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If you’re not a fan of homosexuality, then don’t be a homosexual. If you don’t support gay marriage, then don’t get gay-married. Stick to straight marriage. If you think being gay is wack, then don’t be gay. That’s about it. Everything else, you can shut the hell up about. What you should also do while shutting up is not be a prejudiced jackass about people who do not identify as the same sexual orientation as you.
—I'm Judging You by Luvvie Ajayi
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Luvvie Ajayi by Anjini Maxwell
Luvvie Ajayi (born Ifeoluwa Ajayi on January 5, 1985), also known as Luvvie Ajayi Jones, is a Nigerian–American author, speaker, and digital strategist. Her book, I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual, was a New York Times best-seller.
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Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
"Fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose... I'm not gonna let fear rule my life. I'm not gonna let fear dictate what I do. And then all of these awesome things started..."
“I want us to leave this world better than we found it.” – Luvvie Ajayi Jones
Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable | Luvvie Ajayi Jones is a motivational video from YouTube Channel TED and the inspirational speaker is Luvvie Ajayi Jones. Video Run Time: 10:54
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Professional Troublemaker | Luvvie Ajayi Jones
📖 I loved reading this book by Luvvie Ajaki Jones. Her stories about her grandmother, growing up in Nigeria and her move to the US were captivating and beautiful.
The book might appear too “self-help,” and if you’re not into that I completely understand, but I promise you it is more than that. The book was funny, engaging and full of thoughts some of us think about but never really say or put in…
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Why the fuck am I getting sponsored ads on Tumblr asking me if I would vote for Cheeto Satan a third time??? I DIDN’T VOTE FOR THE MOTHERFUCKER THE FIRST TWO TIMES!!!! Like, hello?? What about my blog would indicate I had a brain transplant, which is the only way you’ll ever find me voting for a Republican ever again, or that someone killed me and stole my voter ID, which is the only way I would EVER vote for that steaming piece of shit???
Do better, Tumblr.
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In a world that wants women to whisper, I choose to yell.
-Luvvie Ajayi, Nigerian American author, speaker, and digital strategist
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Sleepover weekend! Your rec lists are top tier sooooooo rec us something (anything) that ISN'T fic. Fandom-related or not! Books? Stores? That One Kitchen Gadget You Can't Live Without?
xoxo MJ/kiwiana-writes
i love talking about books and other media!!! (bonus kitchen gadget rec at the end for making it that far.)
Books:
Anger is A Gift by Mark Oshiro
Beach Read by Emily Henry
This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
For those who enjoy political satire, anything by Christopher Buckley
I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
Never Let Me Go by Kazoo Ishiguro
Linden Hills by Gloria Naylor
Movies (including my list of ones I rewatch):
Moonlight
Clue
The Meg
Knives Out
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
The Man from Uncle
San Andreas
Fast Five
Ocean's Thirteen
Mel Brooks movies, specifically Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, History of the World
The Wave (Norwegian disaster movie, one of the best tbh)
Downfall or Flight/Risk (because Boeing sucks and everyone should know it)
The Velocipastor. Go in completely blind. I promise when you think you have it figured out, you don't.
(as for that kitchen gadget, spend the money on a good meat thermometer and thank me later.)
sleepover weekend asks!
#can you tell I was an English major? I feel like that list of books points a finger directly at the degree fading in a box in my basement#didn't include shows because I have an entire tag page dedicated to things I've watched broken down by:#if I loved them - if I need to finish them - or won't be finishing#about me
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(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (May 17th, 2022)
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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!
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New Standalones/First in a Series:
The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
The Peach Rebellion by Wendelin Van Draanen
Once Upon a K-Prom by Kat Cho
Melt with You by Jennifer Dugan
Twin Crowns by Catherine Doyle & Katherine Webber
How to Live Without You by Sarah Everett
Perfect Score by A.M. Ellis
The Days of Bluegrass Love by Edward van de Vendel
See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Practice Girl by Estelle Laure
Rising Troublemaker by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
Gideon Green in Black & White by Katie Henry
New Sequels:
Wind Daughter (Echo North #2) by Joanna Ruth Meyer
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Happy reading!
