Reddit mentions: The best television performer biographies

I was about to list out all my favorite resources, the ones where, looking back, I can point to as being the bedrock of all the cooking knowledge I've cobbled together over the years, and I noticed they have one thing in common: PBS. The cooking shows that air on PBS (and their companion materials) are just awesome. They're not gimmicky, they don't have puppets or catch phrases, but they're reliable. There are other great sources of food knowledge, but if somebody's on PBS, you know they're the real deal.

If I had to learn it all over again starting today, here's what I'd be looking at, in rough order:

Martha Stewart's Cooking School

Martha's got a great new show and companion book to go along with it. The reason I'd start here is because it's structured the way you want it: an emphasis on technique, with clear goals for each lesson. Just about every one of your topics listed above is covered in here, and the recipes are almost secondary. Like, a show or chapter will be about braising, not about boeuf bourguignon. Pretty heavy emphasis on French and European cuisine, but some nice forays into other cuisines, too. Covers all the basics: equipment, stocks, sauces, cuts of meat. Lots of good reference sections, too, like charts on cooking techniques for different rices and grains.

It's mostly pretty traditional stuff. No "hacks" or "science", but she will occasionally throw in some neat updates to a traditional technique. In particular, her hollandaise method is the best I've ever come across. Almost completely traditional, double-boiler and all, but she uses whole butter instead of clarified. Really easy and probably tastes better, too.

Incidentally, most of the substance of the show probably comes from editorial director for food at Martha Stewart Living, Sarah Carey, who happens to have an awesome YouTube channel.

Julia Child

Julia needs no introduction. She made French cuisine accessible to us servantless American cooks half a century ago, and I don't think anyone has done it better since. You'll want to watch every episode of The French Chef you can get your hands on, and also grab a copy of Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

You could start with Julia, but her show seems to focus on the recipe first, followed by the technique. So Julia's episode on boeuf bourguignon will be about boeuf bourguignon. She'll teach you all about technique, too, of course, but I think it's easier to start with Martha if you want a run-through of the basics of a technique.

Jacques Pepin

Probably the most talented cook to ever appear on television. The man elevates mincing an onion to an art form. Probably the best shows of his are Essential Pepin, Fast Food My Way, and Julia and Jacques Cooking at home (which used to be on Hulu, if you have that).

Every show he'll cook through a bunch of recipes, and he'll make these off-the-cuff comments on why he's doing what he's doing. How to peel a carrot. How to puree garlic with a chef's knife. Adding a splash of water to a covered skillet to steam the contents from the top while cooking them from below.

There's also a lot of his older stuff on YouTube that will show particular techniques: parting and deboning a chicken, preparing an omelet, and so on. He's remarkably consistent, so if you just watch enough of his stuff you'll get the spiel on every topic eventually.

Jacques does have a compilation of technique, but frankly I think Martha's is better. The photography in Jacques' book is pretty poor, and he devotes an awful lot of space to techniques that have probably been out of fashion for forty years. That said, there's a lot that's still useful in there, so it's worth at least checking out from the library.

(By the way, while you're at it, you should read My Life in France and The Apprentice, Julia's and Jacques autobiographies, respectively.)

There's a lot more to learn, but if you start with Jacques, Julia, and Martha, you'll have a rock-solid foundation upon which to build. Once you've got the basics down, my favorite new-fangled cooking resources are Serious Eats and ChefSteps.

Happy cooking!

It's not quite what you're looking for, but I loved this book: The Big Turnoff: Confessions of a TV-Addicted Mom Trying to Raise a TV-Free Kid. It's the memoir of a woman who raised her child sans TV from the very start. She worried that it would keep him from bonding with other kids, but it didn't; I remember one episode in the book: she takes her son to a birthday party where all the other parents have parked their kids in front of a movie, and her son encourages the children to do something creative, like put on a play or something. As he got older, she tried to encourage him to watch an episode of an educational cartoon (Arthur, I think), and he didn't get it---her son just found the show inane (because it is). Even the woman herself started to perceive TV shows differently: she used to love TV, but after spending so much time away from it, finds it unsatisfying when she tries to revisit it.

