![]() ![]() We’ve previously talked about Galton and eugenics back in our first series in the episode Sex and Death, which we reposted recently on the feed, so I was keen to sit down with Adam for an in-depth chat about the story of the eugenics movement, from its early days at UCL through to its present manifestation in policies such as enforced sterilisation. Today, as an honorary senior research associate at UCL, Adam continues to dig into the history of genetic, race science and eugenics in his teaching and his writing, including his most recent book, Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of Eugenics, which comes out on February 3rd. ![]() And some of them didn’t shirk from pointing out the connection between the theatre’s namesake and the darkest legacy of genetics: the eugenics movement. Click here to listen to the full podcast episode…Īs an undergraduate studying genetics at UCL, Adam Rutherford sat in the Galton Lecture theatre - named after Francis Galton, Charles Darwin’s half cousin - listening to the leading lights of the field expound on the joys of genes. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Ahdieh (The Wrath & the Dawn) is immensely skilled at crafting vibrant settings inhabited by sympathetic characters with rich pasts. ★ “n elaborate fantasy set in feudal Japan. She even finds herself falling in love-a love that will force her to question everything she's ever known about her family, her purpose, and her deepest desires.Ī Spring 2017 Amazon Pick – Spring’s Best Young Adult Fiction Once she's within their ranks, though, Mariko finds for the first time she's appreciated for her intellect and abilities. But en route to the imperial city of Inako, Mariko narrowly escapes a bloody ambush by a dangerous gang of bandits known as the Black Clan, who she learns has been hired to kill her before she reaches the palace.ĭressed as a peasant boy, Mariko sets out to infiltrate the Black Clan and track down those responsible for the target on her back. At just seventeen years old, Mariko is promised to Minamoto Raiden, the son of the emperor's favorite consort-a political marriage that will elevate her family's standing. The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place-she may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy, her future has always been out of her hands. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn, comes a sweeping, action-packed YA adventure set against the backdrop of Feudal Japan where Mulan meets Throne of Glass. ![]() ![]() I was wildly resisting my succulence because I felt traumatized every day by a patriarchal culture that had so severely harmed me- starting in early childhood in my family. I applaud that me who didn’t acquiesce to the request to “smile for the camera.” I also feel such tenderness for the “me” in this photo. I remember refusing to smile, because I didn’t want to. ![]() In this photo, I can see my rage and resistance so clearly. Here I am at 19, wildly resisting my succulence, even though I didn’t really know it at the time. ![]() This is #3 of a 6 part succulent “mini series” for you about my writing and creating the book Succulent Wild Woman Dancing With Your Wonderfull Self. ![]() ![]() New narratives compete with the old, displacing established norms and patterns of action. In times of chaos, competing narratives vie to create transformational change. In other words, the culture wars pervading present-day politics and economics are clear indicators of coming shocks. Put the two ideas together and the story reads: culture can change fast during periods of heightened complexity, when imagined futures create a sense of fear and radical uncertainty. This is transforming how cultural forces are understood. They have also begun to belatedly recognise that ‘imagined futures’ are cultural realities that shape present-day decisions. Yet over the last decade and more, anthropologists have gathered evidence that in times of chaos and volatility, culture can, contrary to conventional wisdom, change fast. ![]() Another, that it is about history, the idea that somehow the past can be recreated, and nostalgia. One prevailing idea is that culture is slow to change. Eagleton’s version: “Culture can be loosely summarised as the complex of values, customs, beliefs and practices which constitute the way of life of a specific group”. It defies definition, if not description. The result is that it is often misunderstood. ![]() Terry Eagleton said that “‘culture’ is one of the most complex words in the English language”. 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Here are a handful of popular American movies and a few foreign films that touch on the subject of touching one’s self. ![]() Later, she recounts a “special topping” on a pizza, and director David Wnendt not only dares to show the four erect men ejaculating, he captures the fantastic splatter of semen colliding in mid-air - in slo-mo no less.