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Street harassment is not flattering, because it speaks to the fact that men see our presence as an opportunity for sexual advances. In a world where most girls get catcalled before they even get their first periods, you have to admit there is a problem. Girls are being sexualized by random toads and goats on the streets and told to smile about it. Our bodies do not exist purely for the objectification of men, and if we cannot even go a day without being made to feel uncomfortable, how can we feel like we are safe?
—I'm Judging You by Luvvie Ajayi
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“I wish you were a better man
I wonder what we would've become
If you were a better man
We might still be in love
If you were a better man
You would've been the one
If you were a better man”
Herc’s Saved TedTalks
Sort of inspired by last month’s task and something that I have had in my drafts for about as long as I’ve had Herc. His constant wish to be better is both a beautiful and a heartbreaking thing to me, because he just doesn’t see how he can be enough.
He feels he isn’t enough, especially to be the boss. He doesn’t know how to lead, or how to inspire others, how to be a successful business owner. So whenever he takes public transport, he listens to TedTalks, tries to learn how to be better, to do better, to do more, to be a leader and a carer and inspire others. So here are just a few of the ones he has come back to over the years.
1. How Great Leaders Inspire Action - Simon Synek
“Because there are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders are people who hold a position of power or authority, but those who lead inspire us... we follow those who lead not because we have to, but because we want to. We follow those who lead not for them, but for ourselves. And it’s those who start with why that have the ability to inspire those around them... ”
2. How to build your confidence -- and spark it in others - Brittany Packnett Cunningham
“Permission births confidence, community nurtures it, and curiosity affirms it.
3. An NFL Quarterback on overcoming setbacks and self-doubt - Alex Smith
“I got really, really anxious. Do I really belong here? How long until they find out I’m a fraud? The questions paralysed me. I was absolutely terrified to make mistakes and I was desperate for others validation. It followed me around 24/7...
... “Don’t worry.” It sounds simple, and it is, but I guess I didn’t really believe it was possible until it came from somebody I trusted... [Blake Costanzo] was a guy who approached the game in the exact opposite way that I did. He was taking the challenge head on, he was fully present, right in the moment, right in my face. Just live.
These ideas were a counterweight to all my doubts, and wouldn’t you know it, I started playing better, started having fun again and we started winning.”
“I’ve learned that so much of the anxiety that holds us back in life, it’s self-inflicted. We make it worse on ourselves, and it’s ok if we need somebody to help us snap out of it.”
4. Helping others Makes Us Happier - but it matters how we do it - Elizabeth Dunn
“We’re used to thinking about giving as something we should do, and it is. But in thinking about it this way, we’re missing out on one of the best parts of being human: that we have evolved to find joy in helping others. Lets stop thinking about giving as just this moral obligation, and start thinking of it as a source of pleasure.”
5. Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable - Luvvie Ajayi Jones
“Fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose...”
“Being comfortable is overrated. Because being quiet is comfortable. Keeping things the way they’ve always been is comfortable. All comfortable has done is maintain the status quo.”
“It’s like co-signing the woman in the meeting, you know, the woman who can’t seem to get her word out, or just making sure that other person who can’t make a point is being heard. Our job is to make sure they have room for that. Everyone’s wellbeing is community business.”
+ One he really should pay actual attention to...
The Benefits of Not Being a Jerk To Yourself - Dan Harris
“the woman who was running the retreat, my teacher... she kept insisting that if I wanted to be less of a jerk to other people, I needed to start by being less of a jerk to myself.”
“As your inner weather gets balmier, because you’ve learned to high five your demons, that shows up in your relationships with other people. And because relationships are probably the most important variable when it comes to human flourishing your inner weather improves even further and up you go. And that is the whole point here. Self-love, properly understood not as narcissism, but as having your own back, is not selfish. It makes you better at loving other people.”
“Next time you notice yourself going down the toilet, if nobody’s looking, put your hand on your heart and talk to yourself the way you would talk to a good friend... this process of replacing your sadistic inner tyrant with a supportive inner coach - who has high standards, but is not a jerk about it - makes you more likely to reach your goals.”
“Upping your love game is anything but boring. It’s counter-cultural because it cuts against the never-enoughness and always-behindness that society seems to want us to feel. It’s courageous because it’s hard to look at your demons. And its happiness-producing because when you high five your demons they don’t own you as much. And all of that makes you more generous and more available.”
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Julia Alvarez
Tahereh Mafi
Diana Abu-Jaber
Yasmin Crowther:
Jenny Lawson
ohn Kennedy Tool
Dave Barry:
Terry Pratchett
Stephen Fry
Spike Milligan
Bill Bryson
Maeve Higgins
Christopher Moore
Sloane Crosley
"I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual" by Luvvie Ajayi:
"Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations"
Jenny Lawson (The Bloggess):
Augusten Burroughs:
"Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood"
P.G. Wodehouse
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Amy Tan
My Family and Other Animals" by Gerald Durrell:
Born Confused" by Tanuja Desai Hidier
"Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation" by Lynne Truss:
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian" by Marina Lewycka:
Jhumpa Lahiri:
How to Be Black" by Baratunde Thurston
Nora Ephron
Erich Kästner
"The Tent, The Bucket and Me" by Emma Kennedy: Emma Kennedy's memoir offers a hilarious account of her family's disastrous camping trips in 1970s Britain, filled with mishaps, misadventures, and laugh-out-loud moments.
"Notes from a Small Island" by Bill Bryson: Bill Bryson's memoir recounts his journey through Britain, offering humorous observations on its quirks, customs, and idiosyncrasies as an American expatriate.
"Bridget Jones's Diary" by Helen Fielding: While technically a novel, Bridget Jones's diary-style memoir offers a humorous and relatable look at the life of a single woman in London, navigating relationships, career, and the quest for self-improvement.
"Don't Point That Thing at Me" by Kyril Bonfiglioli: This darkly humorous novel follows the exploits of Charlie Mortdecai, a charmingly roguish art dealer, as he gets embroiled in a series of absurd and comical misadventures.
"A Year in Provence" by Peter Mayle: Peter Mayle's memoir chronicles his experiences living in the South of France, offering humorous anecdotes and charming insights into the joys and challenges of adapting to life in a new culture.
"The Great Railway Bazaar" by Paul Theroux: Paul Theroux's travel memoir offers a humorous and insightful account of his journey by train through Asia, capturing the sights, sounds, and eccentric characters he encounters along the way.
"The Outback House" by Leonie Norrington: This memoir follows Leonie Norrington's family as they leave city life behind to live in the Australian outback, offering humorous and heartwarming tales of their adventures and misadventures in the bush.
"Out of Africa" by Isak Dinesen: Isak Dinesen's memoir offers a lyrical and humorous account of her experiences living on a coffee plantation in colonial Kenya, capturing the beauty, romance, and challenges of life in Africa.
"Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China" by Rachel DeWoskin: Rachel DeWoskin's memoir offers a humorous and candid look at her experiences as a young American woman living and working in Beijing, navigating cultural differences, romance, and the complexities of modern China.
"Cider with Rosie" by Laurie Lee: Laurie Lee's memoir offers a humorous and nostalgic look at his childhood in a small English village, capturing the innocence, wonder, and mischief of youth in rural Britain.
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Three Celebrity Podcasts: Naomi Osaka; Johnny Knoxville; Jay Glazer
When existing health organizations collaborate with celebrities, then people pay attention. In effect, the celebrity's fans get converted into podcast listeners. That's what's happening here, and it just so happens that the celebrity athlete and the health organization make an excellent fit.
