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'Victoria Smith is a brilliant writer who every feminist should read' Sharron Davies'This brilliant book shows how demands for compassion and generosity can be a mask for sexist ideology' Susanna RustinA brilliantly witty and insightful analysis of how kindness culture is used against women. Using the #JustBeKind trend of the 2020s as a starting point, (Un)kind explores how traditional beliefs about women's 'kind' nature have been repackaged for an age that remains dependent - socially, politically, economically - on female self-sacrifice while finding the concept outdated and essentialist. Looking at the various guises under which kindness culture is sold to women and girls - from play to self-help, social justice activism to empowerment - Victoria Smith argues that the pressure on women and girls has not decreased, but instead been incorporated into the 'work' of feminism. (Un)kind analyses the way in which this phenomenon ultimately distorts relationships, harming not just those coerced into performing 'kindness work' but the supposed recipients of their services.Kindness culture supports the backlash against feminism while claiming to represent feminism's - and women's - true nature. It is, at heart, unkind.'Erudite, blisteringly smart and profoundly compassionate... A must-read for anyone hungry to understand the origins and dangers of contemporary exhortations to women to #BeKind, and for everyone who wants to live a feminist life' Dr Rachel HewittPRAISE FOR HAGS'The greatest joy of Hags is its lively erudition . . . eloquent, clever and devastating' The Times 'A book that could not be more necessary' Observer 'Brilliantly witty, engaging and insightful' Scotsman

'Rich, complex and witty' ROSE GEORGE, SPECTATOR'Devastating and clever' BEL MOONEY, DAILY MAIL'Could not be more necessary' RACHEL COOKE, OBSERVERWhat is about women in their forties and beyond that seems to enrage - almost everyone? In the last few years, as identity politics have taken hold, middle-aged women have found themselves talked and written about as morally inferior beings: the face of bigotry, entitlement and selfishness, to be ignored, pitied or abused. In Hags, Victoria Smith asks why these women are treated with such active disdain. Each chapter takes a different theme - care work, beauty, violence, political organization, sex - and explores it in relation to middle-aged women's beliefs, bodies, histories and choices. Smith traces the attitudes she describes through history, and explores the very specific reasons why this type of misogyny is so very now. The result is a book that is absorbing, insightful, witty and bang on time.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO PRIZE 2023'A book that could not be more necessary' Observer'Eloquent, clever and devastating' The Times'Deftly illustrates how ageist misogyny remains an acceptable prejudice' GuardianWhat is about women in middle-age and beyond that seems to enrage - almost everyone?In the last few years, as identity politics has taken hold, middle-aged women have found themselves talked and written about as morally inferior beings, the face of bigotry, entitlement and selfishness, to be ignored, pitied or abused.Hags asks the question why these women are treated with such active disdain. Each chapter takes a different theme - care work, beauty, violence, political organization, sex - and explores it in relation to middle-aged women's beliefs, bodies and choices. Victoria Smith traces the attitudes she describes back to the same anxieties about older women that drove Early Modern witch hunts, and explores the very specific reasons why this type of misogyny is so powerful today. The demonisation of hags has never felt more now.Victoria Smith has decided in this book that she will be the Karen so nobody else has to be, and she ends on a positive note, exploring potential solutions which can benefit all women, hags and hags-in-waiting.Shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards announced 21 November 2023.

Family Finance Planners are designed to help the modern family budget, plan and set goals for each year. Each page is customizable with the intention that you plan as a family each month and can continually update and change your budget to grow as your family does through out the year. The Family Finance Planners are workable planners that allow families to set a detailed budget for each month. Level 3 is for: Families looking to dig deeper into budgeting and planning Families who want to plan and budget for goals and savings Families who want to track their retirement savings, make sure they are sure they have enough saved to last them through retirement. What is included: Quick Review pages with budgeting information and ideas Goal Planners Emergency Fund Planner Holiday and Birthday Planner Kids Activity Planner Savings Planner Monthly Savings Planner Monthly Bill Tracker Debt Tracker Individual Debt Payment Tracker Annual Budget Planner Monthly Budget Planner Quarterly Budget Planner Annual Planning Uneven Income Planner Retirement Savings Calculator Investment Tracking and information on creating an allocation College Savings tracker Medical and Life Insurance Tracking Family Budget Meeting Tracker And more INCLUDES: Instructions and quick budgeting and planning information to help support you and your family in your financial planning endeavors FEATURES: Breakdown of budget into multiple categories Detailed Budget Allows for multiple bank account tracking Many budgeting options Customize by writing over any titles Works along side electronic budgeting tools

Captivity was endemic in Arizona from the end of the Mexican-American War through its statehood in 1912. The practice crossed cultures: Native Americans, Mexican Americans, Mexicans, and whites kidnapped and held one another captive. Victoria Smith's narrative history of the practice of taking captives in early Arizona shows how this phenomenon held Arizonans of all races in uneasy bondage that chafed social relations during the era. It also maps the social complex that accompanied captivity, a complex that included orphans, childlessness, acculturation, racial constructions, redemption, reintegration, intermarriage, and issues of heredity and environment. This in-depth work offers an absorbing account of decades of seizure and kidnapping and of the different "captivity systems" operating within Arizona. By focusing on the stories of those taken captive—young women, children, the elderly, and the disabled, all of whom are often missing from southwestern history—Captive Arizona, 1851–1900 complicates and enriches the early social history of Arizona and of the American West.

