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Meeting #16 November 26 ︱Rage Becomes Her

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  Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger Written by : Soraya Chemaly Meeting date : Sunday November 26, 2023 from 2:00-4:00 pm EST Book description : A transformative book urging twenty-first century-women to embrace their anger and harness it as a tool for lasting personal and societal change. Women are angry, and it isn’t hard to figure out why. We are underpaid and overworked. Too sensitive, or not sensitive enough. Too dowdy or too made-up. Too big or too thin. Sluts or prudes. We are harassed, told we are asking for it, and asked if it would kill us to smile. Yes, yes it would. Contrary to the rhetoric of popular “self-help” and an entire lifetime of being told otherwise, our rage is one of the most important resources we have, our sharpest tool against both personal and political oppression. We’ve been told for so long to bottle up our anger, letting it corrode our bodies and minds in ways we don’t even realize. Yet our anger is a vital instrument, our radar for injusti...
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Meeting #17 April 7 ︱Generation Dread

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Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis Written by : Britt Wray Meeting date : Sunday April 7, 2024 from 2:00-4:00 pm EDT Book description : An impassioned generational perspective on how to stay sane amid climate disruption. Climate and environment-related fears and anxieties are on the rise everywhere. As with any type of stress, eco-anxiety can lead to lead to burnout, avoidance, or a disturbance of daily functioning. In Generation Dread, Britt Wray seamlessly merges scientific knowledge with emotional insight to show how these intense feelings are a healthy response to the troubled state of the world. The first crucial step toward becoming an engaged steward of the planet is connecting with our climate emotions, seeing them as a sign of humanity, and learning how to live with them. We have to face and value eco-anxiety, Wray argues, before we can conquer the deeply ingrained, widespread reactions of denial and disavowal that have led humanity to this alarming ...
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Meeting # 15 September 17︱In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

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  In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction Written by : Dr. Gabor Mat é Meeting date : Sunday September 17, 2023 from 2:00-4:00 pm EST Book description : From street-dwelling drug addicts to high-functioning workaholics, the continuum of addiction cuts a wide and painful swath through our culture.  Blending first-person accounts, riveting case studies, cutting-edge research and passionate argument, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction (available for order in Canadian and U.S. editions. UK Edition: Out October 2018) takes a panoramic yet highly intimate look at this widespread and perplexing human ailment. Countering prevailing notions of addiction as either a genetic disease or an individual moral failure, Dr. Gabor Maté presents an eloquent case that addiction – all addiction – is in fact a case of human development gone askew. Dr. Maté, who for twelve years practiced medicine in Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside – North A...
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