Anyway, I don't know if it will help, but it might be worth reading. Remember that it doesn't have to be all or nothing: it is possible to significantly cut down television time without eliminating it completely (and therefore appease your husband by not getting rid of the "investment", or whatever). You could schedule a certain time (every day, every 2 or 3 days, once a week) for TV use; you could grant TV time as a reward; you could slowly decrease TV time over the span of weeks or months (which might make it easier for everyone to adjust).

Whatever you and your husband decide, I think reducing or eliminating TV time (for all but the most special of occasions, like a presidential inauguration or other age-appropriate events, or even Shark Week) is a great idea. The earlier you do it, the better---once the children are old enough to follow a series with an evolving plot (assuming that they aren't there yet), they will likely get hooked on certain shows, and then reducing TV time will be a war. Also, it is likely that the kids will have their own computers or video-capable cell phones when they are older, and if you curb the bad habit now, they may be less susceptible to TV addiction later.

I hope you and your husband are able to come to an agreement that works well for everyone and encourages positive development for the children. Best wishes to you and your family.

The fact that there was regulation and that a few tech companies 'took over the internet' as you say are completely unrelated.

For example facebook and google benefit from enormous network effects. This means that there can only be one winner. This can be easily explained by just imagining having to put up with 3 or 4 different social media websites just to keep up with your friends. Over time people simply gravitate towards the biggest and best run network. And as they gain critical mass, there is little to no room for small players. That is why Uber is spending so much money currently, because if they gain a critical mass in a certain market, they basically become a monopoly. If it is more likely you find a ride you will Uber, and if more people use Uber, that means more likely to find work as a driver.

As for Google, the more people use it, the better their search engine becomes. And the better it becomes the more people use it. So at some point there is going to be only one winner.

Now as for sharing of phone lines in 90's and 2000's, there was massive overbuilding during that time due to the internet hype. Huge amounts of fiber lines were built that were not used until now. And we used a fraction of the data we use now.

The reason companies like Comcast are rallying so hard against net neutrality is because people now use so much more data (see explosive growth of netflix). This means they need to upgrade their infrastructure, which is expensive. So it is much cheaper to lobby to get rid of regulations and make the internet pay to play with constrained infrastructure. They don't have competition in 85% of their market anyway. Since it is one big old boys club. See this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Cable-Cowboy-Malone-Modern-Business/dp/047170637X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1500673040&sr=8-1&keywords=cable+cowboys

This is kind of shameful because their profit margins are huge (more than 50% of the national average):

https://markets.ft.com/data/equities/tearsheet/financials?s=CMCSA:NSQ&subview=IncomeStatement

If you divide net income by revenue you see that they have more than 10% profit margins. If you look at depreciation (which implies the amount of infrastructure they have installed), they could easily expand this by 50%, provide the US with the best internet the world has ever seen, and still earn $4-5 billion every year. But as I said, why not lobby and ruin the internet instead? Much cheaper.

Totto-chan is a delightful, light-hearted read despite the backdrop of WWII. The publishing of the Kino no Tabi series is a bit up in the air, but I thoroughly enjoyed the first one. I highly recommend The Woman in the Dunes; it is a beautiful work. I loved the first volume of Ballad of a Shinigami. Goth is a personal favorite, but it's horror and can get a tad gory. I would encourage you to give it a try though, it has altered my point of view quite a bit.

While I have not read any, I have heard good things about Brave Story, Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go) and Kenzaburo Oe (The Changling). I have heard Botchan is popular in Japan.

As a tip, search for Japanese light novels. They are "light" in the sense that they are the literature equivalent of manga, often with many volumes. They were really popular a few years back, but I am not sure if they are still being published. Check out Amazon for some old Tokyopop, Seven Seas, and Yen Press books. Also, Spice and Wolf.

Both CNN and MSNBC also employ Republicans involved in active campaigns. CNN employed Corey Lewandowski and MSNBC employed Joe Scarborough while both were actively involved in advising Donald Trump's campaign, for example. Roger Ailes and other senior-level FNC staff are also partisan Republicans who have been active in politics. You can write lists forever.

I think there are two important distinctions to make: the "news room" coverage of each type of agency, where objectivity and investigative journalism are valued, and the editorializing type content. The news rooms of all major media companies are generally either center-left or completely non-partisan (even Fox News). The point where they differ is in the editorial content, morning shows, talking head babbling and all that. The Fox News website is also very, very, very, very low on journalistic standards and objectively-evaluated content.