Journey into the first installment of The Seed Book and learn about the processes of spiritual growth through the perspective of the growth of a seed. In book one, our author gives us a look at the methods God uses to prepare our spiritual soils for our spiritual seeds, and how He optimizes our spiritual soils to make us prime for planting. This fresh perspective of spiritual growth takes us through new, exciting, and eye-opening perspectives that help us to understand better why we go through the things we journey through in life and elaborates on how God uses these experiences to shape, mold, and nurture our spirits until we are prime for planting. Our writer also provides a full explanation of why this preparation of our spirits is necessary for us to reach our optimum potential for God's glory and our good, as she reaches back to the fall of man and rapidly brings us into how it still affects us to this day.This read is one unlike any other, and that helps one to understand better the ups and downs of life, the growth of the spiritual self, and why our relationship with the Lord is of the utmost importance. The writer, Minister Victoria Smith, takes a down-to-earth, no-holds-barred, tell-it-like-it-is approach to the realities of spiritual growth, and why so many fall away when the process begins after they give their life to Christ. She shares this revelation from the Lord with the goal of ministering to those who are new in Christ, and to those that are well into their spiritual walk. Helping others better understand the changes they undergo and to bring clarity to those that have not been able to grasp a full understanding of what is going on with them and in their lives as they grow in spirit.

The Little Lark Still Sings is a true story of a quest for Italy’s sweet life gone awry, then becoming better than the dream. When Victoria and Larry, happily married for two decades, move to their favorite hilltown in Tuscany, what was a romantic adventure becomes an unexpected drama of perseverance and change. Every day new Italian adventures unfold: beauty, art, architecture, food, and history. But so do unexpected challenges of managing daily life in a foreign culture, surviving the chaos of construction, navigating narrow roads, longing for friends, stumbling with language, obeying rules they don’t understand or agree with — struggles that undermine Victoria’s confidence which, in turn, wear Larry’s patience thin. Though they share a dream, they discover their personal goals are different. His are to study and write, hers are to create the perfect Italian home and make friends. He needs quiet time; she needs his help. From the joys and near disasters of renovating an ancient stone farmhouse to celebrating their first Italian dinner party, Victoria learns about Italy, herself, and their marriage. In The Little Lark Still Sings, she shares their humorous and character-stretching experiences with insight and wisdom — offering lessons that enchant, encourage, and uplift.

Tuxedo Baby is dreading spending time with his cousins because it always ends in trouble. Meet Junction, Nimitz, and Cruz, Tux's cousins from Chile. Tuxedo tries hard to do what's right, but gets pulled by his annoying cousins in the wrong direction. And then trouble follows him...This is a picture book written for ages 5-8 who will recognize the differences between right and wrong and the consequences that can happen because of the choices you make. How should Tux handle his annoying cousins next time?

Trouble, trouble, trouble. That stands for Junction, Nimitz, and Cruz, the cousins of Tuxedo Baby. Poor Tux, he can't handle the mess they get into. First, the fence, then the plane, and finally the neighbor's yard. What can he do? The cousins just take over and Tux gets blamed. This is a book written for ages five through eight who know what it's like to get in trouble and face the consequences. How should Tux handle his cousins next time they visit?

Back CoverLittle h Dog is no ordinary dog and Big H is no ordinary owner. What will Big H do to help his little pup's poorly muscles? Where does the Super Vet fit in? And will Little h Dog ever get to chase a ball in the park again?Meet 'Big H' and 'Little h Dog' in this heartwarming children's story, based on the real life endeavours of a father to save his son from the cruel muscle wasting disease 'Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy'.The story provides a wonderful opportunity to spark conversations around disability/accessibility/inclusiveness, and that rather than being something to be dreaded, a wheelchair can open up a world of opportunity and adventure for children with a disability. In real life, 'Little h Dog' is a 14 year old boy called Harrison, but in this story, Harrison is a dog, because research by the charity Harrison's Fund has shown that dogs get more 'click-throughs' The Author & Illustrator TeamWritten by debut children's author Victoria Smith (Harrison's Aunty Vix ), 'Big H and Little h Dog' includes 32 pages of delightful hand-drawn, hand-water coloured all-original illustrations by the debut book illustrator 'Sketchy La Rue'; his humourous style and characterisation oozes from every page. More children's books from this dynamic duo are in the making -)For Charity100% of profit from book sales will be donated to Harrison's Fund, a charity on a mission to get as much money as possible into the hands of the world's best researchers, who are working hard to find a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

The idea that dogs can look like their owners is funny...but could it be true? And who picked who? Help Patch to investigate the owners and dogs of 'Canine Lovers Lane' to solve this mini-me doggy mystery The perfect laugh out loud picture book for all dog lovers featuring a dyslexia-friendly font. Take a trip with Patch down Canine Lovers Lane to meet all the colourful characters and their dogs. With opportunity for ODD and EVEN number recognition and a hidden 'Little h Dog' to spy on every page, this funny rhyming story will engage young children and adults alike, with echoes of Hairy Maclary.Did you know...this story is based on fact There is scientific evidence that has shown that people choose pedigree dogs that look and act like them. In other words we choose a dog 'in our own image'. They look like us, act like us, and they always reciprocate our feelings. This wonderful children's book is a true and funny celebration of our love for man's best friend.