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Note: 400-level courses require at least 12 credits in sociology below the 400 level as a prerequisite, or the permission of the instructor. SOCI 101, 102 counts as six of these credits. SOCI 101 and 102 are prerequisites for all 200-400 level courses.
100 Level
101 Introduction to Sociology I
This course introduces students to the origins and development of sociological thinking and research, beginning with the foundations of the discipline in the 19th century. Students are then introduced to the concepts and methods within sociology. The objective is to explore the extent and limits of our capacity to change the social world by reference to sociological research in both a Canadian and global context. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 101 and SOCI 100. Three credits.
102 Introduction to Sociology II
This course builds on the foundations of sociological theory, methods and historic considerations established in SOCI 101. Students will explore a range of topics dealing with various aspects of social inequality, culture, integration, and ideological conflict in both a Canadian and global context. Together with SOCI 101, this course provides the prerequisite for all other sociology courses. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 102 and SOCI 100. Prerequisite: SOCI 101.Three credits.
200 Level
202 Research Principles and Practices
This course addresses how various philosophic assumptions shape the aims and practices of research in sociology. It provides students with empirical research design principles and an introduction to methods of collecting and recording data, assessing reliability and validity, and conducting data analysis. Different research strategies are introduced. The ethical implications of research will be discussed. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits.
203 Gender
This course is about gender differences and gender inequality. The main objective of the course is not only to examine differences in women's and men's social positions, but also to stimulate critical and informed thinking about the sources of gender inequality in our society. More generally, the course aims to explore the many ways in which this society is organized around gender differences and divisions. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 203 and SOCI/WMGS 310. Cross-listed as WMGS 203. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
207 Health Justice
Students will approach the study of human health from an intersectional, critical sociological perspective that emphasizes the links between social, economic, political, environmental and climate justice. The class will engage in an ongoing analysis examining how equality along the lines of race, class, gender, ability and sexuality are relevant to accomplishing health justice. Beginning with an understanding of biomedicine and the social determinants of health, the class will explore some of the dominant sociological debates and approaches to the study of health and illness and how these can best be used as instruments for achieving health justice. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits.
212 Social Dissent
Social dissent has been a persistent, perhaps necessary, feature of modern (capitalist, bureaucratic, technocratic, patriarchal) societies. Students will explore ways in which dissent has been voiced and alternatives have been envisioned in the 20th century, including new organizational forms and tactics of dissent, and new technologies and international networks. Students may use the course as a basis for advanced social scientific research. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
216 Canadian Society
This course presents an analysis of Canadian Society and its development from a sociological perspective. Particular attention is given to political/economic institutions, ideology, class structure, regionalism, cultural forms and national identities. Prerequisites: SOCI 101,102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
217 Race and Identities
This course discusses the interconnected realities of race, class, gender and sex from various sociological perspectives. Substantive topics will include the socially constructed nature of these concepts in places like media, and the experiences of classism, sexism and racism in the workplace, schools, and everyday life. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 217 or SOCI 215. Cross-listed as WMGS 217. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
218 Social Inequality in Canada
Looked at through the lens of class and power, this course examines the socio-economic roots of social inequality, as well as the causes and consequences of poverty. Special attention will be paid to rise of social inequality, and the impact of neoliberal social policies. Topics include: the relationship between wealth, occupation, and education; the structural and cultural factors generating cumulative disadvantage across generations, especially related to race, gender and disability; and the consequences of inequality as it relates to health, incarceration, and homelessness. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 218 or SOCI328.