The point I was making, if allowed to expand a little bit on the subject, is that it is relatively very rare to find unmoderated representation of Democrats or liberals on Fox News, while Republicans are often given both talking-head representation but also editorial control on several forums at CNN and MSNBC. Fox News also has a coherent policy of taking management-defined talking points that come from the exec-level strategy (all Republican partisans) which is then propagated across its different channels, differing shows, and website. This comes from upper management and often has an explicit partisan objective. This is not an academic-level source, but I recommend this book if you're interested in learning more about how Fox News functioned under Ailes. I will grant that the slant of both CNN and MSNBC editorials tends to the left, but they do not function as partisan organs the same way Fox does.

MSNBC and CNN have a center or center-left editorial perspective, but in generally they cover Republicans more favorably than Fox covers Democrats as partisanship is concerned. You don't have to trust my opinion. There are plenty of objective studies that show Fox has a more partisan slant in its day-to-day coverage than the other two major cable networks and that even CNN and MSNBC have coverage tendencies that often support Republicans as well as democrats. There are also lots of studies that supposed "left-wing" or "right-wing" news rooms are actually quite centrist.

Here is an interesting one relating an objective study of agenda-setting and television coverage during the 04 campaign. This shows the discrepancy in coverage of Trump/Clinton campaign rallies between the three over the summer. This is an interesting one, shows the disparity among coverage around two specific issues (Hillary's pneumonia and Trump's improper use of Trump Organization funds) that broke at the same time. This study, also from 2004, shows a breakdown of the sources and methods each media company uses which gives an interesting and often-unexpected result.

I'm not trying to beat a partisan drum. I do vote liberal, but I really don't care for any of the three networks. Can you honestly say you've taken the time to look at this issue objectively?

>At this rate, I'll have finished the series by the beginning of next week.

Oh, my dear VOD, The Wire isn't a bag of popcorn - it is Christmas dinner, it is a fine wine or 30 year whiskey; it must be savoured. enjoyed. One cannot read the great works of Shakespeare or Shelley by the beginning of next week...

Actually, you probably could...

Let me know how Twin Peaks goes, i've been sneaking to parents house to steal internet, downloading True Blood and other stuff. I would like to know if i should give TP a go.

"Pull the other one, mate" is more an English phrase, perhaps cockney. Without AGloriuosCuppa to confirm, we can only speculate. "I'm only pulling your leg" is very Irish, meaning joking around.

I certainly didn't mean to shatter your enjoyment of Lee "suspiciously interesting openly gay teenage years in the bible-belt" Gould.

I'm actually reading a book right now, Farm Boys: Lives of Gay Men from the Rural Midwest - if you enjoy stories like Lee's, but are also true, i'll send you the book when i'm done :)

EDIT you probably meant you were gonna finish season 1 by end of next week? That is a perfectly good time period...

This book does a great job explaining some of the reasons why clinicians fall short in their accuracy and speed of diagnoses. I'm sure there are a number of doctors who knowingly brush patients complaints to the side when the answer doesn't jump out to them, but the are a whole bunch more of doctors (particularly GP's) who wish they could spend more time mulling over each unexplained symptom their patients bring to them.

The book does a better job explaining the related issues and is a really interesting source of medical stories for those interested (in fact, it's written by one of the doctors who consulted for the production of House MD.) The best thing a concerned patient can do is to be persistent and not be afraid to find a new practitioner/specialist if/when the first one falls short!

I know this goes against your original question, but I was told by comedy teachers to not get too caught up in reading comedy books (ex: how-to's). Before I started doing improv, though, I read "Bossypants" by Tina Fey (I do stand-up now). It's a quick, easy read and the writing's awesome. Ellen Degeneres: also a great writer. Found [this] (http://www.amazon.com/Seinlanguage-Jerry-Seinfeld/dp/0553569155/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1414942127&sr=1-1&keywords=jerry+seinfeld) too.

