Roxane gay hunger hörbuch
Social Science Audiobooks in Non-Fiction
[German] - Gegen Frauenhass
'Alle, wirklich alle Frauen können betroffen sein. Und alle, wirklich alle Männer können Täter sein.' Die Rechtsanwältin Christina Clemm zeigt, wie allgegenwärtig die Gewalt gegen Frauen ist, und was wir verändern müssen - politisch wie privat. Lisa M. trifft Mirko im Studium. Sie verlieben sich, streiten kaum. Dann wird sie schwanger, sie ziehen zu seiner Mutter, haben bald drei Kinder. Eine Familie wie im Bilderbuch, wäre da nicht seine Wut. Anfangs muss Lisa depart Hämatome noch verstecken, mit der Zeit wird er zielsicherer. Sie versucht zu fliehen, doch vergeblich. Christina Clemm ist Strafverteidigerin, sie hat hunderte Opfer geschlechtsspezifischer Gewalt vertreten. Und sie ist wütend - weil in Deutschland jeden dritten Tag eine Frau von ihrem (Ex-)Partner umgebracht wird. Weil Frauen beim Arzt, in der Arbeit und auf offener Straße Gewalt erleben und niemand etwas dagegen tut. Warum nicht? Ist es Unkenntnis, Hilflosigkeit, Desinteresse? Oder liegt dem Ganzen ein tief verwurzelter Frauenhass zugrunde? Chri
Beschreibung des Verlags
From the New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist: a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and knowledge how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself.
“I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself large, my body would be safe. I buried the young woman I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . . I was trapped in my body, one that I barely recognized or understood, but at least I was safe.”
In her phenomenally popular essays and long-running Tumblr blog, Roxane Gay has written with love and sensitivity about food and body, using her possess emotional and psychological struggles as a means of exploring our shared anxieties over pleasure, consumption, appearance, and health. As a lady who describes her own body as “wildly undisciplined,” Roxane understands the tension between desire and denial, between self-comfort and self-care. In Hunger, she explores her past—including the devastating act of violence that acted as a turning point in
Beschreibung des Verlags
'I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself giant, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . . I was trapped in my body, one that I barely recognized or understood, but at least I was safe.'
New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay has written with intimacy and sensitivity about food and bodies, using her own emotional and psychological struggles as a means of exploring our shared anxieties over pleasure, consumption, appearance, and health. As a woman who describes her own body as "wildly undisciplined," Roxane understands the tension between desire and denial, between self-comfort and self-care. In Hunger, she casts an insightful and critical eye on her childhood, teens, and twenties-including the devastating act of violence that acted as a turning point in her childish life-and brings readers into the present and the realities, pains, and joys of her daily life.
With the bracing candor, v
Disorders & Diseases Audiobooks in Health & Wellness
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
From the New York Times bestselling author of Terrible Feminist: a searingly decent memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your craving while taking care of yourself. “I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself enormous, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . . I was trapped in my body, one that I barely recognized or understood, but at least I was safe.” In her phenomenally popular essays and long-running Tumblr blog, Roxane Gay has written with intimacy and sensitivity about food and body, using her own heartfelt and psychological struggles as a means of exploring our shared anxieties over pleasure, consumption, appearance, and health. As a miss who describes her hold body as “wildly undisciplined,” Roxane understands the tension between desire and denial, between self-comfort and self-care. In Hunger, she explores her past—including the deva