6/30/2023 0 Comments Normal Life by Dean Spade![]() While we all have to comply with the gender binaries set forth by regulatory bodies of law and administration, many trans people, especially the most marginalized, are even more at risk for poverty, violence, and premature death by virtue of those same "neutral" legal structures. This approach assumes that the state and its legal, policing, and social services apparatus-even its policies and documents of belonging and non-belonging-are neutral and benevolent. "Wait-what's wrong with rights? Much of the legal advocacy for trans and gender nonconforming people in the US has reflected the civil rights and "equality" strategies of mainstream gay and lesbian organizations-agitating for legal reforms that would ostensibly guarantee equal access, nondiscrimination, and equal protection under the law. ![]() Conclusion: "This is a protest, not a parade!".Rethinking transphobia and power : beyond a rights framework.Trans law and politics on a neoliberal landscape.Introduction: Rights, movements, and critical trans politics.Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index. ![]()
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6/30/2023 0 Comments Giants Beware! by Jorge Aguirre![]() ![]() Born in Puerto Rico and based in Ohio, Rafael Rosado is a veteran of the animation industry. Hes written for everything from the most popular childrens shows to documentaries about Romanian exorcisms. ![]() One can only hope that Aguirre and Rosado have more adventures planned. Jorge Aguirre is a Colombian-American from Columbus, Ohio. The rich world and engaging characters are a surefire hit-and the glorious full-color illustrations, which pack a novel’s worth of expression onto cartoon faces, should bring readers back for multiple reads of this many-layered story. When Claudette discovers that not all stories are as they seem, she and her friends must fool the adults who have come to bring them home to protect an innocent monster. Driven by Claudette’s courage, Marie, who wants nothing more than to become a princess, shows proper heroic wits, and Gaston reveals inner strength and determination. When she hears the story of a giant on the loose, she is determined to leave her home-accompanied by her cowardly brother, Gaston, and best friend Marie-in order to set things right. ![]() Delightfully spunky Claudette is set on becoming a monster slayer like her father (who is missing limbs due to his earlier adventures). You could not isolated going similar to books collection or library or borrowing from your contacts to admission them. Comedy and fairy tale sensibilities balance perfectly in this exciting debut by writer Aguirre and illustrator Rosado. Getting the books Giants Beware Jorge Aguirre now is not type of inspiring means. ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan![]() A wave of crackling flames and boiling blood. Some were pointing spears or swords at the wave, as though they could fight it back.Ĭloser now, almost upon them, half a mile high, stretching in an unbroken line across the horizon. ![]() The vampires pulled closer together, terrified but proud, facing their deaths with dignity. I was trying to push forward - I wanted to be with the rest of the clan when the wave hit - but an invisible force held me back.Īs I struggled, roaring silently - my voice didn't work here - the wave swept ever nearer. At the rear, separated from the crowd, I stood alone. All three thousand or so faced the onrushing wave. ![]() On a vast plain, a mass of vampires waited. ![]() Red, towering, topped with spitting heads of fire. ![]() I N THE DISTANCE A WAVE of blood was building. Who worked so hard to make June 2003 such a special The Little, Brown and Company name and logo are trademarks of Hachette Book Group, Inc.Īnd everybody else on the Japanese Shan team Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. The characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious. Visit our Web site at First eBook Edition: May 2006 ![]() 6/30/2023 0 Comments Caste matters by suraj yengde![]() ![]() There is a vibrant civil society that has been pushing for change since the 1950s. The poor in Nepal are disproportionately Dalits, Janajatis and Muslims compared to Brahmins and Newari, also known as Khas-Aryas. While it took another 110 years to revisit this constitutional code of Nepal, the King established Nepal as a “Hindu State” in 1963, suspending the short democratic rights and paving a path towards theocratic autocracy and deepening poverty for the majority. Like Manusmriti, the Muluk Ain described the roles of castes, classified those with untouchable rank, and imposed injunctions upon them. This formally acknowledged and regulated the castes into four varnas. In 1854, the caste system was strictly encoded along the lines of Manusmriti, known as Muluki Ain (Country Code of Nepal, 1854). Aahuti, one of Nepal’s leading scholars and brilliant minds, in his book Nepalma Varnabyawastha ra Barga Sangharsha, traces the presence of castes encoded in the Licchavi era (400-740 CE) stone inscription then advanced by the Malla dynasty. ![]() ![]() The introduction of untouchability was brought in around 600 AD. Credited as an extension of the Hindu republic, the function of caste was introduced around 200 AD in the Valley. Nepal’s caste system functions alongside India’s history in many ways. ![]() |