The Country That Tried to Control Sex

Clair Wills’s memoir is a timely warning that sexual morality can be enforced only with violence. Continue reading at 'The Atlantic'

[ The Atlantic | 2024-04-12 14:46:00 UTC ]
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Want to take control of your digital life? Start with reclaiming leisure time

You can’t take control of your digital life if you aren’t intentional about how you spend your time, argues Cal Newport. In his Nicomachean Ethics, compiled in the fourth century BC, Aristotle tackles a question as urgent then as it is today: How does one live a good life? The Ethics divides its... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2019-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OCD isn’t about being over-tidy. I had intrusive thoughts about sex | Rose Cartwright

Confronting and understanding the disorder has been a lifelong journey for me. My memoir, Pure, is just the latest stepDefining obsessive-compulsive disorder is tricky. Redefining it against the grain of near-universal misunderstanding is trickier. For decades, OCD has been conflated with... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three Editors In Three Countries Made 'The Water Cure' What It Is

A trio of acquiring editors, all assistants at the time, worked together to edit debut novelist Sophie Mackintosh's Man Booker–longlisted feminist dystopian bildungsroman. Here's how that happened. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sex scenes in movies can be vital to telling the full story

When Philip Roth died in May, a publisher friend of mine admitted, a little sheepishly, that she was sad because from now on it would be impossible to publish books like his again. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2018-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From Madonna's Sex to Lady Chatterley: inside the Bodleian's explicit book club

Created at the height of Victorian prudishness, the Bodleian Library’s Phi collection was designed to protect young minds from ‘immoral’ books. More than a century later, they’re going on display for the first timeLibraries today take a dim view of censorship. They are places where knowledge is... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Piatkus to publish book on sex and consent for teen boys

Piatkus has acquired a "trailblazing" book about sex and consent for teenage boys in wake of the #MeToo movement. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Davighi appointed Rakuten Overdrive UK country manager

Paul Davighi, formerly sales and marketing director at I.B.Tauris Publishers, is joining global digital lending platform Rakuten OverDrive to be its UK country manager. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Is Expanding Its Test of a Breaking News Tag to Publishers in More Countries

Facebook is expanding the breaking news tag it began testing in March to more markets and displaying the resulting breaking news label in more countries. The social network kicked off the test in March with more than 50 publishers in North America, Latin America, Europe and Australia. Product... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nadia Bolz-Weber is Shameless about God, Grace, and Sex

The unconventional Lutheran pastor says God's grace is universal in her new book, 'Shameless,' which calls for a new Christian ethic about sex. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Extended Its Ad Breaks Video Monetization Options to More Languages and Countries

Facebook announced Monday that its Ad Breaks <span aria-describedby="tt" class="glossaryLink " data-cmtooltip=" Monetization Monetization is utilizing existing website traffic or app users to produce revenue, often via ads or affiliate links. Influencers monetize their social media profiles... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Let’s Talk About Sex (and Religion)

They might seem like strange bedfellows, but sex is at the core of religious teachings—and as the culture shifts, so do church teachings and the books about them. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stop trying to sex up the Man Booker judges’ meetings. We are geeky nerds | Alex Clark

The image of furious rows and storming-outs is not one that I recognise but an industry concoction to glamorise publishingThe Man Booker prize is airing its dirty linen, celebrating its 50th birthday by drip-feeding bits of gossip and scandal from judging meetings, ceremonies and parties through... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some of the country's best pizza makers are throwing a pizza party in Los Angeles. Want tickets?

Jon & Vinny’s restaurant is hosting a pizza party next weekend with some of the best pizza makers in the country. Dubbed the Ultimate Pizza Party, the Sept. 9 event is being thrown to celebrate Philadelphia chef Marc Vetri and will serve as the first stop on his book tour to promote his new... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Turkish agency urges 'understanding' for publishers in crisis-hit country

A literary agency in Turkey is calling on publishers and agents around the world to support the country's book trade with their "understanding" following the economic crisis and fall of the lira. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Slimani's 'erotic, daring' story of sex obsession to Faber

Faber will publish another novel from Lullaby author and journalist Leïla Slimani about a Parisian woman who appears to have the perfect life but is struggling with sex addiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Beijing International Book Fair 2018 Anticipates Participation From 93 Countries

Emphasizing digital publishing and its new children's book area, Beijing International Book Fair plans a 97,700-square-meter footprint this year in eight halls. The post Beijing International Book Fair 2018 Anticipates Participation From 93 Countries appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More California kids are having pot-related health scares, poison control officials warn

One person suggested Amazon bookstores should replace public libraries. Readers disagreed. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quality control helps fiction from afar punch above its weight, says MacLehose

Christopher MacLehose, rehoused in the Hachette empire with his eponymous list, reflects on the pros and cons of big-business publishing and the health of the market for translated fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Copyright row erupts over late Sex Pistols manager's memoir

A copyright row has erupted over an unpublished autobiography of late Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Karley Sciortino: the sex blogger and Slutever presenter redefining sexuality

Sciortino – a real-life Carrie Bradshaw – uses humour, parody and satire to open up conversations about sexIn an early episode of Slutever, the new web series presented by 32-year-old Vogue columnist Karley Sciortino, viewers met sex doll engineer Matt, a goateed dude in cargo shorts who waxed... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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