As far as fiction goes, the best I have read is "Nevada" by Imogen Binnie. This is one of those books that I immediately started reading again as soon as I finished it the first time.

https://www.amazon.com/Nevada-Imogen-Binnie/dp/0983242232/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1466321271&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=Nevada+imogene+binnie

Another work of fiction that is not about the transgender experience but does touch on some themes that you may be able to relate to is "Middlesex" by Jeffery Eugenides. It is really well done and has several interesting story arcs that intersect in really interesting ways with the protagonist.

https://www.amazon.com/Middlesex-Novel-Oprahs-Book-Club/dp/0312427735/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1466321681&sr=8-1&keywords=Middlesex

As far as bios go I really liked Janet Mock's "Redefining Realness" and "She Not There" by Jennifer Finney Boylan.

https://www.amazon.com/Redefining-Realness-Path-Womanhood-Identity/dp/1476709130/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1466321501&sr=8-1&keywords=redefining+realness

https://www.amazon.com/Shes-Not-There-Life-Genders/dp/0385346972/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1466321522&sr=8-1&keywords=She%27s+not+there

Edit: My auto correct want Boylan to be be Moylan.

love this contest! i have a list just for books! but these two are ones that i would particularly love but probably never buy myself.

these are my cheaper ones:

do androids dream of electric sheep?

brainiac

the october country

invisible monsters


thanks for contesting!

John Adams by David Mccullough is an EXCELLENT book that really describes the life and times of our second President, as well as the people and places of the revolution. John Adams was a key figure in the times, and his experiences are a great lens with which to view the whole of the time period.

I would most highly recommend this book, it is a great read and genuinely a page turner, which is most rare for a historical biography.

I'm honestly not a huge fan of the Cardinals' tv announcers. Haven't been for a while. Rather listen on the radio.

I haven't read it yet, but I'd recommend picking up Joe's new book he just put out. It's on my list, and I've heard great things, and the interviews I've heard him do are always great. He talks about both of the above stories in the book, and a lot more. Even addresses the rumors of him being gay. I really need to read that.

MtF here-- I'm not all trans views nor am I the only trans-feminist view.

First of all, it doesn't necessarily make you a TERF. TERFs generally hate trans folk, at least in my experience. Being uncomfortable and hating aren't the same.

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Second, while I don't know about that book (and it sounds like they have a deep misunderstanding of gender identity,) I do believe that Yaviv is just a sick individual who is using the trans movement for his or her or whatever the pronoun is's own fetishes. Yaviv does not represent all trans people, just as Martin Shkreli doesn't represent all white people.

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Third, regarding children transitioning, I want to ask you a favor. At your local library, browse through the online catalog and try to find the transgender section. There should be a variety of books on what being trans is, what the LGBTQ trends are, etc-- but I want you to specifically find the memoirs. I don't remember many names, but I remember this one: https://www.amazon.com/Redefining-Realness-Path-Womanhood-Identity/dp/1476709130

It discusses being transgender as a child the way she experienced it. I could tell you my experiences as a child-- and I didn't even know the word transgender until I was a sophomore in high school and my friend wanted to beat down a transgender freshmen and I learned about the concept of being trans. I acknowledge that transgender minors are a touchy topic, but I think that if you read about how many of us know from a young age that we are trans, then that'll help. Even so, you can support one part of the community without supporting another. It's like listening to a politician: You can totally support (Using this so I don't flare up tensions) Abraham Lincoln on his view of slaves without supporting his economic views and still overall support the Lincoln presidency.

I would recommend reading the book Brainiac by Ken Jennings if you would like some insight in to the world of trivia. If you are unfamiliar with who he is, he won Jeopardy! something like 74 times in a row. One of the things that he emphasizes in the book is the difference between trivia knowledge and intelligence, and how people who are great at trivia aren't necessarily smart. In fact, he points out that a lot of people in the trivia world got in to trivia because they're average in many ways, but being good at this makes them feel smart. He includes himself in that description.

I love love love Ross Mathews' book.

Well it isn't a simple one, but it's below. Fortunately, the part I'm referencing is pretty early on.

The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News -- and Divided a Country by Gabriel Sherman, 2014

Unfortunately for your point, he did write a book on the topic. He also presented an excellent and passionately positive and uplifting series touring the US in the same vein.

Thats it! Thank you.