Modern Health, which is a leading global workplace mental health platform, and Naomi Osaka’s Emmy Award-nominated media company, Hana Kuma, have announced the release of their podcast video series, Can’t Wait To Hear From You.
The series delves deep into the psyche of high-performing individuals, exploring their daily connection with their inner voice, pivotal moments that shaped their self-expression, and the effective mental care strategies they employ to nurture their identity. Can’t Wait to Hear From You features two rotating hosts – New York Times bestselling author Luvvie Ajayi Jones as well as renowned YouTube influencer Franny Arrieta.
“I am so excited to be officially launching Can’t Wait to Hear from You,” said Naomi Osaka. “It’s such an impactful series where we openly talk about mental health. Since speaking out about my own experiences, I’ve felt so much empowerment in my vulnerability and I’ve received so much love and support from my close circle, my fans, and Modern Health. I want others to feel the same and I hope this video podcast series will encourage them to have open discussions and feel less shame.”
“Mental health as a topic has always faced stigma, and that is something we are on a mission to change,” said Alyson Watson, founder & CEO of Modern Health. “By showcasing vulnerable and intimate conversations with high-profile business leaders, sports personalities, actors, and activists, we aim to normalize this topic and underscore the power of aligning your inner voice with your personal purpose.”
The series premiered on Thursday, March 28 at 9 AM PT/12 PM ET on Hana Kuma’s YouTube channel, with the first guest entrepreneur, author, and former Chief Marketing Officer at Netflix, Bozoma Saint John.
Additional upcoming guests include actor and activist Kendrick Sampson; eight-time All-American and distinguished four-time member of the USA Gymnastics Junior National Team Katelyn Ohashi; founder and CEO of lifestyle brand Market Mike Cherman; entrepreneur and founder of Lyons Wines Chris Lyons; in addition to a special edition episode hosted by Osaka featuring the United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy.
This series serves as a continuation of Modern Health’s partnership with Osaka. The company has launched a series of children’s meditations, developed and narrated by the tennis champion, covering important topics, including how to conquer overwhelming feelings and apply skills like self-compassion. Osaka was also featured in Modern Health’s first-ever Family Huddle series, designed to empower families and caregivers to discuss strategies for building positive mental health habits.
Visit Modern Health to learn more.
Check out this show. We need more conversation about mental health in our society.
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SmartLess Media has announced its next original podcast, Pretty Sure I Can Fly. SmartLess Media is a joint venture between Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, and Sean Hayes. Off the success of their mega-hit podcast, SmartLess, the trio founded SmartLess Media to branch out and create more comedy content – for the podcast space and beyond.
Pretty Sure I Can Fly, hosted by Johnny Knoxville and Elna Baker, explores and celebrates the remarkable and slightly unhinged people who have pushed history forward and redefined the limits of human potential.
Listen to the Pretty Sure I Can Fly trailer here:
“Nothing makes me happier than reading about some wonderful nut who has achieved an extraordinary feat under impossible conditions while everyone is telling them it couldn't or shouldn’t be done,” said Knoxville. “I find their stories endlessly inspiring and now, with this podcast, Elna and I will get to pick their courageous brains and see why they do what they do. Why in the hell would someone want to surf a 100 foot wave or battle -56 degree temperatures and polar bears for weeks trying to reach the geographic North Pole? I mean sheesh am I the only sane one here?”“It takes a particular kind of fucked upness, or blind positivity or just being off your rocker to do the things our guests have done,” said Baker.
“When you have an opportunity to create a podcast with Johnny Knoxville and Elna Baker, you say yes,” said SmartLess Media President Richard Korson.
