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Mothers and fathers use their time differently, with women spending roughly twice as many hours on family labor as men. But what about the gendered differences in the ways women and men think? What's on Her Mind provides an illuminating look at the cognitive labor that families depend on and reveals why this essential aspect of family life is disproportionately handled by women—even in couples that aspire to practice equality.

Here at the Press On podcast, we are dedicated to struggling WITH you. As best friends, we are creating a neutral space in which topics pertaining to being a twenty something in this world will be discussed frankly. You can expect candid conversation between two long time best friends who know what it’s like to just not know what the actual frick is going on. Nevertheless, we press on. We hope you will press on with us. Let’s have some fun. Keep up with us on instagram || @amberryoung || @haileyagray || & our podcast instagram @pressonpodcast || Music by Kenbeaux (@kenbeaux on insta)

This revised edition of Human Nature begins a new phase in the most important intellectual controversy of this generation: Is human behavior controlled by the species' biological heritage? Does this heritage limit human destiny?

With characteristic pungency and simplicity of style, the author of Sociobiology challenges old prejudices and current misconceptions about the nature-nurture debate.

"Anti-Abortion Group Presses on despite Recent Supreme Court Ruling" is from the July 09, 2016 U.S. section of The New York Times. It was written by Erik Eckholm and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

Welcome to Press Play On Her, where raw meets real. I’m Stephanie C, unfiltered, unapologetic, and not afraid to go there. From heartbreak and healing to betrayal, boundaries, and bouncing back, this is the space where we press play on the conversations most people keep on pause. Now we’re taking it further with YOUR letters, your messy stories, and the real-life situations that make you laugh, cry, or say “WTF?!” Sometimes it’s ratchet, sometimes it’s deep, but it’s always honest. If you’re ready for truth, transparency, and a little bit of chaos mixed with healing… press ...

"Where Will Trump Stand on Press Freedoms?" is from the November 13, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Jim Rutenberg and narrated by Caroline Miller.

“It can start with a knock on the door one morning. It is the local Indian agent, or the parish priest, or, perhaps, a Mounted Police officer.” So began the school experience of many Indigenous children in Canada for more than a hundred years, and so begins the history of residential schools prepared by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC).

Nearly 5,000 black Americans were lynched between 1890 and 1960. Over forty years later, Sherrilyn Ifill's On the Courthouse Lawn examines the numerous ways that this racial trauma still resounds across the United States. While the lynchings and their immediate aftermath were devastating, the...

"As Obama Presses Vietnam on Rights, Activists Are Barred from Meeting" is from the May 24, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Gardiner Harris and Jane Perlez and narrated by Caroline Miller.

An illuminating, elegant history of New York City, told through the stories of the women who made it the most exciting and influential metropolis in the world Read any history of New York City and you will read about men. You will read about men who were political leaders and men who were...

Based on first-hand interviews with survivors, people who have committed offences, and others on the frontlines, Indictment puts the Canadian criminal justice system on trial and proposes a bold new vision of transformative justice.

A conversation between 2 eminent Black thinkers on how to work together to make the world a better place despite deep religious differences Brad Braxton and Anthony Pinn represent two traditions—Christianity and Secular Humanism respectively—that have for centuries existed in bitter...

"Major Companies Press North Carolina on Law Curbing Protections from Bias" is from the March 29, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan M. Katz and narrated by Caroline Miller.

'This book is a glowing achievement by one of the best essayists of her generation' Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff ‘Witty, fresh and full of life’ Liv Little Kimberly McIntosh has lived a full life, with a loving family, messy friendships, mind-expanding travel and all-night parties. She’s also...

To define Nigeria is to tell a half-truth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa’s most populous nation through words or images. Yet here, through personal essays from twenty-four of its writers, a more accurate...

A mother and race scholar seeks to answer her daughter’s many questions about race and racism with an earnest exploration into race relations and affirmative action from the perspectives of Asian Americans Before being struck down by the US Supreme Court in June 2023, affirmative action...

In recent years, scholars from a variety of disciplines have turned their attention to food to gain a better understanding of history, culture, economics, and society. The emerging field of food studies has yielded a great deal of useful research and a host of publications. Missing, however, has been a focused effort to use gender as an analytic tool. This stimulating collection of original essays addresses that oversight, investigating the important connections Applying

After One Hundred Winters confronts the harsh truth that the United States was founded on the violent dispossession of Indigenous people and asks what reconciliation might mean in light of this haunted history. In this timely and urgent book, settler historian Margaret Jacobs tells the stories of the individuals and communities who are working together to heal historical wounds - and reveals how much we have to gain by learning from our history instead of denying it.

Getting into college takes plenty of hard work, but knowing what your professors expect of you once you get there can be even more challenging. Will This Be on the Test? is the essential survival guide for high-school students making the transition to college academics. In this entertaining and informative book, Dana Johnson shares wisdom and wit gleaned from her decades of experience as an award-winning teacher in the freshman classroom - lessons that will continue to serve you long after college graduation.

Autobiography as Indigenous Intellectual Tradition critiques ways of approaching Indigenous texts that are informed by the Western academic tradition and offers instead a new way of theorizing Indigenous literature based on the Indigenous practice of life writing.