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Harvard-educated psychologist and best-selling author Melanie Joy exposes the psychology that underlies all forms of oppression and abuse and the belief system that gives rise to this psychology - which she calls powerarchy. In this thought-provoking analysis, Joy explains how we’ve all been deeply conditioned by the invisible system of powerarchy to believe in a hierarchy of moral worth - to view some individuals and groups as either more or less worthy of moral consideration - and to treat them accordingly.

Relationships are complicated. Yet, it’s an unfortunate reality that while most of us have to learn complex geometry that we’ll probably never use, we don’t get a single formal lesson in how to relate to others. In this one-stop guide, psychologist Melanie Joy reveals the common psychological dynamics that underlie all kinds of relationships - with a romantic partner, friends, family members, colleagues - in short, with anyone in any situation. Understanding these dynamics will help you make all your relationships healthier and more resilient.

 Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows offers an absorbing look at what social psychologist Melanie Joy calls carnism, the belief system that conditions us to eat certain animals when we would never dream of eating others. Carnism causes extensive animal suffering and global injustice, and it drives us to act against our own interests and the interests of others without fully realizing what we are doing.  

Why do some women struggle to identify as feminists, despite their commitment to gender equality? How do other aspects of our identities - such as race, religion, sexuality, gender identity, and more - impact how we relate to feminism? Why is intersectionality so important? In challenging, incisive, and fearless essays - all of which appear here for the first time - 17 writers from diverse backgrounds wrestle with these questions, and more. Can We All Be Feminists? offers the tools and perspective we need to create a 21st century feminism that is truly for all.

When the heart is touched, it wants to sing songs of recognized experience. Call it poetry, for then image, cadence, and word melt together as one. This audiobook of poems is about such experiences. That depth of feeling encompasses both desolation and consolation and so brings the listener close to the pulse of life, to joy, the thinnest layer. 

Are you feeling stressed or unmotivated? Do you want to improve your life? It is said that there are seven primary Chakras that run along the midline of the body; swirling vortexes of energy that are associated with specific vibrations in the cosmos. Our Chakras, as well as these cosmic vibrations, affect our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. With this audiobook you will learn how to balance your Chakras and get all the emotional and physical benefits of it. Prepare to take the journey down an enlightening and empowering road.

Energetic, physical, and spiritual healing is addressed in this complete bundle, in a fast and simple way, and therefore, in a way that is accessible to all types of people. Based on the most effective energy healing systems, such as reiki and chakra healing, this book can help you improve any aspect of your life, as well as heal your relationships with family and friends. This audiobook is a bundle that will teach you how to examine your chakra system, feel your energy, and feel the energy from the people you love and…heal them!

Get to know one of the best-kept secrets of the East - Reiki - and take the first step toward healing yourself and sharing it with others.

In ​The (Almost) Zero Waste Guide​,​ author Melanie Mannarino shares 100 simple tips for being less wasteful with what​ you eat, ​how you live in​​ your home, when you’re curating your wardrobe, when you practice self-care, during your travels​ near and far​, and in your community. What’s more, she even advises on how you can reduce your "unseen" waste - such as purchasing clothes with more sustainable fabrics and adopting a "Meatless Monday" regimen to help decrease your carbon footprint.

In Black Feminism Reimagined, Jennifer C. Nash reframes black feminism's engagement with intersectionality, often celebrated as its primary intellectual and political contribution to feminist theory. Charting the institutional history and contemporary uses of intersectionality in the academy, Nash outlines how women's studies has both elevated intersectionality to the discipline's primary program-building initiative and cast intersectionality as a threat to feminism's coherence.