Pretty Sure I Can Fly guests will include Travis Pastrana (professional motorsports competitor and stunt performer), Garrett McNamara (professional big wave surfer, Amplify Pictures’ 100 Foot Wave broadcast on HBO), Dudley Stokes (legendary Jamaican bobsledder), Ann Daniels (polar explorer), Tori Murden (first woman and the first American to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean) and more.
PRETTY SURE I CAN FLY Premiere date: April 8 on Amazon Music/Wondery+, April 15 on all podcast services
What can we expect? Based on the guests, this show should be a massive upgrade from Jackass. I mean, how many times can you punch a guy in the balls and get a laugh? Apparently, a lot of times.
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Another excellent podcast about mental health,“Unbreakable with Jay Glazer: A Mental WEALTH Podcast” is an extension of Jay Glazer’s widely-acclaimed, best-selling book “Unbreakable.” The podcast features Fox NFL Insider Jay Glazer as he shares his personal mental health journey with the audience, including the tools and techniques he’s developed to “live in the gray” – his term for living and thriving with anxiety, depression and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Welcoming mental health experts, athletes, coaches, celebrities and others, Glazer and his special guests share personal stories of overcoming adversity, the tools they use to incur MENTAL WEALTH, and their paths to success to help motivate, uplift and inspire listeners, and help set them up to win. New episodes are posted on Wednesdays, with frequent check-ins where Glazer updates listeners as he navigates the path to mental wellness.
If you're not a sports fan, Jay Glazer, national television personality, Fox NFL Insider, best-selling author and host of “Unbreakable with Jay Glazer: A Mental WEALTH Podcast,” set up the first-ever, in-person reunion between former Iraq War POW Shoshana Johnson and her rescuer, U.S. Marine Curney Russell.
Retired U.S. Army Specialist Johnson, the first U.S. black female prisoner of war, was among the members of the Army’s 507th Maintenance Company from Fort Bliss who were captured in Nasiriyah, Iraq, on March 23, 2003, and held for 22 days. Russell was part of the U.S. Marine squad who rescued Johnson and six other American soldiers who were held hostage.
Johnson and Russell have not seen each other in person since the rescue operation in 2003. Glazer, who previously interviewed Johnson and Russell for his “Unbreakable” podcast, made a promise to get them in the same room so they could see each other once again. With this past Saturday marking the 21st anniversary of Johnson’s capture, she and Russell were invited to Glazer’s home for a special reunion.
“These are two of the most amazing, courageous, inspirational people I’ve ever met, and I made a promise during our first podcast to reunite them,” said Glazer. “This was about keeping my promise, but it turned into something even more beautiful. Seeing them connect after all these years was incredible. Plus, two other members of their unit came to surprise Shoshana. It was an absolutely magical reunion!”
Watch the reunion HERE. Johnson and Russell are also featured on last week’s episode of “Unbreakable with Jay Glazer: A Mental WEALTH Podcast” for a follow-up conversation to their interview last November.
Johnson and Russell’s “Unbreakable” interview is available now on iHeartRadio and everywhere podcasts are heard. Listen HERE.
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Book Review: Little Troublemaker Makes a Mess by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
#BookReview - "LITTLE TROUBLEMAKER MAKES A MESS by @Luvvie & @JoeySpiotto is super cute, lots of fun, and very sweet."
#picturebook #childrensbooks #NYTBestseller @PhilomelBooks @penguinkids
LITTLE TROUBLEMAKER MAKES A MESS by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
Illustrator: Joey Spiotto
GENRE: Children’s Picture Book
PUBLISHER: Philomel Books
RELEASE DATE: May 2, 2023
PAGES: 41
A story about a little troublemaker with a big heart from the New York Times bestselling author and noted speaker Luvvie Ajayi Jones
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Little Luvvie loves her mom. She loves her sister. And she loves doing nice things…
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#Repost @forbeswomen ・・・ At the Forbes #EqualPayDay Forum, presented by @Glassdoor, Luvvie Ajayi Jones spoke about making "good trouble." (at Fort George, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp1PxOwsMgd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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