Who is the juggling mother, the woman who quietly flicks dried cereal off her blazer while running a corporate empire? The Juggling Mother explores this figure of contemporary mothering in media representations: a typically white, middle-class woman on the verge of coming undone because of her unwieldy slate of labours.Mothers who frantically juggle paid and unpaid work demands do not threaten the way labour is organized. In fact, as Amanda Watson demonstrates, th...

I never forgot her. Sweet little Katie Baxter. Beautiful. Innocent. Completely off-limits. Or she used to be—eight years ago. I was twice her age then, old enough to know better than to fall in love with a teenager. But loving her was unavoidable. Raw. Real. All too right to be so wrong.Cutting myself off from the world and leaving my life behind was the only way to leave her untouched. It’s why I live the way I do now, secluded up in the ...

Catholic religious sisters in Canada occupy a complicated position as they endeavour to live out their vocations while simultaneously representing and confronting a patriarchal and colonial institution that has caused harm. For some this navigation has been painful; for others it has been impossible.Resisting Orders brings to light these women’s untold stories of resistance against religious doctrine and societal norms that contradict their feminist and social justice conv...

For four years, Jackson Hansen has done his best to make my life a living hell. Even when I finally agree that his brother is good for my best friend, Emma, he won’t give me a break.He mocks me, mortifies me, and worst of all...makes out with me in the backs of taxis when we’ve both had a few too many beers.He’s the last person I want as my plus one for a destination wedding.If only I hadn’t made that stupid bet or promised to be his sweet, obedient...

Twenty years ago a man made a child he never intended to love. Ten years ago the world ended, and Emma turned her back on the man she believed was her father in an attempt to survive. Eight weeks ago she discovered the truth about her family, including the sister she never knew she had. Last week she had her heart broken by the one man she never imagined giving it to. Yesterday she turned her back on those she cared for in an attempt to help them survive. Today she plans on hunting two men...

ARE YOU ACHIEVING YOUR AMBITIONS? Chances are, if you're reading this, some disparity still exists between what you are doing now and what you want to be doing with your life. The truth is, many of us live this way, drifting through life, only scratching the surface of what our true potential is and what we are capable of. But life doesn't have to be this way. Certainly not yours, anyway! With Declutter Your Home, Streamline Your Life, and Accomplish Your Dream Lifestyle in your corner, yo...

She’s been off-limits from the moment I laid eyes on her. Stranded on the side of the road, she became more than that beautiful woman I saved one night. She became my obsession. Even though she’s only 19, and I’m nearly twice her age.I’ve basically become her stalker, but I can’t help it. Months ago, her big sister, Katie, was almost the victim of a serial killer during a first date gone wrong. Nothing like that is ever going to happen to my Chrissie.Keeping her safe is all...

If you've spent your entire life being told this, chances are good that you're an empath or a very sensitive person. Our environment continually exhorts us to be more resilient. However, consider this: You cannot simply turn off your empathic abilities. There isn't a switch you can turn to turn it all off. You were born with it; it's an essential component of who you are. You shouldn't try to change it about yourself since you can't.Being an empath is a wonderful gift that should b...

Asher Hansen began tormenting me our freshman year, not long after my father kicked him and his older brother off the compound with nothing but the clothes on their back.They blamed Dad for their mother taking her own life. To be honest, I think I did, too.Maybe that’s why I took it whenever Asher called me Cult Barbie and teased me mercilessly, saying the filthiest, most outrageous things.But that doesn't explain why his wo...

Twenty years ago scientists made some remarkable discoveries with genetics and the ability to perfect the babies we gave birth to.Ten years ago the governments of the world made a hard choice: earth or people.Nine weeks ago the choices they made came full circle.Fourteen days ago the truth of their mutations leaked out into the borderlands and other areas.Yesterday the worst thing they ever made learned about what she was.Today she's coming for them,...

In this heart-wrenching exploration of unconditional love, what a mother finds in the aftermath of her son’s death could put her family back together—or tear them apart for good.In the wake of her son’s sudden death, Margaret Dobrescu struggles to keep it together in the face of her grief…and her guilt. She can’t help but blame herself for Kyle’s own lifelong struggles—namely, the alcoholism that plagued him.But within mere days of his funeral, secrets and ...

Do you want to reach your fullest potential by using nothing but your own mind? Then you need The Creativity Zone.Your brain is an extremely powerful organ, working as your body’s internal computer.It’s capable of intricate problem-solving, strong intuition, and abstract creativity. But did you know we don’t use the full extent of our brain power every day?Great potential exists within the untapped caverns of your mind—all you need to do is...