#beacon press

[garadinervi]

June Jordan, (1977), Things That I Do in the Dark. Selected Poetry, Beacon Press, Boston, MA, 1981

[uwmspeccoll]

Steamy Saturday

We hold a considerable collection of pre-1970s romance pulp fiction, including queer romances and nurse romances. So, over the next several weeks we will be highlighting some of these titles with their suggestive covers and provocative blurbs.

For Pride Month, we begin the series with March Hasting's Three Women published by Beacon Books, an imprint of Universal Publishing and Distributing Corp., in 1958. The storyline is classic 1950s lesbian romance fiction: a young woman (Paula Temple) meets mister right (Phil Carson), but soon falls for Phil's wealthy aunt Bryne, an artist who lives in Greenwich Village, who herself is in a relationship with another artist, Greta. So many entanglements, you need a flow chart to keep track!

Here, the cover art offers stereotypical 1950s butch/femme imagery, while sensationalist language entices the reader: "An intimate picture of women in love -- with each other!"; "A courageous excursion into a forbidden world."; "Phil Carson strove with all his strength and virility to rescue Paula from unnatural desire." In the end (spoiler!), tragedy befalls both Bryne and Greta, while Paula, not surprisingly, returns to Phil. This is not the ending Hastings, one of the pseudonyms for lesbian pulp fiction writer Sally Singer (b. 1930), wanted for her story, as it did not reflect her own lived experience. Wikipedia quotes Singer as saying,

I really had no choice in the matter. . . . We all know the publishing climate in those days: same sex affection is out of the mainstream loop in this country, therefore, give it to us overtly for fun and games (hetero titillation) but make sure you tack on an ending of misery, punishment, sadness—that was the commercial voice, loud and distinct.

When Naiad Press republished Three Women in the late 1980s, Singer rewrote the optimistic ending for her characters that she always intended. "I don't believe in sadness," Singer said.

View other pulp fiction posts.

[desoax]

The US Department of Health and Human Services defines "social determinants of health" (SDOH) as "the conditions in the environment where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship and age that affects a wide range of health, functioning and quality-of-life outcomes and risks. A disease or healthcare issue is seldom the result of one isolated event but rather a series of interconnected events. These conditions and events are influenced by the amount of education a person has, their income, and social support. They are impacted by the physical environment one lives in (which, in turn, is heavily influenced by education and then job access, beginning with safety considerations, as well as exposures to environmental pollutants). SDOH also include the accessibility of healthcare services, as well as the easy access to fresh, unprocessed foods and to sidewalks and parks, which are conducive to exercise and thus help manage and maintain optimal health. This is a scholarly way of saying that where you live, what biases you face, how much money you have, what life skills you're taught, and how much violence you witness or participate in largely determines how healthy—or unhealthy—you are until the day you die. And for those who don't have enough education or job opportunity, who are forced to accept cheaper housing in unsafe and environmentally unsound neighborhoods, that death is far more likely to be premature.

Treating Violence: An Emergency Room Doctor Takes On a Deadly American Epidemic, by Rob Gore, MD (pg 76)

[revlyncox]

Highly recommended for anyone interested in disability studies or religious studies, and definitely if you are interested in both, "Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole" is part memoir, part theology, part invitation to our spiritual imagination. Check out the plain language pieces related to this book on the Beacon Press website.

[downthetubes]

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

US publisher Beacon Press recently released a graphic adaptation of the American Book Award winning history of the United States as told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

US publisher Beacon Press recently released a graphic adaptation of the American Book Award winning history of the United States as told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States. Originally published in 2015, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s influential New York Times bestseller exposed the brutality of America’s founding and…

[graphicpolicy]

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States is some fascinating history

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States is some fascinating history #comics #graphicnovel

In stunning full color and accessible text, a graphic adaptation of the American Book Award winning history of the United States as told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples—perfect for readers of all ages Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s influential New York Times bestseller exposed the brutality of this nation’s founding and its legacy of settler-colonialism and genocide. Through evocative full…

[brainrockets]

When I was telling my brother about my crisis re: do fungrils have bones he was like 'you should ask Aabria, she should probably know.' And like yes, but then I was like, 'oof maybe I should finish watching the menagerie content and see if they already answered that question for Sweetpea.'

And that's why I remembered to subscribe to Beacon.tv. (and then forgot to watch because I'm so stressed with my move that I had to watch British people charmingly do and solve murders)

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Jane Brewington - Are You There, God ? - Beacon Hill Press - 1975

[officialbruciewayne]

mr wayne, i’d like to introduce you to what the youth call minion memes :)

apparently, people your age find them funny. what are your thoughts?

I feel threatened, somehow...

[garadinervi]

June Jordan, (1977), From The Talking Back of Miss Valentine Jones (1976), in Things That I Do in the Dark. Selected Poetry, Beacon Press, Boston, MA, 1981, pp. 147-154

[banji-effect]

If nothing else, we can look forward to reading books. Pretty stoked to get into this one

[midnightmoonbeams]

Buizilla wants players to use their beacons. tsupidkun says, Let's get inking aephalorock drew Jace ? pupa drew a smallfry with an option to kiss. Missmisimo wants to know where Spyke is (just wait untril Spring!).

From October 7th, 2022

[expendablemudge]

THE CANCER FACTORY: Industrial Chemicals, Corporate Deception, and the Hidden Deaths of American Workers by Jim Morris via Beacon Press Books, got 5* from me: https://expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-cancer-factory-industrial-chemicals.html

[jonathanbowmanus]

[pessimistpress]

Beacon of Hope

By Doctor Pessimist

The Beacon of Hope is a classic tale.

The Beacon is a lighthouse in the sky.

Sadly, the Beacon of Hope lost power.

Dark monsters soon attacked the people.

All seemed lost. People’s hope soon died.

A young girl must revive this big beacon.

The girl is Hope. She braves the land.

Hope defeats the monsters of the land.

Thus, Hope eventually reaches her goal.

The dark monsters almost kill the girl.

Yet Hope’s voice reaches the beacon.

The beacon is lit. The monsters are gone.

The moral is there is a beacon of hope.