Should I be upfront with someone Im interested in that Im ace or aro? Whether were talking about friendships, romantic relationships, casual dates or casual intimate partners, this guide will help you not only live authentically in your ace and aro identity, but joyfully share it with others.
Personal Stories of Resisting Racism and Reclaiming Identity
Despite the UKs long history of racial injustice, people from minoritised groups have fought back, engaging in advocacy, activism, and every-day acts of resistance to create positive change.
This anthology is a prize-winning collection of these stories, spanning generations, cultures, and communities. They tell of subtle everyday acts of ......
Explorations from the Nature of Autism from Theory to Practice
A Mismatch of Salience explores the communication challenges between people on the autism spectrum and neurotypical people and seeks to re balance and celebrate this diversity.
Parents, Children, and the New Expectations of Play
A playdate is an organized meeting where parents come together with their children at a public or private location to interact socially or "play." Children no longer simply "go out and play," rather, play is arranged, scheduled, and parentally-approved and supervised. How do these playdates happen? Who gets asked and who doesn't? What is ......
This engaging text explores how everyday talk--the ordinary kinds of communicating that people do in schools, workplaces, and among family and friends--expresses who we are and who we want to be. The authors interweave rhetorical and cultural perspectives on the "little stuff" of conversation: what we say and how we say it, the terms used to refer ......
Race, Class, Immigration, and the Construction of Urban Reputations
How do we draw the lines between "good" and "bad" neighborhoods? How do we know 'ghettos'? This book questions the widely held assumption that divisions between urban areas are reflections of varying amounts of crime, deprivation, and other social, cultural, and economic problems. Using Ogden, Utah, as a case study, Pepper Glass argues that urban ......
Reconstructing Polish Community in a West Virginia Steel Town
William Hal Gorby's study of Wheeling's Polish community weaves together stories of immigrating, working, and creating a distinctly Polish-American community, or Polonia, in the heart of the upper Ohio Valley steel industry. It addresses major topics in the history of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century, while shifting ......
