Ergebnis für "Losing It" in Sozialwissenschaften

‘It’s the kind of book that makes you wonder, ‘why wasn’t this written before?’ It could change lives’ EVENING STANDARD ‘Turns everything you’ve been taught about sex on its head’ RUBY RARE What lies are we told when it comes to sex? What impossible expectations pollute our...

In Losing It, William Ian Miller brings his inimitable wit and learning to the subject of growing old: too old to matter, of either rightly losing your confidence or wrongly maintaining it, culpably refusing to face the fact that you are losing it. The "it" in Miller's "losing it" refers mainly to mental faculties - memory, processing speed, sensory acuity, the capacity to focus. But it includes other evidence as wel l- sags and flaccidities, aches and pains, failing joints and organs. What are we to make of these tell-tale signs?

I’m Ryan and I’m losing it… or maybe I’ve already lost it. This will be a look into how someone who had everything simply… lost it. What am I losing? My mind, my health, my wealth, my keys, my teeth, my inhibitions, my ability to care what others think about me. I don’t know what we’ll focus on. This is just me, on a journey and trying to figure out this thing called life. Come listen to me rant about nonsense or come engage. It’s not all doom and gloom I’ll probably go off on many pop culture tangents not relevant to the topics or relevant to the decade we’re in. ...

What will it take to stop gendered violence? What went wrong? Australian governments promised to end violence against women and children in a single generation. Instead, it is escalating: men have been murdering women at an increased rate, coercive control and sexual violence are becoming more complex and severe, and we see a marked rise in youth-on-youth sexual assault. Why? In Losing It, Jess Hill investigates Australia's National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children to find out what's working and what's not – and what we can do to turn things around.

Defend your autonomy against digital surveillance in this urgent historical exploration of our shrinking personal space. Perfect for your morning commute or a thoughtful digital detox, this eye-opening narrative traces the fragile cultural achievement of being left alone. As algorithms track...