in crisis'. In Mask Off, JJ Bola exposes masculinity as a performance that men are socially conditioned into. Using examples of non-Western cultural traditions, music and sport, he shines light on historical narratives around manhood, debunking popular myths along the way. He explores how LGBTQ men, men of colour, and male refugees experience masculinity in diverse ways, revealing its fluidity, how it's strengthened and weakened by different political contexts, such as the patriarchy or the far-right, and perceived differently by those around them. At the heart of love and sex, the political stage, competitive sports, gang culture, and mental health issues, lies masculinity: Mask Off is an urgent call to unravel masculinity and redefine it.

Masks Off, Crowns On

2019-02-07 Fiction

Author : Nataya Cowart
Release : 2019-02-07
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 535/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Masks Off, Crowns On written by Nataya Cowart. This book was released on 2019-02-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You GROW, Girl! Masks Off, Crowns On is the first in a one-of-a-kind series of short story collections for teen and preteen girls. Geared toward readers ages twelve through nineteen, this interactive volume includes forty realistic fiction short stories featuring teen and preteen girls of differing ages, backgrounds, and personalities, faced with a variety of situations and circumstances. Covering every issue relevant to teen girls, from self-esteem and body image to suicide and teen pregnancy, Masks Off, Crowns On will cause readers to laugh, cry, empathize, and most importantly, think! This book is presented in a way that encourages girls to take off the various “masks” they’ve been hiding behind (i.e., low self-esteem, guilt, fear, negative body image, etc.) and replace them with the shining princess “crowns” worthy of their true selves. This collection is subdivided into chapters according to subject, with an in-depth “reflections” section at the end of each. Featuring comprehensive and relatable reads on each issue, questions to prompt critical thinking, and a five-point coping strategy for each subject covered. Masks Off, Crowns On is written to challenge, inspire, and encourage young girls to think before acting, make wise decisions, build healthy relationships, take care of themselves inside and out, and value their individuality. Each chapter’s reflections section also includes a “Selfie Journal,” in which girls can record their thoughts, feelings, questions, and experiences. This beautiful treasury is a must-buy keepsake for teen girls everywhere—and for those who live and work with them! If you’re a teen or a parent of a teen, you’ve got to have this one on your bookshelf.

Take Off the Masks

2007 Anglican Communion

Author : Malcolm Boyd
Release : 2007
Genre : Anglican Communion
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 659/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Take Off the Masks written by Malcolm Boyd. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over sixty years, Malcolm Boyd has written truthfully about his own journey to fullness. From theologian to civil rights pioneer to coffee house troubadour to gay rights icon, Boyd has courageously and whole-heartedly shown the way to a deeper, more honest examination of all our lives, leading by example. White Crane Books is proud to re-release Boyd's classic spiritual biography and coming out story, Take Off the Masks, for a new generation of readers hungry for its insight, honesty and soulful perception. With a new introduction by Boyd's life partner, Mark Thompson, and a newly added postscript by Rev. Canon Boyd himself.

Tear Off the Masks!

2005-07-25 History

Author : Sheila Fitzpatrick
Release : 2005-07-25
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 458/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Tear Off the Masks! written by Sheila Fitzpatrick. This book was released on 2005-07-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When revolutions happen, they change the rules of everyday life--both the codified rules concerning the social and legal classifications of citizens and the unwritten rules about how individuals present themselves to others. This occurred in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, which laid the foundations of the Soviet state, and again in 1991, when that state collapsed. Tear Off the Masks! is about the remaking of identities in these times of upheaval. Sheila Fitzpatrick here brings together in a single volume years of distinguished work on how individuals literally constructed their autobiographies, defended them under challenge, attempted to edit the "file-selves" created by bureaucratic identity documentation, and denounced others for "masking" their true social identities. Marxist class-identity labels--"worker," "peasant," "intelligentsia," "bourgeois"--were of crucial importance to the Soviet state in the 1920s and 1930s, but it turned out that the determination of a person's class was much more complicated than anyone expected. This in turn left considerable scope for individual creativity and manipulation. Outright imposters, both criminal and political, also make their appearance in this book. The final chapter describes how, after decades of struggle to construct good Soviet socialist personae, Russians had to struggle to make themselves fit for the new, post-Soviet world in the 1990s--by "de-Sovietizing" themselves. Engaging in style and replete with colorful detail and characters drawn from a wealth of sources, Tear Off the Masks! offers unique insight into the elusive forms of self-presentation, masking, and unmasking that made up Soviet citizenship and continue to resonate in the post-Soviet world.

Taking Off the Mask

2017-10-12 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Antoinette Jackson
Release : 2017-10-12
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 385/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Taking Off the Mask written by Antoinette Jackson. This book was released on 2017-10-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking Off the Mask By: Antoinette Jackson Get ready to experience a journey to living an authentic life and a life of freedom from behind the mask with Antoinette Jackson. Antoinette realized she was wearing a mask in her twenties. From childhood to adulthood, through pain, rape, abuse, and disappointments, layer by layer she became comfortable in being disguised by her masks. She wasn’t willing to let go until there was a spiritual awakening through hearing and applying the word of God. Antoinette was able to peel back layer by layer through a few God-given friendships, receive healing, deliverance, and, through prayer and praise, the love of God came to her rescue.

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