The book is called "Every Patient Tells a Story: Medical Mysteries and the Art of Diagnosis"
By Dr. Lisa Sanders as in the article you linked. Much appreciated.
If you solve the mystery in her articles, you win a signed copy of the book :).
https://www.amazon.com/Every-Patient-Tells-Story-Mysteries/dp/0767922476

Adams deserves more credit then they do. Adams was the key figure in pushing for independence. Strongly recommend https://www.amazon.com/John-Adams-David-McCullough/dp/0743223136

Great book about the man.

I'll recommend some newer literature I really enjoyed:

Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

I'm also a big fan of John Steinbeck if you want to go the more classic literary route; East of Eden, The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men--they're all regularly assigned in literature classes for a reason. Some of his less well-known works, like Tortilla Flats and Travels with Charley are also a delight.

Erich Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front has some of the most haunting and soul-stirring depictions of war that I've ever read.

For novels that might have more of a women's perspective, consider pretty much anything by Barbara Kingsolver (The Bean Trees and Prodigal Summer are my favorites) or Alice Hoffman (Practical Magic is fantastic).

Don't discount the work of Stephen King, either, especially if you have only seen his movies. The Stand and The Shining are extraordinary, many of his short story collections will just blow your mind (that's where the source material for the movies The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me come from). I particularly loved 'Salem's Lot and It (which cemented my lifelong aversion to clowns).

For non-fiction, I'd recommend any biography by David McCullough. His research is impeccable and he does a fantastic job of storytelling. I first encountered his amazing talent in Truman but American history fans really go nuts over John Adams and 1776.

You'd love Brainiac, if you haven't already read it. His story is fascinating, he's hilarious, and he throws in a ton of trivia (of course).

read (if you haven't already) Whoever Fights Monsters!
I STRONGLY recommend the audiobook, Tom Perkins narrates it and his voice is amazing for this book!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VQ1HK28/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

I'd like one. My husband and I used to play a lot of Pokemon back in the day. Edit I have too many [ebooks] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000FC0QHA/ref=aw_ls_4_8?colid=K4J6H5X36FTL&coliid=I1QANJJIPSFESJ) because I love to read. I have a problem with book hoarding luckily most of my books are digital now so it's easy to hide my problem :) I must have all the books.

John Adams by David McCullough. Amazing book. Such an interesting journey with so many interactions with historical events. And it was real... which is easy to forget.

Yeah. that and there were at least four shows shooting for my demographic with similar "partners who come to love each other" crap main lines. Warehouse 13, that spy show with the blond chick and blind techie (covert operations?), Bones, NCIS does it from time to time...

So I turned off the TV and haven't looked back. I can thoroughly recommend John Adams' biography for intrigue, world travel, duty, rogues, and romance.

Every Patient Tells a Story by Lisa Sanders MD is excellent.

It's certainly not as heady as anything by Gawande, a little pop, but I guess that's to be expected from a NY Times columnist and the HOUSE MD technical advisor. Very enjoyable.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0767922476

You need to read Wonderland Avenue
Much better book IMHO and probably the best book on Rock Music ever written.

Just finished both Cable Cowboy, as well as Shoe Dog.

The former is about John Malone's rags-to-riches story on building a cable conglomerate from scratch, while the latter details Phil Knight's escapades in building Nike. Both highly recommended books to learn about how business works, how to build a brand, what goes into margins, competitive strategy, etc. Shoe Dog in particular was a highly entertaining read.

I am currently reading Braniac by Ken Jennings, about the world of trivia nuts (such as myself) and his tale of his time on Jeopardy!

I also previously read his second book, Maphead.

He is interesting and a very funny guy. I really hope he writes more books.

Yikes, their nicknames alone are pure nightmare fuel. The Vampire Rapist John Crutchley and The Angel of Death Genene Jones

The book they discussed sounds awesome. Whoever Fights Monsters: My Twenty Years Tracking Serial Killers for the FBI Written by: Robert K. Ressler Amazon Kindle eBook, Barnes and Noble Nook eBook, Audible Audiobook Anyone else planning to read/listen along with the unofficial MFM book club? It looks like STEVEN! already has his copy (and a fidget spinner).

The Guy Fieri stuff was hilarious, but this picture on the MFM instagram is freaking glorious. Wow!

