Period Movement

PERIOD founder and Harvard College student Nadya Okamoto offers a manifesto on menstruation and why we can no longer silence those who bleed—and how to engage in youth activism. Throughout history, periods have been hidden from the public. They’re taboo. They’re embarrassing. They’re...

Are you ready to embark on a journey through the rich history of art? Discover the key movements and artists that have shaped the Western art tradition and gain a deeper understanding of how art reflects the world around us. With this book, you will: Expand your knowledge of art history in an easily digestible format. Engage with key facts and features from significant art movements. Delve into the Classical, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism and other periods as well as lesser known but still highly ...

Discover how twelve centuries of Japanese art hold the keys to understanding everything from Zen mindfulness to your iPhone’s sleek design. What You Should Know About Japanese Art History invites you on a captivating journey from the Heian court’s gilded screens (794) to Meiji Japan’s revolutionary collision of ink and oil (1912). Imagine walking beside noblewomen composing waka poetry in vermilion-lit palaces, where Yamato-e scrolls captured love’s fleeting beauty. Feel the spiritual intensity of Kamakura’s lifelike Buddhas—carved for samurai seeking solace—and lose yourself ...

The one character trait that, sometimes, surpasses the human instinct for survival is curiosity. When humans discovered an entire hemisphere that lay beyond their own Eastern Hemisphere, the race was on. What opportunities would these new lands hold? Surely, a small country in Europe could wield the power of an empire if it could claim these new lands in the Americas.

Begun in the mid-16th century by Protestant nonconformists keen to reform England's church and society while saving their own souls, the puritan movement was a major catalyst in the great cultural changes that transformed the early modern world. Providing a uniquely broad transatlantic perspective, this groundbreaking volume traces puritanism's tumultuous history from its initial attempts to reshape the Church of England to its establishment of godly republics in both England and America, and its demise at the end of the 17th century.

Gay marriage has steadily gained traction in America. As recently as the 2004 Presidential elections the issue was so politically toxic that it helped sway the election. Now as we entered the midpoint of the 21st century's second decade, the tide against gay marriage has ebbed. Why? C. Edward Baldwin attempts to answer that question with his explosive essay on two unlikely adversaries in the fight for same sex equality, the writers Franz Kafka & James Baldwin.

George Bernard Shaw has been called the second greatest playwright in English (after William Shakespeare) and one of the inventors of modern celebrity as the most famous public intellectual of his time. Beginning in the 1880s, as a critic and as a playwright, he transformed British drama, bringing to it intellectual substance, ethical imperatives, and modernity itself, setting the theatrical course for the subsequent century. That his legacy endures 70 years after his death is testament to the prescience of his thinking and his prolific creativity.

This addition to Oxford's Very Short Introductions series traces how Americans have addressed the issues and events of their time and place, whether it is the Civil War, the Great Depression, or the culture wars of today.

Where Baptists Stood: Early Baptists, Slavery, and the Price of Freedom What did early Baptists believe about slavery? Before the American Revolution, Baptists were a persecuted minority. They were jailed, fined, and whipped for refusing to submit to state churches. They were poor, scattered, and far removed from political power. Yet in a world increasingly shaped by slavery, they maintained a clear focus: preaching the gospel and defending liberty of conscience. In this groundbreaking historical study, veteran pastor and author Marvin McKenzie takes you on a journey through over two ...

A secret wedding, a disaster at sea, a woman locked away with only her memories…. Ginny Cawley fell in love with Spencer Hayes beneath the light of the silver moon. When he travels to the Caribbean one last time before taking over his father’s successful shipping company, his ship disappears, leaving Ginny alone and carrying his child. Believing Spencer to be dead, Ginny’s parents insist she wed again for the sake of her child. There is no proof of Ginny’s secret marriage, no way to show the legitimacy of her child. Ginny is left with little choice but to do as her parents wish, ...

Mayor Victor Woodlake wanted to make a greater difference in the world. It was why he left his family farm and moved to a bigger city. It was also why he entered politics. All he needed was an honest, faithful wife by his side. Gia Fontaine moved to Maywood for a better life. She was told by her cousin to pass for White for the greater good of them and others. Now the greater good of the city requires her to reveal her true identity and risk losing the love of her life. Tropes: Period Drama Reluctant Lovers Opposites Attract Political Romance

ரகுபதி தன் 16 வயதின் வேகத்தில் செய்த தவறால் சொந்த ஊரை விட்டு ஓடுகிறான். பின், தன் முதுமையை அடைந்தவுடன் மனைவியுடன் சொந்த ஊருக்கே வருகிறான். அங்கு அவன் ஊரார்கள் யாரும் அவனை ஏற்றுக் கொள்ளவில்லை.