221 Marriage and Family Life
This course analyzes the marriage and family life from a sociological perspective. It provides an overview of social changes over the past century, such as the falling birth rate, the rise in cohabitation and the legalization of same-sex marriage. Topics include marriage and fertility trends, the rise of intensive parenting and the dual earner family, the normalization of separation and divorce, the social cost of family violence, and how technology is influencing parenting. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 221, SOCI 210, or WMGS 210. Cross-listed as WMGS 221. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
227 Sociology of Religion
An introduction to the sociological study of religion. Topics include social factors that influence religion at individual and communal levels; religion as agent of social cohesion and social conflict; religion and power structures; the impact of pluralism and globalization on religion today. Cross-listed as RELS 215. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
231 Education in Canadian Society
This course provides students with a sociological interpretation of education in Canada. Students will investigate the relationship between education opportunity and conditions of inequality, socialization, social participation in education, and the contextualized within the historical development of Canadian educational
institutions. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 231 or SOCI 230. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
237 Social Justice
The course introduces students to social justice theory and research. Students will examine social movements and theories (e.g., postcolonial theory, black feminist thought, and indigenous perspectives) that helped shape conceptions of social justice. Students will examine social justice research in areas such as environmental racism, barriers to health care, education, and employment, and barriers and challenges to achieving social justice. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 237 or SOCI 297 (2020-2021). Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
242 Technology and Society
This course is designed to introduce students to core sociological issues and debates pertaining to technology. Topics covered include the nature of technological artifacts and systems, technology and social change, the relationship between technological innovation and scientific knowledge, technology and inequality, the social shaping of technology, and the role of digital media in relation to new forms of cultural identity and social control. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 242 or SOCI 496 completed between 2012-2014. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits.
243 Consumer Society
This course explores classical to contemporary theories of consumer society beginning with Marx's conception of the commodity as fetish. Themes discussed include conspicuous consumption, gender and consumption, social class, environment, identity, advertising and marketing. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
244 Cultures and Societies
This course will focus on exploring how society shapes culture and culture shapes society. Drawing on local, national and global practices of culture and cultural objects, students will learn how meaning-making is critical to understanding everyday life. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 244 or SOCI 298 offered in 2015-2016. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits.
247 Environmental Social Science I: Problems and Paradigms
This course introduces students to the major environmental challenges of the 21st century from a social science perspective. Modern societies that have sought to conquer natural limits have now conjured up unanticipated "environmental" consequences. Students will explore how human understandings of environmental "problems" as well as action towards environmental solutions are shaped by ways of thinking, social contexts and institutional power relations. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits.
248 Environmental Social Science II: Power and Change
A continuation of SOCI 247, this course addresses the same conceptual problems but focuses more on understanding the societal and political response to environmental issues. Students will critically examine both proposed ecological futures, as well as means of environmental problem solving and societal change: state policy, intergovernmental treaties, environmental movements, and market solutions. Prerequisite: SOCI 247. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
251 Theories of Deviance and Social Control
This course offers students a theoretical foundation for understanding social processes of deviance and social control. Using various theoretical devices, students will critically examine the social category of deviance and its use in social institutions and daily social practices. Topics could include mental illness, drug and alcohol use, alternative sexualities, social violence and disability. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 251, SOCI 250 or SOCI 298 completed in 2016-2017. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits.
252 Topics in Deviance and Social Control
This course draws upon the theoretical preparation provided in Sociology 251 to critically assess various topics in deviance and social control, and their power relations. Students will for instance, consider the complex relations of power and control associated with sex and sexuality, contemporary notions of fitness and health, white versus blue collar crime, as well as 'natural' disasters. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 252 or SOCI 250. Prerequisite: SOCI 251. Three credits.
254 Experiencing Social Class
This course explores social class as a lived experience - one in which everyday life both reveals and denies the structural advantages and disadvantages that perpetuate class differences. By way of ethnographic and theoretical literatures, students will study how stages of life and encounters with institutions (school, state, family, etc.) shape social class experiences. Prerequisite: SOCI 100 or SOCI 101/102. Three credits.
298 Youth
This course introduces the issues related to the sociological and political study of youth. The relevant debates and issues in the youth studies field will be examined, including contemporary and historical conceptualizing of youth, social / cultural / political theories pertaining to youth, the impact various social institutions have on youth, and youth political participation and social movements. Students will come away with a deeper understanding of what "youth" means. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
300 Level
301 Classical Social Theory
Explores the development and diversity of sociology's foundational perspectives through the study of selected original works by such authors as Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber. Restricted to major, advanced major and honours students. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits.
