Amanda Montell
Author
Publisher
One Signal Publishers/Atria
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"'Magical thinking' can be broadly defined as the belief that one's internal thoughts can affect unrelated events in the external world: Think of the conviction that one can manifest their way out of poverty, stave off cancer with positive vibes, thwart the apocalypse by learning to can their own peaches, or transform an unhealthy relationship to a glorious one with loyalty alone. In all its forms, magical thinking works in service of restoring agency...
Author
Publisher
Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The word bitch conjures many images for many people, but it is most often meant to describe an unpleasant woman. Even before its usage to mean a female canine, bitch didn't refer to gender at all--it originated as a gender-neutral word meaning genitalia. A perfectly innocuous word devolving into a female insult is the case for tons more terms, including hussy--which simply meant housewife--or slut, which meant an untidy person and was also used to...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Magical thinking" can be broadly defined as the belief that one's internal thoughts can affect unrelated events in the external world: Think of the conviction that one can manifest their way out of poverty, stave off cancer with positive vibes, thwart the apocalypse by learning to can their own peaches, or transform an unhealthy relationship to a glorious one with loyalty alone. In all its forms, magical thinking works in service of restoring agency...
Author
Publisher
Tendencias
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
¿Qué hace que los "cultos" sean tan intrigantes y aterradores? ¿Qué los hace poderosos? La razón por la que muchos de nosotros nos emborrachamos con los documentales de Manson por docenas y caemos en madrigueras de conejos investigando a las madres suburbanas que se han ido de QAnon es porque estamos buscando una explicación satisfactoria de lo que hace que las personas se unan y, lo que es más importante, permanezcan en el extremo. grupos...