Sociology

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Heron Gate and the Financialization of Rental Housing

From: Resisting Eviction

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Chapter 6 examines Heron Gate’s owner and landlord in more detail. Crosby takes a deep dive into the world of financialized real estate investment within a broader context of housing policy … 15 $1.50 Add
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Hips Don’t Lie

Chapter 4

From: Decolonize Hipsters

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In Hips Don’t Lie, Pierrot reflects on the present state of hipsterdom after the Black Lives Matter movement. Pierrot provides a call to action which must reflect on and move away from … 24 $2.40 Add
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How can I talk about social justice without turning people off?

From: Frequently Asked White Questions

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Chapter 5 asks the question, how can I talk about social justice without turning people off? Topics discussed include specialized language, conspiracies, incels, and the far right, and the motif … ; 13 $1.30 Add
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July 2020: The Lie of Personal Responsibility

From: Spin Doctors

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In this chapter, Loreto examines the neoliberal politics employed by politicians and the media to encourage a sense of individual responsibility to prevent further spread of the virus. Loreto … 22 $2.20 Add
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Mad Epistemologies and Maddening the Ethics of Knowledge Production

From: Unravelling Research

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In Chapter 6 authors Brenda A. LeFrançois and Jijian Voronka reflect on the politics of knowledge production concerning people historically labelled as mad, arguing for the maddening of both … ; 26 $2.60 Add
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More Care, Less Self? How to (Hopefully) Move Beyond Complaint, Critique, and Coloniality

From: Decolonize Self-Care

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Chapter 4 discussed the self-care industry’s use of social justice language as it continues to be a market that relies on inspiration and appropriation of indigenity and other cultural … ; 36 $3.60 Add
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Novel

From: Finding Our Niche

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In Novel, the fifth chapter of Finding Our Niche, the author discusses novel ecosystems, such as La Cienega de Santa Clara, a wetland created from the damming of the Colorado River, which hosts … 27 $2.70 Add
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Other People’s Houses

From: This Has Always Been a War

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In “Other People’s Houses” the author explores housing or more importantly the lack of affordable, sustainable and accessible housing for working-class people across Canada. … 29 $2.90 Add
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What can we do about Fake News?

From: Won't Get Fooled Again

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Revolution Begins at Home: Rethinking Marx, Reproduction, and the Class Struggle

From: Patriarchy of the Wage

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This essay’s argument is divided in four parts. Part 1 examines the evidence and reasons for Marx’s undertheorization of “reproduction,” focusing on his reductive concept … 20 $2.00 Add
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Spoken Word Saved My Life: Poetry as a Form of Resistance

From: Academic Well-Being of Racialized Students

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This chapter explores how poetry saved the author’s life, and is a means to give voice to marginalized individuals. 12 $1.20 Add
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The Media and Poverty

From: When Poverty Mattered

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August 2020: The End of CERB

From: Spin Doctors

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This chapter discuss Covid-19 during August 2020. Loreto examines the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (cerb); discussing who was eligible and when, how it impacted Canadians, and what the … 22 $2.20 Add
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Chapter 6: More Women, More Money

Why an equitable economy is good news for everybody

From: No More Nice Girls

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An Immigrant's Story

From: Reconciliation in Practice

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Reconciliation as Ceremonial Responsibility: An Immigrant’s Story 18 $1.80 Add
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Gender Equality and Beyond

From: The Time Has Come

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In chapter seven, Kaufman revisits the themes he had examined throughout the text and discusses the upcoming challenges of gender equality and the larger women’s liberation movement as it … 23 $2.76 Add