302 Topics in Contemporary Theory
This seminar course on contemporary theory varies from year to year. While a survey approach to contemporary theory may be part of the course, it is probable that the professor will choose specific interests for in-depth analysis. Potential perspectives include feminist theory, anti-racist theory, postmodernism, and neo-Marxist theory. Restricted to major, advanced major and honours students. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits.
303 Early Modern Social Thought
This course introduces you to early modern approaches to thinking about the social world. These include theories of social contract, liberalism, political economy, scientific rationality, evolution and progressive history, colonalism and human rights. We will consider how sociology and the social sciences either developed out of these early modern ideas or, in some cases, reacted against them. The course provides students with the intellectual foundations to engage more fully with contemporary debates in social and political thought. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
304 Feminist Theory
This course examines various directions feminists have taken in studying women's experiences and the construction of gender. Students will learn how these theoretical approaches have influenced feminist research and critical practice. The course will include early feminist thought as well as contemporary feminist theory. Cross-listed as WMGS 303. Prerequisite: WMGS 100. Three credits.
307 Qualitative Research Methods
The course introduces students to the qualitative research methods used by sociologists. The course introduces the philosophical, theoretical, and ethical aspects of qualitative research as well as qualitative approaches to data collection, data analysis, presentation of results, and methods of evaluating qualitative research. The various aspects of qualitative research are illustrated with classical and contemporary studies. Prerequisite: SOCI 202. 70 average recommended. Three credits.
309 Power and the State
The state is a central concept within the social sciences and one of the most significant sources of power in the modern world. Despite this, states today appear increasingly in crisis, with their very legitimacy questioned. In this course, we will explore the development of the modern state in order to better understand our present. Topics include: the power of disinformation; surveillance; Trump; and Black Lives Matter. The course concludes with a reflection on democracy. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Cross-listed as PSCI 318. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 309 or SOCI 297.
311 Men and Masculinities
A critical review of the science of masculinity and recent theoretical developments on the social construction of men's lives and masculinities. Topics include male gender role socialization; the role social institutions play in shaping masculinities; masculinity politics, men's movement, and social change. Cross-listed as WMGS 311. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits.
312 Social Movements
This course provides students with the tools for analyzing popular movements for social change. Students will survey the best examples of social movement analysis in the neo-Marxist, new social movement, social constructionist, and resource mobilization traditions. Movements covered may include: labour, environmental, student, peace, anti-racist, women's. Prerequisite: SOCI 212. Three credits.
313 Conceptions of Disability
An introduction to the field of disability studies, this course examines the ways in which disabled people and disability issues are defined and treated in contemporary society. Social and political conceptions of disability are contrasted with medical and individualistic definitions of disability with the aim of developing a critique of taken-for-granted conceptions of normal bodies, minds, and senses. Community- based contributions and responses to disability knowledge are emphasized and common ideas and assumptions about disability are situated historically to illustrate changing relations to disability over time, and to the role of disability knowledge in social change. The experience of disability will be stressed. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Online course.
314 Disability and Culture
Beginning with the understanding that disability is a social phenomenon, this course provides students with the tools to analyze such cultural conceptions as normalcy-abnormalcy, ability-inability, independence-dependence. Students will examine cultural representations of disability that marginalize and oppress disabled people, and explore the ways in which cultural representations of disability differ from experimental accounts. These representations are analyzed from an international perspective, with a focus on how disability has been represented in Canadian social policy, the media, helping professions, and the education system. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits.
