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      By Gay, Roxane
       [2014], Harper Perennial Call No: 305.42   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation, Roxane Gay. "Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite color was black to be cool, but it is pink, all shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink. I read Vogue, and I'm not doing it ironically, though it might seem that way. I once live-tweeted the September issue." In these funny and insightful essays, Roxane Gay takes us through the journey of her evolution as a woman (Sweet Valley High) of color (The Help) while also taking readers on a ride through culture of the last few years (Girls, Django in Chains) and commenting on the state of feminism today (abortion, Chris Brown). The portrait that emerges is not only one of an incredibly insightful woman continually growing to understand herself and our society, but also one of our culture. Bad Feminist is a sharp, funny, and spot-on look at the ways in which the culture we consume becomes who we are, and an inspiring call-to-arms of all the ways we still need to do better.
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      By McInerny, Nora
       2022., One Signal Publishers : Atria Call No: 158.1 Mci   Edition: First One Signal Publishers/Atria Books hardcover edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: A collection of humorous essays on modern life and its absurdities by the host of the podcast "Terrible, Thanks for Asking," which has been characterized by the author's honest and earnest way of talking about her and others' grief and loss. The author relates stories from her past that make her cringe, her funny worries about her upcoming middle-aged future, and how she has become okay with being chaotic and imperfect in life.
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      By Westover, Tara
       [2018]., Random House Call No: B Westover   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. Her father distrusted the medical establishment, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when an older brother became violent. When another brother got himself into college and came back with news of the world beyond the mountain, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. She taught herself enough mathematics, grammar, and science to take the ACT and was admitted to Brigham Young University. There, she studied psychology, politics, philosophy, and history, learning for the first time about pivotal world events like the Holocaust and the Civil Rights Movement. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home.
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      By Westover, Tara
       [2018]., Random House Large Print Call No: B Westover   Edition: First large print edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Author Tara Westover was born to survivalists living off the grid in the mountains. She never saw a doctor and suffered from a violent older brother. When another brother made it out to the broader world and entered college, Westover taught herself enough to enter the educational system herself for the first time at the age of seventeen. Here she discusses the importance of education and its ability to spark self-reflection and self-invention.
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      By Westover, Tara
       [2018], Random House Call No: HI-INT B WES   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. Her father distrusted the medical establishment, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when an older brother became violent. When another brother got himself into college and came back with news of the world beyond the mountain, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. She taught herself enough mathematics, grammar, and science to take the ACT and was admitted to Brigham Young University. There, she studied psychology, politics, philosophy, and history, learning for the first time about pivotal world events like the Holocaust and the Civil Rights Movement. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home.
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      By Westover, Tara
       [2018]., Random House Call No: MEMOIR NF WES   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: "A . . . memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University"--Amazon.com.
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      By Westover, Tara
       [2018]., Random House Call No: Biography NF WES   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: "A . . . memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University"--Amazon.com.
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      By Jahren, Hope
       2017., Vintage Books Call No: B Jahren   Edition: First Vintage Books edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Memoir of scientist Hope Jahren about growing up being allowed to play with her science teacher father's lab equipment, what science means to her, and how she has developed a life doing science with "both the heart and the hands." Highlight's Jahren's friendship with the brilliant but psychologically wounded man named Bill, who became her lab partner and best friend.
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      By Harrison, Vashti
       [2017]., Juvenile, Little, Brown and Company Call No: B   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Profiles forty black women in history who have been trailblazers for women in a number of different careers and important cultural movements, such as Phillis Wheatley, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman.