“An intelligent, thoughtful look at the complex journey that is gender transition” from an openly transgender Quaker woman and human rights activist (Joy Ladin, author of Through the Door of Life). SELF-ish is a narrative drawn from an international life, beginning with some early glimpses out at the world by a girl in a boy’s body. Chloe Schwenke was raised as Stephen in a Marine Corps family, and was sent off at age fourteen to “man-up” at a military academy. Later—and still embodied as a man—she ventured abroad to work in some of the roughest regions of Africa, the Gaza Strip, Turkey, and many other locales. Her far-flung global journey was matched in intensity by an inner identity and spiritual struggle and the associated ravages of depression, before she came to the revelation of being a transgender woman. At a time when many Americans are just waking up to the reality of the transgender phenomenon, this portrayal of Chloe’s life, her challenging gender transition, and her many accomplishments and adventures along the way (including being among the first three transgender political appointees in U.S. history, under President Obama), creates a poignant story of authenticity, self-discovery, and the meaning of gender set against a fascinating international backdrop. “Takes the reader through a powerful, heart-wrenching journey of the innumerable, daunting challenges of gender transition confronted by a transgender woman. It is ultimately also a story of extraordinary courage in persevering through formidable odds to be true to oneself. Schwenke underscores the moral, human and societal imperative to confront and ameliorate the challenges faced by transgender people, and others marginalized by mainstream society.” —Sanjay Pradhan, CEO, Open Government Partnership
International development has complex unintended effects on the realities of equity, rights, governance, and conflict in poor countries. Yet the myriad moral questions and quandaries encountered at every turn by development policymakers and practitioners are seldom thought about or articulated in a rigorous fashion. Instead, development specialists are trained to focus on the technocratic aspects of economic aid delivery and to disregard the moral issues raised by the adverse collateral consequences of aid programs for many people, communities, institutions, and environments in the developing countries. Reclaiming Value in International Development is the first book to bridge the divide between ethics and development from the perspective of a seasoned development practitioner who is also a trained ethicist. Schwenke formally enlarges the concept of development to include its moral dimension, to denote beneficial change that alleviates human misery and environmental degradation in poor countries and reinforces universal ethical norms such as human dignity, essential freedoms, social justice, peace, civic virtue, human flourishing, the common good, gender equality, safety and security, and participation and inclusion. She applies this ethically expanded concept to nine key topics in international development: education, leadership, procurement, food security, conflict, urbanization, gender identity and sexual orientation, deliberative participation, and the measurement of ethical performance. Throughout the book, the author draws on her thirty years of experience as a development practitioner in thirty poor countries around the world to give vivid real-life illustrations of the classic moral dilemmas in development ethics and to show how moral reasoning can clarify and resolve them.
“An intelligent, thoughtful look at the complex journey that is gender transition” from an openly transgender Quaker woman and human rights activist (Joy Ladin, author of Through the Door of Life). SELF-ish is a narrative drawn from an international life, beginning with some early glimpses out at the world by a girl in a boy’s body. Chloe Schwenke was raised as Stephen in a Marine Corps family, and was sent off at age fourteen to “man-up” at a military academy. Later—and still embodied as a man—she ventured abroad to work in some of the roughest regions of Africa, the Gaza Strip, Turkey, and many other locales. Her far-flung global journey was matched in intensity by an inner identity and spiritual struggle and the associated ravages of depression, before she came to the revelation of being a transgender woman. At a time when many Americans are just waking up to the reality of the transgender phenomenon, this portrayal of Chloe’s life, her challenging gender transition, and her many accomplishments and adventures along the way (including being among the first three transgender political appointees in U.S. history, under President Obama), creates a poignant story of authenticity, self-discovery, and the meaning of gender set against a fascinating international backdrop. “Takes the reader through a powerful, heart-wrenching journey of the innumerable, daunting challenges of gender transition confronted by a transgender woman. It is ultimately also a story of extraordinary courage in persevering through formidable odds to be true to oneself. Schwenke underscores the moral, human and societal imperative to confront and ameliorate the challenges faced by transgender people, and others marginalized by mainstream society.” —Sanjay Pradhan, CEO, Open Government Partnership
International development has complex unintended effects on the realities of equity, rights, governance, and conflict in poor countries. Yet the myriad moral questions and quandaries encountered at every turn by development policymakers and practitioners are seldom thought about or articulated in a rigorous fashion. Instead, development specialists are trained to focus on the technocratic aspects of economic aid delivery and to disregard the moral issues raised by the adverse collateral consequences of aid programs for many people, communities, institutions, and environments in the developing countries. Reclaiming Value in International Development is the first book to bridge the divide between ethics and development from the perspective of a seasoned development practitioner who is also a trained ethicist. Schwenke formally enlarges the concept of development to include its moral dimension, to denote beneficial change that alleviates human misery and environmental degradation in poor countries and reinforces universal ethical norms such as human dignity, essential freedoms, social justice, peace, civic virtue, human flourishing, the common good, gender equality, safety and security, and participation and inclusion. She applies this ethically expanded concept to nine key topics in international development: education, leadership, procurement, food security, conflict, urbanization, gender identity and sexual orientation, deliberative participation, and the measurement of ethical performance. Throughout the book, the author draws on her thirty years of experience as a development practitioner in thirty poor countries around the world to give vivid real-life illustrations of the classic moral dilemmas in development ethics and to show how moral reasoning can clarify and resolve them.