John Adams

This guy lived an amazing life first off. Second reading his Bio is a really good way to learn about the American Revolution and 18th century Europe. \

http://www.amazon.com/John-Adams-David-McCullough/dp/0743223136

There is a nice account of a blind physician in the book Every Patient Tells a Story, by Lisa Sanders. He still had some vision during medical school, but eventually went into rehabilitative medicine, rheumatology I think, because it had a lot to do with physical aspects he could feel.

As a bonus, she's a consultant for the television show House.

He wrote a book:
>Dead Giveaway: The Rescue, Hamburgers, White Folks, and Instant Celebrity . . . What You Saw on TV Doesn’t Begin to Tell the Story . . .

Let's buy to support. Looks really interesting too.

Some cookbooks that I use or are on my wishlist:

• The Fat Duck
  
  
• The French Laundry
  
  
• Alinea
  
  
• Eleven Madison Park
  
  
• Quay: food inspired by nature
  
  
• Room for Dessert
  
  
• Murgaritz: A Natural Science of Cooking
  
  
• Saison
  
  
• Rasoi: New Indian Kitchen
  
  
• Le Cinq
  
  
• Coi: Stories and Recipes
  
  
• Massimo Bottura: Never Trust a Skinny Italian Chef
  
  
• Atelier Crenn: Metamorphosis of Taste
  
  
• El Celler De Can Roca
  
  Great British Chefs also has some recipes from Michelin starred restaurants.

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Basically a book with that name.

Massimo Bottura is actually pretty cool though.

This book actually began my red pilling, I saw the intent and sacrifice of the founders for the first time. One of the most well written books ever and it is based on true precise history. All the letters written between Adams and others were a key part of the historical picture. The HBO series is also great but read the book first.

https://www.amazon.com/John-Adams-David-McCullough/dp/0743223136/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1487202896&sr=8-4&keywords=john+adams

have you read Wonderland Ave. ? It is written by Iggy Pops manager. Awesome book. http://www.amazon.ca/Wonderland-Avenue-Danny-Sugerman/dp/0349101752

The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic Roger Ailes Built Fox News--and Divided a Country

Of course the book by David McCullough is excellent.

Wonderland Avenue: Tales of Glamour and Excess by Danny Sugerman.

I think they really have begun to drink the kool-aid they'd been serving their viewers for decades.

Ailes biography by Gabriel Sherman reveals a propaganda mill, but they seemed to recognize then what narratives were useful and how they differed from reality.

Now? They have a handful of sane people and the rest are so fucking far out of orbit that they make the Fox News of the Bush era look quaint.

There was a really good book that came out a few months ago. It's on my list:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Loudest-Voice-Room-News/dp/0812992857

These are a few that I really liked:

Lisa Sanders, Every Patient Tells a Story

Norman Doidge, The Brain That Changes Itself

https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Giveaway-Hamburgers-Instant-Celebrity/dp/1938441516

Amazon prime eligible, for those who are curious

Arms and Dudes. The skies belong to us. One of us. And, though not really true crime in the sense of these others, I highly recommend Evicted.

Sure, susans.org is a huge forum with allies and partners and trans people of all stripes.

This website is part of the Silvia Rivera project who is a rather well known leader in the community, since Stonewall, who died of cancer.
https://srlp.org/resources/trans-101/

There’s tons of trans vloggers you can go to. Most but not all have a 101 video, and/or talk about their experiences being trans. Here’s a list:
https://blog.feedspot.com/transgender_youtube_channels/

