Bodies on the Line

Bodies on the Line
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Publisher : Catapult
Total Pages : 321
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781640095915
ISBN-13 : 1640095918
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Bodies on the Line by : Lauren Rankin

As the courts betray us and our leaders fail us, only we can keep each other safe. In this powerful, empathetic look at abortion clinic escorting, “one of the most under-covered and crucial, lifesaving, rigorous forms of activism out there” (Rebecca Traister), Lauren Rankin offers real hope—and a real call to action for a post-Roe America. Incisive and eye-opening, Bodies on the Line makes a clear case that the right to an abortion is a fundamental part of human dignity. And now that the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v Wade, the stakes facing us all if that right disappears have never been higher. Clinic escorts—everyday volunteers who shepherd patients safely inside to receive care—are fighting on the front lines by replacing hostility with humanity. Prepared to stand up and protect abortion access as they have for decades, even in the face of terrorism and violence, clinic escorts live—and have even died—to ensure that abortion remains not only accessible but a basic human right. Their stories have never been told—until now. With precision and passion, Lauren Rankin traces the history and evolution of this movement to tell a broader story of the persistent threats to safe and legal abortion access, and the power of individuals to stand up and fight back. Deeply researched, featuring interviews with clinic staff, patients, experts, and activists—plus the author’s own experience as a clinic escort—Bodies on the Line reframes the “abortion wars,” highlighting the power of people to effect change amid unimaginable obstacles, and the unprecedented urgency of channeling that power.

Bodies on the Front Lines

Bodies on the Front Lines
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Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Total Pages : 471
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780472056736
ISBN-13 : 0472056735
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Bodies on the Front Lines by : Brenda Werth

Performances as feminist, queer, and trans activism, from theater and flash mobs to street protests and online manifestos

Bandage, Sort, and Hustle

Bandage, Sort, and Hustle
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 271
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780520971707
ISBN-13 : 0520971701
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Bandage, Sort, and Hustle by : Josh Seim

What is the role of the ambulance in the American city? The prevailing narrative provides a rather simple answer: saving and transporting the critically ill and injured. This is not an incorrect description, but it is incomplete. Drawing on field observations, medical records, and his own experience as a novice emergency medical technician, sociologist Josh Seim reimagines paramedicine as a frontline institution for governing urban suffering. Bandage, Sort, and Hustle argues that the ambulance is part of a fragmented regime that is focused more on neutralizing hardships (which are disproportionately carried by poor people and people of color) than on eradicating the root causes of agony. Whether by compressing lifeless chests on the streets or by transporting the publicly intoxicated into the hospital, ambulance crews tend to handle suffering bodies near the bottom of the polarized metropolis. Seim illustrates how this work puts crews in recurrent, and sometimes tense, contact with the emergency department nurses and police officers who share their clientele. These street-level relations, however, cannot be understood without considering the bureaucratic and capitalistic forces that control and coordinate ambulance labor from above. Beyond the ambulance, this book motivates a labor-centric model for understanding the frontline governance of down-and-out populations.

Front Lines

Front Lines
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 219
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780062342171
ISBN-13 : 0062342177
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Front Lines by : Michael Grant

An epic, genre-bending, and transformative new series that reimagines World War II with female soldiers fighting on the front lines. World War II, 1942. A court decision makes women subject to the draft and eligible for service. The unproven American army is going up against the greatest fighting force ever assembled, the armed forces of Nazi Germany. Three girls sign up to fight. Rio Richlin, Frangie Marr, and Rainy Schulterman are average girls, girls with dreams and aspirations, at the start of their lives, at the start of their loves. Each has her own reasons for volunteering: Rio fights to honor her sister; Frangie needs money for her family; Rainy wants to kill Germans. For the first time they leave behind their homes and families—to go to war. These three daring young women will play their parts in the war to defeat evil and save the human race. As the fate of the world hangs in the balance, they will discover the roles that define them on the front lines. They will fight the greatest war the world has ever known. Perfect for fans of Girl in the Blue Coat, Salt to the Sea, The Book Thief, and Code Name Verity, from New York Times bestselling author Michael Grant.

