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Lambda Award and American Library Association’s Stonewall Book Award-winning author Dorothy Allison is known for her bold and insightful writing on issues of class and sexuality. In Skin, she approaches these topics through 23 impassioned essays that explore her identity - from her childhood in a poor family in South Carolina to her adult life as a lesbian in the suburbs of New York - and her sexuality.

Rejected by her mother and excluded by her school, Flip is a little girl desperate to be loved. ‘Am I ugly, Mummy?’ are the first words that little Phillipa says to Mike and Casey as she stomps into their lives on a hot August afternoon. She has a Barbie doll in one hand and a pink vanity...

Where celebrity meets skincare.. Join Scott McGlynn Presenter, Actor, and host of the No.1 chart topping "The Scott McGlynn Show" for Series 6 of Celebrity Skin Talk. Each episode, Scott sits down with famous faces to uncover their skincare routines, career highlights, and the personal stories behind the spotlight.

Liz Porter's riveting casebook shows how forensic investigators - including pathologists, chemists, entomologists, DNA specialists and document examiners - have used their expertise in dozens of fascinating crimes and mysteries.

Skin with Vonyarn is a beauty and wellness podcast exploring intentional skincare, beauty truths, and self-love through real-life skin healing experiences.Hosted by beauty and wellness consultant Vonyarn, the show draws from over 16 years of navigating acne, skincare overwhelm, and wellness transformation to help listeners build a more mindful and informed relationship with beauty. This podcast is for anyone ready to move beyond quick fixes and create sustainable rituals that support radiant, healthy skin from the inside out.Subscribe to begin your journey toward glowing skin and conscious ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE 2020 TORONTO BOOK AWARD A bracing, provocative, and perspective-shifting book from one of Canada's most celebrated and uncompromising writers, Desmond Cole. The Skin We're In will spark a national conversation, influence policy, and inspire activists. In his...

For the first twenty-seven years of his life, Ben McKelvey didn't spend too much time thinking about his brain, nor much about trauma. He was fit, carefree and happy working as a magazine journalist, writing listicles and doing celebrity junket interviews. Then one day, while boxing, he suffered...

An NFL tight end for the New Orleans Saints and a widely read and followed commentator on social media, Watson has taken the Internet by storm with his remarkable insights about some of the most sensitive and charged topics of our day. Now, in Under Our Skin, Watson draws from his own life, his family legacy, and his role as a father to sensitively and honestly examine both sides of the race debate and appeal to the power and possibility of faith as a step toward healing.

In August of 1966, Jim Grimsley entered the sixth grade in the same public school he had attended for the five previous years, in his small eastern North Carolina hometown. But he knew that the first day of this school year was going to be different: For the first time he'd be in a classroom with Black children. That was the year federally mandated integration of the schools went into effect, at first allowing students to change schools through "freedom of choice", replaced two years later by forced integration.

Two bestfriends with a shared passion for true crime, new episodes out weekly!

McQueen had risen from humble beginnings as the youngest child of an East London taxi driver to scale the heights of fame, fortune and glamour. He designed clothes for the world's most beautiful women, including Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell. In business he created a multimillion-pound luxury brand that became a favourite with both celebrities and royalty, most famously the Duchess of Cambridge, who wore a McQueen dress on her wedding day. But behind the confident facade and bad-boy image lay a sensitive soul who struggled to survive in the ruthless world of fashion.

You'll hear raw, funny, gritty, honest, and inspiring stories from women, transgender and gender nonconforming people in the skilled trades. Find out what it takes to make it in this traditionally male-dominated field. We're also untangling the issue of the essential and skilled labor shortage in the construction and manufacturing trades and how this group of revolutionaries are poised to save the American economy in this time of crisis. (Adult content in most episodes.)

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Born with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a rare and excruciatingly painful condition that makes her skin as fragile as butterfly wings, Emma Fogarty was not expected to survive infancy. Today, at 41 years of age, she is the oldest living Irish person with the condition, continuing to defy the odds with extraordinary strength, resilience and remarkable achievements. However, every accomplishment Emma makes comes with its own set of obstacles.

He aquí el fascinante testimonio de una mujer fuera de lo común: nicaragüense, revolucionaria, poeta, madre de cuatro hijos y esposa de tres maridos. Inquieta por naturaleza, Gioconda Belli revela en estas memorias su rechazo a los convencionalismos y su incansable lucha con la dictadura somocista.

Ek is in Amsterdam om ’n PhD aan die Vrije Universiteit te doen. Ek het’n beurs vir 22 maande, maar het reeds besluit dat ek vir ewig hier wil bly. Azille Coetzee het besluit om in Europa aan te bly. Maar iets voel nie reg nie…Daar is tog altyd die vraag: Watter herkoms hou die styfste vas, Afrika of Europa?

Traveling nude models sharing stories (the fun, the creepy, and the awesome experiences!) and confiding in each other. Everyone - including models- struggles with something; be it social awkwardness, financial hardship, shame, anxiety, toxic relationships etc. The purpose of this podcast is to bring people closer together in understanding, expose our vulnerabilities, and share entertaining escapades. Cover image by Shaun Tia

Fue un escritor, intelectual y diplomático mexicano, uno de los autores más destacados de su país y de las letras hispanoamericanas, autor de novelas como La región más transparente.