Tout le monde se plie aux désirs du bad boy. Sauf elle. Kim débarque sur le campus avec un seul objectif : reprendre sa vie en main ! Pas de fêtes, pas de distraction, pas d’alcool, elle n’a pas le droit à l’erreur. Sauf que visiblement, Aaron n’a pas eu le mémo. Bad boy tatoué et skateur professionnel, il est provocateur, sombre, et surtout diablement sexy. Il est tout ce qu’elle devrait fuir. Il sera tout ce qu’elle ne pourra jamais oublier. Extreme Campus, premiers chapitres du roman. Ce livre a aussi été publié sous les titres, Extreme Lovers et Fire & Hell.
Ils s’attirent autant qu’ils se détestent ! *** – On ne devrait pas, réponds-je. – Tu dis ça comme si c’était une mauvaise chose, remarque-t-il. La déraison. La perte de contrôle. – C’est une mauvaise chose. Regarde où ça t’a… Je m’interromps avant de dire quelque chose de blessant et rougis jusqu’aux oreilles. – … Où ça m’a mené ? complète-t-il en tenant mon visage entre ses mains. À trouver le courage d’embrasser une fille aux yeux saphir qui a un goût de cerise. Qui me prend pour un con, certes, mais qui me rend dingue. Il parle si près de mes lèvres que c’est comme s’il les caressait avec ses mots, avec sa voix feutrée, légèrement cassée par la fatigue, terriblement profonde et masculine. – J’ai menti, je ne te prends pas pour un con, lui avoué-je. Mais tu me fais peur. – Je ne te ferai pas de mal, tu le sais ? promet-il avec un regard intense et protecteur tout en laissant sa main descendre jusqu’à l’endroit le plus défendu et le plus avide de mon corps. J’exhale, ferme les yeux et me laisse faire. Ma tête bascule en arrière. Bon sang, c’est trop bon ! Je gémis et, instinctivement, pousse mon intimité contre sa paume. – Oui, tu le sais… Non, je ne le sais pas. Mais ça n’a plus aucune importance à présent. Je me fiche que Casey me blesse comme il a blessé Nicole et toutes celles qui se sont confiées à la presse. Je me fiche de souffrir. Ce que je veux, c’est vivre, enfin. *** Star d’Hollywood aux mille frasques, Casey Lewitt est envoyé contre son gré à Hawaï pour une mission humanitaire : pas d’alcool, pas de drogue et pas de fête. L’enfer ! Mais il reste la drague et les filles, qui succombent toutes à son corps de rêve et son sourire charmeur. Toutes, sauf Alana. Aussi fière que coincée, la jolie bénévole le déteste et refuse d’être une conquête de plus… malgré son attirance. Entre le bad boy qui refuse de se repentir et la fille aux mille secrets qui ne veut pas se dévoiler, les affrontements sont électriques ! *** Retrouvez dans cette saison 2 des héros aussi passionnés que blessés ! Ce roman est aussi publié dans sa version intégrale sous les titres Wild Love et Tombeur.
Ils s’attirent autant qu’ils se détestent ! *** – On ne devrait pas, réponds-je. – Tu dis ça comme si c’était une mauvaise chose, remarque-t-il. La déraison. La perte de contrôle. – C’est une mauvaise chose. Regarde où ça t’a… Je m’interromps avant de dire quelque chose de blessant et rougis jusqu’aux oreilles. – … Où ça m’a mené ? complète-t-il en tenant mon visage entre ses mains. À trouver le courage d’embrasser une fille aux yeux saphir qui a un goût de cerise. Qui me prend pour un con, certes, mais qui me rend dingue. Il parle si près de mes lèvres que c’est comme s’il les caressait avec ses mots, avec sa voix feutrée, légèrement cassée par la fatigue, terriblement profonde et masculine. – J’ai menti, je ne te prends pas pour un con, lui avoué-je. Mais tu me fais peur. – Je ne te ferai pas de mal, tu le sais ? promet-il avec un regard intense et protecteur tout en laissant sa main descendre jusqu’à l’endroit le plus défendu et le plus avide de mon corps. J’exhale, ferme les yeux et me laisse faire. Ma tête bascule en arrière. Bon sang, c’est trop bon ! Je gémis et, instinctivement, pousse mon intimité contre sa paume. – Oui, tu le sais… Non, je ne le sais pas. Mais ça n’a plus aucune importance à présent. Je me fiche que Casey me blesse comme il a blessé Nicole et toutes celles qui se sont confiées à la presse. Je me fiche de souffrir. Ce que je veux, c’est vivre, enfin. *** Star d’Hollywood aux mille frasques, Casey Lewitt est envoyé contre son gré à Hawaï pour une mission humanitaire : pas d’alcool, pas de drogue et pas de fête. L’enfer ! Mais il reste la drague et les filles, qui succombent toutes à son corps de rêve et son sourire charmeur. Toutes, sauf Alana. Aussi fière que coincée, la jolie bénévole le déteste et refuse d’être une conquête de plus… malgré son attirance. Entre le bad boy qui refuse de se repentir et la fille aux mille secrets qui ne veut pas se dévoiler, les affrontements sont électriques ! *** Retrouvez dans cette saison 1 des héros aussi passionnés que blessés ! Ce roman est aussi publié dans sa version intégrale sous les titres Wild Love et Tombeur.
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