Small

Small
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Publisher : Dartmouth College Press
Total Pages : 241
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781611684421
ISBN-13 : 1611684420
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Small by : Catherine Musemeche, MD

As a pediatric surgeon, Catherine Musemeche operates on the smallest of human beings, manipulates organs the size of walnuts, and uses sutures as thin as hairs to resolve matters of life or death. Working in the small space of a premature infant's chest or abdomen allows no margin for error. It is a world rife with emotion and risk. Small takes readers inside this rarefied world of pediatric medicine, where children and newborns undergo surgery to resolve congenital defects or correct the damages caused by accidents and disease. It is an incredibly high-stakes endeavor, nerve-wracking and fascinating. Small: Life and Death on the Front Lines of Pediatric Surgery is a gripping story about a still little-known frontier. In writing about patients and their families, Musemeche recounts the history of the developing field of pediatric surgery--so like adult medicine in many ways, but at the same time utterly different. This is a field guide to the state of the art and science of operating on the smallest human beings, the hurts and maladies that afflict them, and the changing nature of medicine in America today, told by an exceptionally gifted surgeon and writer.

Heart of War

Heart of War
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Publisher : Citadel Press
Total Pages : 303
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780806528144
ISBN-13 : 0806528141
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Heart of War by : Damon DiMarco

Contains the personal testimonies and first-hand accounts of the war in Iraq from eighteen soldiers on the front lines.

Sheer Misery

Sheer Misery
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 211
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ISBN-10 : 9780226753140
ISBN-13 : 022675314X
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Sheer Misery by : Mary Louise Roberts

The senses -- The dirty body -- The foot -- The wound -- The corpse.

Good and Mad

Good and Mad
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Publisher : S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books
Total Pages : 320
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781501181818
ISBN-13 : 1501181815
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Good and Mad by : Rebecca Traister

Journalist Rebecca Traister’s New York Times bestselling exploration of the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a political movement is “a hopeful, maddening compendium of righteous feminine anger, and the good it can do when wielded efficiently—and collectively” (Vanity Fair). Long before Pantsuit Nation, before the Women’s March, and before the #MeToo movement, women’s anger was not only politically catalytic—but politically problematic. The story of female fury and its cultural significance demonstrates its crucial role in women’s slow rise to political power in America, as well as the ways that anger is received when it comes from women as opposed to when it comes from men. “Urgent, enlightened…realistic and compelling…Traister eloquently highlights the challenge of blaming not just forces and systems, but individuals” (The Washington Post). In Good and Mad, Traister tracks the history of female anger as political fuel—from suffragettes marching on the White House to office workers vacating their buildings after Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court. Traister explores women’s anger at both men and other women; anger between ideological allies and foes; the varied ways anger is received based on who’s expressing it; and the way women’s collective fury has become transformative political fuel. She deconstructs society’s (and the media’s) condemnation of female emotion (especially rage) and the impact of their resulting repercussions. Highlighting a double standard perpetuated against women by all sexes, and its disastrous, stultifying effect, Good and Mad is “perfectly timed and inspiring” (People, Book of the Week). This “admirably rousing narrative” (The Atlantic) offers a glimpse into the galvanizing force of women’s collective anger, which, when harnessed, can change history.

The Bodies in Person

The Bodies in Person
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 305
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780735211582
ISBN-13 : 0735211582
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis The Bodies in Person by : Nick McDonell

Since the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, uncounted thousands of civilians have died in the fighting and as a result of the destruction. These are deaths for which no one assumes responsibility and which have been presented, historically, as fallout. No one knows their true number. In The Bodies in Person, Nick McDonell introduces us to some of the civilians who died, along with the rescue workers who tried to save them, U.S. soldiers grappling with their deaths, and everyone in between. He shows us how decent Americans, inside and outside the government and military, looked away from the mounting death toll, even as they claimed to do everything in their power to prevent civilian casualties. With a novelist's eye — and hundreds of hours of recorded interviews — McDonell brings us the untold story of the innocent dead in America's ongoing wars, from leveled cities to drone operation centers to Capitol back rooms. As we follow him around the world, The Bodies in Person raises questions not only about what it means to be an American, but about the value of a life, what it means to risk one, and what is owed afterward.

Children and Youth on the Front Line

Children and Youth on the Front Line
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 308
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1845450345
ISBN-13 : 9781845450342
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis Children and Youth on the Front Line by : Jo Boyden

This series reflects the multidisciplinary nature of the field and includes within its scope international law, anthropology, medicine, geopolitics, social psychology and economics.