322 The Antigonish Movement as Change and Development
Explores both social change and economic development through the history, philosophy, and practice of the Antigonish Movement as experienced at home and abroad. This movement will be used to examine political systems, labour relations, class conflict, education, co-operative strategies, religion, and ethnicity in the context of social transformation. Cross-listed as DEVS 322. Prerequisites: SOCI 101,102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
327 Canadian Families and Parenting
This course explores the impact of social, political, economic and cultural changes on families and parents. Topics include the diversity of family relations, work-life balance, family time, the 'parenting expert industry', 'intensive parenting,' the 'boomerang generations' and 'grand' relations. Across this range of topics, we consider how gender, race, sexuality, social class, and health influence families and parents. Cross-listed as WMGS 328. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
328 Social Inequality
Students will explore the distribution of social, political and economic resources in Canadian society, and the unequal access to these resources based on social class, race, ethnicity, gender, age and region. Using a central theme based upon concepts of class and power, the course examines specifc issues such as the socio-economic bases of social inequality, ascription and the consequences of poverty. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
331 Media Effects
This course considers a broad array of issues and controversies pertaining to the study of media effects. Topics covered include the development of propaganda theory, the social significance of advertising, and debates concerning the influence of media content on behavior and popular understandings of social reality. Attention is given to both traditional and holistic approaches to media effects in terms of the strengths and limitations of each. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 331or SOCI 325. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits.
332 Media Forms
"The medium is the message." – Marshall McLuhan. This course introduces students to various media technologies as shaping societies across time, with a focus on media forms rather than content. The course will discuss oral aboriginal culture (and western literate contact), the phonetic alphabet, monuments, papyrus, print, photography, film, TV, and digital media. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 332 or SOCI 325. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
334 Sociology of Anne of Green Gables
Using the iconic Canadian classic Anne of Green Gables this course sets out to explore the variety of theoretical perspectives used by those in the cultural Sociology. Through the use of the books in the Anne series, films, television, and the author's journals, students will learn how to think about and apply theorists such as Bourdieu, the Frankfurt School, and Barthes. Prerequisites: SOCI 101/102. Three credits.
335 Sociology of Canada's Indigenous Peoples
This course examines how the contemporary situation of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples of Canada is related to historical interactions among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal societies and indigenous cultural traditions. This will include consideration of how concerns of cultural identity, class, and gender are complicated by Canada's colonial legacy as developed with the aid of recent post-colonial/ sociological theory. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 335, SOCI 317, SOCI 330 or SOCI 397 offered in 2015-2016 and 2016-2017. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
337 Black/African Diaspora: Culture, Religion and Society
This course critically examines structural and sociocultural factors that operate and/or reproduce powerlessness among Black people in the Diaspora. Attention will be given to Black/African culture, experience and contributions, especially in Canada, the United States, and the Caribbean. Attention will also be given to the intersection of religion and cultural expressions in the African Diaspora. The importance of religion in the Black Diaspora's experience of both oppression and liberation will be a key component of our analytic framework. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 337 and SOCI 395 offered in 2016-2017. Cross-listed as RELS 334. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
341 Global Agriculture
This course begins with an interdisciplinary survey of the scientific, philosophical, political, social and cultural aspects of global agriculture and food production. Topics examined include the green revolution, the relations between agricultural and social sustainability, local food versus export economies, food security, food sovereignty and justice, as well as biotechnology, soil science and climate framing. At least one farm visit is included. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 341 and SOCI 398 offered from 2016-2018. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits.
351 Criminal Justice/Corrections I
This course examines the structure and operation of the Canadian criminal justice system, including policing, court systems, correctional institutions, philosophies, and practices. This includes exploring the relationship between law and social order; the justice system as a means of social control; and the experiences of Indigenous and visible minorities in the Canadian justice system. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 351, SOCI 350 or SOCI 374 (2019-2021). Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits.
356 Power, Culture and Identity
This course explores the rapidly shifting contexts within which individuals and groups from diverse cultural backgrounds interact, often forming new social and political identities in the process. Questions of identity are considered at the levels of individual subjectivity, localized community, national identity, and de-localized networks. Contemporary aspects of intercultural relations are viewed considering enduring political processes and related social upheavals rooted in colonialism, nationalism and the global spread of capitalist markets. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits.