įilms depicting self-abuse have ranged from smart to sweet to silly. Early on, Helen (Carla Juri), the film’s 18-year-old heroine, selects vegetables from the family fridge to determine which is best for achieving orgasm. "Wetlands," which is currently in theaters, features two sure-to-be-notorious scenes of self-pleasuring. ![]() ![]() ![]() When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome mother calls for her even more meddlesome aunties to help get rid of the body. You get 4 meddling Asian aunties coming to the rescue! 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One of Spartacus's most powerful generals has defected, taking his men with him. Now the road home lies before them-to Thrace for Spartacus, and to Gaul for his seconds-in-command, Castus and Gannicus.īut storm clouds are gathering on the horizon. On the plain of the River Po, in modern Northern Italy, Spartacus has defeated Gaius Cassius Longinus, proconsul and general of an army of two legions. ![]() Spartacus has already done the impossible-not only has he escaped from slavery, he and his seconds have created a mighty slave army that has challenged Rome and defeated the armies of three praetors, two consuls, and one proconsul. ![]() Spartacus and his ragtag army take on the mighty Roman army in Ben Kane's brilliant recreation of one of the best-known epics of the modern era ![]() ![]() Linktree invented the bio link tool in 2016, and it continues the world’s most popular bio link to this day – with 35M+ people using it as their trusted place to share, sell and grow online. (Buy that if you haven't already.) Picking up a short time after the events of the first book, the half-cambion attorney faces new problems. Other link-in-bio companies don’t provide extensive data on what’s going on.” – Riley Lemon Lily Knight's adventures continue in CAMBION'S BLOOD, the sequel to Erin Fulmer's UF debut CAMBION'S LAW. Haunted by guilt, behind on her rent, and facing professional disgrace, Lily must figure out how to survive in the wreckage of her former life. Half-succubus attorney Lily Knight has blood on her hands. ![]() ”Websites are cool (I have one) but Linktrees just make it so much easier.” – Tan Nguyen Cambion’s Blood Erin Fulmer (Cambion, 2) Publication date: June 7th 2022 Genres: Adult, Urban Fantasy. ”It’s so much easier to set up and have all of your links in one place in a well designed format.” – Catie T Once I got Linktree set up, I was like, oh my god – why did I spend $100 on a website? I don’t need all of that! Now, I can see the monetization of my following becoming a full-time thing.” – David Coleman ![]() I can’t remember what I was using at the time, but it was one of those ones that were supposed to be easy. Her latest novel is Cambions Blood, sequel to her debut urban fantasy Cambions Law. “Four months into creating, someone messaged me like: You need a Linktree. Erin Fulmer is a fantasy and science fiction author, attorney. ![]() We have our own opinions here, of course, but the stories of the people who use Linktree matter more. ![]() ![]() ![]() In South America, however, they found themselves trapped in Jonestown and cut off from the outside world as their leader goaded them toward committing “revolutionary suicide” and deprived them of food, sleep, and hope. ![]() The people who built Jonestown wanted to forge a better life for themselves and their children. New York Times bestselling author Julia Scheeres drew from tens of thousands of recently declassified FBI documents and audiotapes, as well as rare videos and interviews, to piece together an unprecedented and compelling history of the doomed camp, focusing on the people who lived there. government began to investigate allegations of abuse and false imprisonment in Jonestown, it was too late.Ī Thousand Lives is the story of Jonestown as it has never been told. ![]() By the time Jones moved his congregation to a remote jungle in Guyana and the U.S. But even as the congregation thrived, Jones made it increasingly difficult for members to leave. As Jones’s behavior became erratic and his message more ominous, his followers leaned on each other to recapture the sense of equality that had drawn them to his church. ![]() He was a charismatic preacher with idealistic beliefs, and he quickly filled his pews with an audience eager to hear his sermons on social justice. In 1954, a past or named Jim Jones opened a church in Indianapolis called Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church. “A gripping account of how decent people can be taken in by a charismatic and crazed tyrant” ( The New York Times Book Review). ![]() ![]() ![]() Plus it's really a great story! As Maddie's husband becomes increasingly distant, she forms unexpected friendships with Scottish villagers under the threat of German air attacks. It made this particular history-phobe want to know more about the Loch Ness monster and the effects of World War II in Britain. This story feels unique - it's a premise I haven't read before. Having disgraced themselves with their drunken antics at a high society party, the trio head to the Scottish Highlands to hunt down the Loch Ness monster and regain the favour of Ellis's wealthy father and a disapproving community. At the Water's Edge is the story of Philadelphia socialite Madeline Hyde who, in the midst of World War II, makes a perilous journey across the ocean with her husband Ellis and family friend Hank. ![]() |