This book explores representations and aesthetic judgments of feminine beauty and their links to issues of skin color and race. It traces the circulation of beauty images from different countries (Ind
This book explores representations and aesthetic judgments of feminine beauty and their links to issues of skin color and race. It traces the circulation of beauty images from different countries (Ind
From celebrated Hollywood starlets to the covers of Cosmo, our society seems obsessed with beauty. Actress and Main Floor host Nancy Stafford (best known for her starring role as Michelle Thomas on Ma
“Readers who are dealing with depression, parenting struggles, questions of identity and self-image, or who simply find it hard to bring prayer into their chaotic life will find welcome encouragement
The power of images to represent the unseeable: stunning visualizations of science, from the microscopic to the incredibly vast.We live among patterns of delicate beauty and exquisite chaos that our eyes can’t detect; we are surrounded by invisible particles and shifting fields of matter that permeate all of space. Our very cells are intricate molecular machines, and the story of our origins stretches back through an unimaginable amount of time. How can we see the richness of what lies beyond our sensory perception? Scientists have developed visualization tools that can make the invisible visible. This bountifully illustrated book demonstrates the power of images to represent the unseeable, offering stunning visualizations of science that range from the microscopic to the incredibly vast. With more than 200 color images and an engaging text by leading science writer Jack Challoner, How Scientists Visualize Things explains and illustrates the techniques by which scientists create visual
Are you believing the great lie that God does not, maybe even could not,love you? The real you?Women struggle under the ongoing weight of “not-enough-ness.” Not attractive enough. Not smart enough. No
From Chlo Cooper JonesPulitzer Prize finalist, philosophy professor, Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant recipienta groundbreaking memoir about disability, motherhood, and a journey to far-flung places in search of a new way of seeing and being seen.';I am in a bar in Brooklyn, listening to two men, my friends, discuss whether my life is worth living.' So begins Chlo Cooper Jones's bold, revealing account of moving through the world in a body that looks different than most. Jones learned early on to factor ';pain calculations' into every plan, every situation. Born with a rare congenital condition called sacral agenesis which affects both her stature and gait, her pain is physical. But there is also the pain of being judged and pitied for her appearance, of being dismissed as ';less than.' The way she has been seenor not seenhas informed her lens on the world her entire life. She resisted this reality by excelling academically and retreating to ';the neutral room in her mind' until it p
Glenn Parsons and Allen Carlson offer an in-depth philosophical study of the relationship between function and aesthetic value, breaking with the philosophical tradition of seeing the two as separate.
