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Learning To Speak Bear is a book of photographs exploring the visual cues and relentless interruptions of motherhood while showing the grit that happens in caring for young children. It seeks to take the viewer through the reality that is everyday life and shed light on the challenges primary caregivers face. Having children is a biological process, becoming a mother is not. Becoming a mother means confronting buried trauma while straddling the first, second and third shifts, juggling physical and emotional needs with financial obligations and often lamenting careers due to high childcare costs and poor support. These photographs are an invitation to explore the physical work of the second shift so you can understand the mental load of the third shift. This is motherhood

"After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, many high-profile chefs in New Orleans pledged to help their city rebound from the flooding. Several formed their own charitable organizations, including the John Besh Foundation, to help revitalize the region and its restaurant scene. A year and a half after the disaster when the total number of open restaurants eclipsed the pre-Katrina count, it was embraced as a sign that the city itself had survived, and these chefs arguably became the de facto heroes of the city's recovery. Meanwhile, food justice organizations tried to tap into the city's legendary food culture to fundraise, marketing high-end dining events that centered these celebrity chefs. Jeanne K. Firth documents the growth of celebrity humanitarianism, viewing the phenomenon through the lens of feminist ethnography to understand how elite philanthropy is raced, classed, and gendered. Firth finds that cultures of sexism in the restaurant industry also infuse chef-led philanthropic initiatives. As she examines this particular flavor of elite, celebrity-based philanthropy, Firth illuminates the troubled relationships between consumerism, food justice movements, and public-private partnerships in development and humanitarian aid."

Die Autorin, Historikerin und Pädagogin Renate Riemeck (1920-2003) war auch eine der Galionsfiguren der Friedensbewegung der 1950er Jahre. Als jüngste Professorin in der deutschen Nachkriegszeit war sie auf dem Weg zu einer akademischen Karriere. 1960 wurde sie wegen angeblicher Ostkontakte aus ihrem NRW-Lehrstuhl gedrängt, was zu deutschlandweiten Protesten und vor dem Kultusministerium in Düsseldorf zum ersten Sit-in in der jungen Bundesrepublik führte: Hunderte von Studierenden forderten die Rehabilitierung ihrer Professorin. Riemeck war früh zur Pflegemutter von Ulrike Meinhof geworden und wurde in Zeiten des RAF-Terrors zu deren Konfliktpartnerin. Nach dem Mauerbau in Berlin 1961 zog sie sich aus dem politischen Alltag zurück. In den 1980er Jahren wandte sie sich erneut der Pädagogik und der Lehrerbildung zu. Recherchen in zahlreichen Archiven sowie Dokumente aus dem 2018 entdeckten Nachlass ermöglichen erstmals eine differenzierte Annäherung an diese vom zwanzigsten Jahrhundert geprägte Biografie.

With the growth of the digitalized economy, VAT on cross-border digital supplies has emerged as an important issue. Yet, views and practices regarding the application of the VAT on these supplies differ significantly across different jurisdictions. A lack of international VAT harmonization can cause double taxation or unintended double non-taxation, resulting in distortions and revenue losses. VAT in the Digital Era considers unilateral and multilateral options for the creation of an internationally coordinated VAT framework. Providing analysis of the status quo in key jurisdictions, the book explores the implications of the digitalized economy for the VAT systems across borders. It outlines possible approaches that can be taken to achieve a more consistent international VAT treatment of cross-border supplies, and the extent to which a multilateral solution would be preferable and achievable at the international level. Bringing together contributions from leading international voices in the VAT law and policy and international taxation fields, VAT in the Digital Era addresses current issues and proposes ways to coordinate VAT rules on cross-border digital supplies. This new book is essential reading for academics, researchers, governments, and other financial organisations involved with the world's most important indirect tax.