There’s a number of authors you may look into as well, here’s some books:
https://www.amazon.com/Whipping-Girl-Transsexual-Scapegoating-Femininity/dp/1580056229
https://www.amazon.com/Redefining-Realness-Path-Womanhood-Identity/dp/1476709130/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543615079&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=janet+mock&dpPl=1&dpID=5179e6QMxzL&ref=plSrch
https://www.amazon.com/Surpassing-Certainty-What-Twenties-Taught/dp/1501145797/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1543615079&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=janet+mock&dpPl=1&dpID=511ZZslW8TL&ref=plSrch
https://www.amazon.com/Transgender-History-second-Todays-Revolution/dp/158005689X/ref=pd_aw_sbs_14_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=158005689X&pd_rd_r=0ddc8e87-f4eb-11e8-8ad5-2179f688e965&pd_rd_w=dZYLz&pd_rd_wg=l40fZ&pf_rd_i=mobile-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=926ebe02-3236-40c6-ac63-01ad178f498a&pf_rd_r=7XK0K0TEGTZS8SNQ9YMP&pf_rd_s=mobile-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=7XK0K0TEGTZS8SNQ9YMP
https://www.amazon.com/Trans-Bodies-Selves-Transgender-Community/dp/0199325359/ref=pd_aw_sim_14_of_15?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0199325359&pd_rd_r=0ddc8e87-f4eb-11e8-8ad5-2179f688e965&pd_rd_w=mqDub&pd_rd_wg=l40fZ&pf_rd_i=mobile-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=57b46099-d750-4d74-83ee-63ad64b310a4&pf_rd_r=7XK0K0TEGTZS8SNQ9YMP&pf_rd_s=mobile-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=7T7APJ7MA85RWVJHJW5T
https://www.amazon.com/Shes-Not-There-Life-Genders/dp/0385346972/ref=pd_aw_sim_14_of_17?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0385346972&pd_rd_r=0ddc8e87-f4eb-11e8-8ad5-2179f688e965&pd_rd_w=mqDub&pd_rd_wg=l40fZ&pf_rd_i=mobile-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=57b46099-d750-4d74-83ee-63ad64b310a4&pf_rd_r=7XK0K0TEGTZS8SNQ9YMP&pf_rd_s=mobile-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=BNNAHM1QDG52M4D25XX2
https://www.amazon.com/Gender-Outlaw-Men-Women-Rest/dp/1101973242/ref=pd_aw_sim_14_of_20?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1101973242&pd_rd_r=0ddc8e87-f4eb-11e8-8ad5-2179f688e965&pd_rd_w=mqDub&pd_rd_wg=l40fZ&pf_rd_i=mobile-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=57b46099-d750-4d74-83ee-63ad64b310a4&pf_rd_r=7XK0K0TEGTZS8SNQ9YMP&pf_rd_s=mobile-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=WC57YE4ZTSS8XPR20CRY

The book that catalyzed my gender questioning and discovery was My Gender Workbook , which it seems now has an updated sequel .

Another very good trans memoir is Janet Mock's

Hamilton was a controversial figure to say the least. During his time in Washington's cabinet, he was fundamental to the creation of the policies of the Federalist party. He was frequently reviled by the Democratic-Republican press, accused of being a secret monarchist, enriching himself at the expense of the government, and poisoning the mind of the otherwise perfect George Washington. He also did not have positive relationships with either Jefferson or Adams. While Jefferson thought his policies were dangerous Adams disliked him for much more personal reasons. During the elections of 1792 and 1796, Hamilton secretly lobbied against Adams, ostensibly so that Washington would be elected unanimously. Not surprisingly, Adams took that personally, and never forgave him.

One of the frequent criticisms that was lobbied against Hamilton was that he was too ambitious. During the quasi-war with France (1798-1800), Adams placed Washington in charge of the army in case of a French invasion. Due to Washington's age, he appointed Hamilton to be his deputy, meaning that he was essentially in control of the army. When it became clear that France was not going to invade, and the army would not be needed. Hamilton began to suggest various other military targets that he could attack (Florida or Spanish Louisiana). Southern Democratic-Republicans also spread rumors that Hamilton planned to march on them, placing himself at the head of a coup.

While he may have been interested, Hamilton never really had an opportunity to run for president. Of the 4 elections he lived through (he died in 1804), two were unanimously won by Washington, and John Adams was the Federalist candidate in the other two.

As to whether or not he could have won - probably not. He was despised by the Democratic-Republicans and distrusted by some members of his own party. Additionally, after Jefferson's election in 1800, the Democratic-Republican party controlled the presidency for the next 30 years. So even if he had not died in 1804, he may never have had a good opportunity.

Finally, another strike against Hamilton was his involvement in the 'first American sex scandal.' Democratic-Republican newspaper editor James Thomson Callender published that Hamilton had been making secret payments to James Reynolds. After Reynolds was jailed for a financial scheme, Callender insinuated that Hamilton was involved. Hamilton responded by stating that he wasn't involved in any such scheme, he'd just been sleeping with Reynolds' wife. (He even issued a pamphlet saying such.) This scandal, combined with the general dislike for him throughout the country would almost certainly have kept him from ever being elected President.


