Science Identity

Afua Hirsch is British. Her parents are British. She was raised, educated and socialised in Britain. Her partner, her daughter, her sister and the vast majority of her friends are British. So why is her identity and sense of belonging a subject of debate? The reason is simply because of the colour of her skin. Blending history, memoir and individual experiences, Afua Hirsch reveals the identity crisis at the heart of Britain today. Far from affecting only minority people, Britain is a nation in denial about its past and its present.

When Kevin Jason's worst enemy steals his powers from him, Kevin and his parents go into hiding under government protection as Kevin's enemy relentlessly hunts them down. But Kevin cannot hide forever. With his nemesis stealing more powers and growing stronger ever day, Kevin must find a way to regain his own powers in time to stop his enemy before he grows too powerful to stop. Yet regaining his stolen powers appears to be an impossible task until Kevin learns of someone who might be able to help. But the method that Kevin wants to use may either give him his powers back ... or kill him ...

Over the past decades, a healthy appreciation for the culture and heritage of minorities has transformed into an obsession with group identity in all its forms. A new ideology - which Yascha Mounk terms the 'identity synthesis' - seeks to put each citizen's matrix of identities at the heart of social, cultural and political life. This, he argues, is The Identity Trap. Mounk traces the intellectual origin of these ideas. He tells the story of how they were able to win tremendous power over the past decade.

People research everything online - shopping, school, jobs, travel - and other people. Your online persona is your new front door. It is likely the first thing that new friends and colleagues learn about you. In the years since this book was first published, the Internet profile and reputation have grown more important in the vital human activities of work, school and relationships.

Banished to an alternate universe where humanity is enslaved and superhumans are almost extinct, Kevin Jason (Bolt) must race against time to return to his own universe in time to stop the most dangerous supervillain he's faced yet. Allying with a ragtag group of rebels, Kevin must break into a heavily-fortified castle to gain access to the technology that will take him home, a seemingly insurmountable task even for a superhero of his powers and talents. With the fates of two universes on his shoulders, Kevin cannot afford to fail.

Analyzing the tremendous changes in the history of America’s racial dynamics, Randall Kennedy challenges us to examine how prejudices and biases still fuel fears and inform our sexual, marital, and family choices. He takes us from the injustices of the slave era up to present-day battles over race matching adoption policies, which seek to pair children with adults of the same race.

Sistah Vegan is a series of narratives, critical essays, poems, and reflections from a diverse community of North American Black-identified vegans. Collectively, these activists are de-colonizing their bodies and minds via whole-foods veganism.

Outing the Truth about Sexual Orientation Brad Bowins, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C) No aspect of who we are generates more inner confusion, turmoil, and misunderstanding than sexual orientation.As a psychiatrist I have treated many people suffering from issues related to sexual orientation. We all live it but no one really understands it. A key to this mystery is the so-called evolutionary paradox of how behavior that does not lead to reproduction could ever have evolved. Current theories turn out to be flawed upon close unbiased examination. There is hope for understanding this major aspect of who we...

Alex Fry (Beams) has a great life. He's a famous sidekick, works for one of the best superheroes in the world, and is even dating the girl of his dreams. While Alex can't publicly accept the praise and accolades his sidekick persona receives from fans, his life is good nonetheless. That is, until he becomes the target of the most infamous assassin in the world, whose presence in Golden City forces him to go on the run. Even with the arrival of a new superhero to protect him, Alex's life is still turned upside down, forcing him to remain in hiding to avoid getting killed. Now Alex must catch...

Say good-bye to the crippling stress and anxiety that come with dating in the 2020s with the dating advice all single people need.

Save the multiverse. Stranded in another universe, away from his friends and family, Alex Fry (Beams) allies with a group of rebels to overthrow an oppressive regime which controls the United States government. All the while, he searches for a way back to his universe while also trying to fight against the Dread God's influence over his mind. Banished to an alternate universe, Kevin Jason (Bolt) must find a way to return to his own universe before the Dread God conquers the multiverse. But how do you escape a universe that hasn't even discovered dimension-hopping tech yet? Bolt and Beams ...

As the new leader of the most famous young superhero team in the country, Kevin Jason has lots of new responsibilities, ranging from fighting criminals and supervillains to encouraging his teammates whenever they doubt themselves. But Kevin is most looking forward to the annual Neohero Summit at the end of the month, where leaders from the two largest superhero organizations—the Neohero Alliance and the Independent Neoheroes for Justice—in the country will meet to discuss forming a new alliance between them. Tensions rise, however, when Kevin and one of his teammates are nearly killed ...

From African American to Asian American, indigenous to immigrant, "multiracial" to "mixedblood," the diversity of cultures in this world is matched only by the diversity of stories explaining our cultural origins: stories of creation and destruction, displacement and heartbreak, hope and mystery.

The days of two genders—male, female; boy, girl; blue, pink—are over, if they ever existed at all. Gender is now a global conversation, and one that is constantly evolving. More people than ever before are openly living their lives as transgender men or women, and many transgender people are coming out as neither men nor women, instead living outside of the binary. Gender is changing, and this change is gaining momentum.

A sudden attack from an alien race takes out hundreds of humanity's greatest superheroes, leaving the Earth defenseless in the face of an overwhelming foe. The only survivors are Kevin Jason (Bolt) and his friends, who are forced to ally with the government in order to protect the planet from the invading enemies. Their mission becomes more urgent, however, when the aliens give humanity an ultimatum: Either surrender in forty-eight hours or be destroyed by the aliens' immense forces. With only two days left to save the superhero community and the world in general, Kevin and his friends must...

In a world where superheroes are a business, sixteen-year-old Alex Fry gets the dream job of teenagers everywhere when he is hired by the famous superhero Rubberman as his sidekick. As Rubberman's sidekick, Alex hopes to not only learn how to use his powers, but also save up enough money to buy his first car before he heads off to college. But Alex gets more than he bargains for when a powerful supervillain with mysterious connections to Rubberman's past appears in his city with a dangerous agenda. Now Alex must master his powers in time to help Rubberman defeat this supervillain before he ...

Swipe. Match. Get ghosted. Repeat. Modern dating can quickly start to feel like an overwhelming slog. It’s easy to forget the point of it all: this is supposed to be fun. Enter professional sex and dating coach Myisha Battle. Drawing on an engaging and diverse collection of client stories, This Is Supposed to Be Fun is a uniquely inclusive, sex-positive guide to help you skip past the games and get what you really want out of dating and relationships—no matter what that may be.

Many people believe that, at its core, biological sex is a fundamental, diverging force in our development. According to this familiar story, differences between the sexes are shaped by past evolutionary pressures - women are more cautious and parenting-focused, men seek status to attract more mates - re-created in each generation by sex hormones and male and female brains. This, in turn, is the basis of supposedly entrenched inequalities in our modern societies.

In Mother to Son, Jasmine Holmes shares a series of powerful letters to her young son. These are about her journey as an African American Christian and what she wants her son to know as he grows and approaches the world as a Black man. Holmes deals head-on with issues ranging from discipleship and marriage to biblical justice. She invites us to listen as she reminds Wynn that his identity is firmly planted in the person and work of Jesus Christ, even when the topic is one as emotionally charged as race in America.

Vital research is starting to challenge long-standing assumptions about gender identity and biological sex, such as work that indicates the brain is a “mosaic” of traits rather than a “male” and “female” brain. Growing knowledge of the genetic complexities of sexual determination is changing the way the medical community treats intersex individuals, and in this audiobook, The New Science of Sex and Gender, we not only examine the latest studies in biology, medicine, and psychology but also, more importantly, their bearing on healthcare, identity, and access.