![]() ![]() “Doin’ Time for Bein’ Young” by James Intveld: From the Cry-Baby soundtrack (a great movie about teen rebellion). The nature of the conflict is intentionally vague (which makes it timeless).ĥ. “For What It’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield: More than anything, this song is a call to reflection, attention, and thought. “Rebel Girl” by Bikini Kill: The best thing about this song is that the rebel girl isn’t the outcast or the weirdo, she’s the “queen of the neighborhood”! Isn’t that how it should be?Ĥ. “Rise Above” by Black Flag: Weirdly, this punk song is surprisingly positive! A positive punk song! “We are born with a chance/Rise above/We’re gonna rise above.”ģ. When John Fogerty wails out “It ain’t me,” you can feel the pain of a generation of people forced into fighting a war they didn’t believe in.Ģ. “Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Reviva: This song, in particular its chorus, transforms anger over the Vietnam War into a defiant battle cry. Here’s a playlist to get you pumped for your own particular resistance!ġ. It got me thinking about some of my all-time favorite bring-the-fight songs. The conclusion to the Delirium trilogy, Requiem, focuses a lot on Lena’s role in the resistance. ![]()
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A most attractive place it seems in retrospect, of twenty-four-hour drinking and gambling, to the accompaniment of wonderful music provided by young, prodigiously talented and mostly black instrumentalists and singers a wide-open city ruled over by a corrupt mayor, Boss Pendergast, whose main duty seems to have been to keep the good times rolling. 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Clay Shirky, an expert in Internet culture, claims that these tools, and the channels that they open, provide new means of creating democracy. ![]() ![]() ![]() Many attribute the rise of these movements to social media, which act as accelerants, allowing people to circumvent mainstream media censorship and mobilize quickly. Can social media cause revolutions? The role that Twitter and Facebook played in uprisings ranging from the Arab Spring to the global Occupy movement have led some to say that they can. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Tim is recovering from everything he did in My Life Next Door, while also being told he’s the father of a baby he didn’t know existed. Plus, she’s just dumped her boyfriend who she wasn’t sure she loved. 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The Boy Most Likely To by Huntley Fitzpatrick ![]() ![]() Although she is nervous at first-and still in mourning for her affectionate father- she soon finds herself appreciative of her new male role model, who educates her, rejects the oppressive women’s fashion of the day, and encourages her to take control of her life and fortune. ![]() When Alec returns from business overseas, she is introduced to her male uncles and cousins. An heiress, Rose must adjust to the rhythms of New England high society while also learning that the limitations placed on women-which her uncle disdains-must not be allowed to restrain her. Orphaned, she is taken to the Boston home of her great aunts, the Campbell sisters, who raise her while awaiting the arrival of their brother Alec, Rose’s legal guardian. ![]() ![]() Rose Campbell is a young girl when her parents pass away. Based on her experience of being raised by a father dedicated to education reform, and grounded in her radical beliefs on the role of women in society, Eight Cousins is a masterpiece of children’s literature that explores themes of family, death, and perseverance. Eight Cousins (1875) is a novel by American author, feminist, and abolitionist Louisa May Alcott. ![]() |