Further Reading

• Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
  
  
• [Washington a Life by Ron Chernow] (http://www.amazon.com/Washington-Life-Ron-Chernow/dp/0143119966/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462079461&sr=8-1&keywords=washington++a+life)
  
  
• John Adams by David McCullough

No problem! It's one of my favs. I've watched it several times and have read the book which is an excellent sort of bonus to the film.

There's a book called Farm Boys that is a collection of biographies of rural gay men, it's worth reading.

Or buy it in Germany two months earlier: amazon.de

Seems to need some time over the channel. ;)

https://www.amazon.com/Seinlanguage-Jerry-Seinfeld/dp/0553569155

.co.uk (where I usually shop) says 12 February.

Relevant

There's always Seinlanguage.

George Washington

John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

Andrew Jackson

Those are my suggestions to get you started.

you should go for 'Whoever Fights Monsters' by Robert Ressler next. Much better imo, and basically the same story. I'm not sure how that happened.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VQ1HK28/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Adams was CHRONICALLY cantankerous and constantly hung up on everything. He nearly derailed trade and alliance negotiations that Benjamin Franklin had been working on for years during his time in Paris by being a "puritanical complainer" (as reported by Ron Chernow in his biography of Benny F) and was so inconsolably morose and snippish during his time as president that he frequently stayed away from the Presidential mansion in Philadelphia when he was cheesed off and would half-heartedly conduct business from his home instead (David McCullough's book on the man).

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A lot of his complaining ends up coming off as accurate just because he did SO MUCH OF IT, it's great.

1. Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
   
2. Letters for my Sister's
   
3. Girl Sex 101

Sorry, that is kinda snowflake education there and I do understand, I work in EdPub so I know what they're teaching you.

Natural LAW is stated and spelled out as the rights each human are inherently born with. Those rights shall not abridged by any means as the 2nd amendment states.

What you're getting confused with is The Law of Nature. It's kind of sad I have to explain this to you. It's not your fault.

I just finished a college text that was so horrifically biased and inaccurate I came very close to uploading it to Wikileaks. On page 346 it even had a lovely bit on Hillary being elected the first woman president of the US..and a feature on the Ferguson thing...that was called PEACEFUL protests and failed to mention the facts in evidence...it was bullshit from stem to stern...and that is a college fucking textbook on government. It had less than 3 pages on the Rev. War...and the formation of government COMPLETELY ignored the process by which the US gov was founded. You can learn about it on your own...by actually reading the letters (unedited) in books like John Adams https://www.amazon.com/John-Adams-David-McCullough/dp/0743223136
and you will be able to read for yourself the absolute amazing process by which our form of government was created. The discourse, the fights, the ...it was amazing. If you want to learn the truth about Lincoln and read UNEDITED things...read DiLorenzo's work.

Seriously there is so much fucking asshattery being taught today to shape this helpless feeling I get from your words. I was forced to edit a feature I wrote on Lincoln...because you can't tell black people the Civil War wasn't about slavery...even though I was quoting Lincoln.

The Civil War is so horridly taught now...that there's no recovering. It was STATES rights. And greed. Each state that joined the union ONLY DID SO with the express agreement they could leave if they didn't like it. This is not a discussion about the morality of slavery...they could have and would have ended slavery naturally by forbidding new states joining the union from having slavery. The Civil War was the FIRST illegal war. It was about state's rights and the slaves being freed was incidental. Each time some uneducated tard tries to argue that I ask one question...explain to me why thousands upon thousands of dirt fucking poor white folk would fight to hold on to a system that did not benefit them for a second? Less than 1% of the US population owned slaves. Second point...how is it possible that the people who suffered the most and lost everything were the dirt poor crackers? Sure Sherman did a lot of damage...but oddly anyone can drive down south and see endless intact plantation homes...it was the punishment to the poor for daring to fight for the right of self determination.

And you can go right now and read endless shitposts on the Internet saying I'm wrong...without getting an answer to those two questions. So if you really want an education read DiLorenzo...LINCOLN unedited and you just might start getting angry at how horrifically you've been manipulated.

The truth is out there...but you have to go looking.