364 Food and Society
This course emphasizes linkages between food production and consumption in the changing global political economy. The social organization of food production and consumption will be assessed from the standpoint of comparative research on global food chains and recent insights surrounding the social construction of food risks and benefits. Case studies will change on an annual basis but will always involve some consideration of the interrelations between countries from the 'North' and the 'South'. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
366 Coastal Communities
This course introduces students to social research on coastal communities. Emphasis is given to the social transformation of common property fisheries, the rise of industrial aquaculture, demographic transitions in coastal communities and recent moves towards integrated coastal resource management. Comparative case materials from North Atlantic coastal communities in Atlantic Canada, Britain, Ireland, and the Nordic Countries will be used in this course. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
373 Irish Politics and Society
This course emphasizes the major factors that contributed to the making of modern Ireland. The topics to be covered include: the role of the Great Famine in altering both the social structure of Ireland and claims to Irish identity, the Irish diaspora and Irish emigrants to Atlantic Canada, social and political changes in the Republic of Ireland from independence to the 'Celtic Tiger' phenomenon and continuity and change in the conflict in Northern Ireland. Cross-listed as PSCI 373. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
374 Islam in Canada
Focusing primarily on the Canadian context, this course explores the variety of Muslim identities in North American society. After a brief historical survey of Islam and Muslims in North America, including immigrant and African-American Islam, the course examines the diverse perspectives of North American Muslim and non- Muslim scholars on questions and debates around integration, identity, authority, youth, education, gender, shariah in Canada (Muslim religious arbitration in civil law), media representation, discrimination, and surveillance post-9/11. Cross-listed as RELS 375. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits.
380 Urban Sociology
This course covers the major themes and empirical research issues in urban sociology in the 20th- and 21st-century. This includes the rise of the 'urban' as a social science phenomenon, the Canadian city in comparative and historical perspective, major theoretical debates in urban social science, the intersection of class, gender and racial forms of inequality in cities, the shifting nature of social and spatial relations, and urban planning, sustainability and globalization. Credit will be granted for only one of SOCI 380 or SOCI 398 completed from 2014-2016. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
387 Hockey and Canadian Culture
This course sets out to explore the intersection between ice hockey and Canada's socio-cultural identity. The course will have students immerse themselves in contemporary literature to understand the social, cultural, political and economic nuances of hockey in the Canadian context. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits.
391 Junior Seminar
This seminar will assist honours students in their third-year and their thesis planning and provide an environment in which to learn with senior students working on their thesis. Students will choose an advisor with whom they will develop a proposal, collect materials, and consider methodological and ethical issues relevant to their research. Students are expected to attend colloquia, guest lectures and public
talks relevant to the discipline. Highly recommended for and restricted to honours students. Three credits.
395 Selected Topics
The topic for 2022-2023 is Mental Health and Society. In this course students will use sociological theories and methods to analyze mental health and illness experiences, knowledge, policy, and practices from a sociological perspective. Current and historical medical, legal, and social issues and responses related to mental health and illness will be discussed. Social conditions, roles, structures and cultural values and systems of meaning are emphasized. To support critical understanding of the relationship between mental health and society, professional ideologies, institutions and power relations examined. Concepts analyzed include: capacity, expertise, lived experience, medicalization of behaviour, personhood, psychiatricization, social and structural determinants of mental health inequities, and stigma. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102, 251. Three Credits.
397 Selected Topics - Climate Justice
This course focuses on some of the interconnections among the social, ecological, political and economic components of climate change, as framed by the concept of justice. Students are introduced to basic conceptions and practices of justice in the context of the latest findings on climate change from multiple institutional and disciplinary contexts. Using this lens, the course seeks to promote fluency in the structural dimensions of climate change and specifically, how inequality and climate change are fundamentally linked and perpetuated through both the 'distractive and extractive' economic, political and social institutions of our time. Prerequisites: SOCI 101,102. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
398 Selected Topics
The topic for 2022-2023 is Cannabis Legalization in Canada. In 2018 Canada became the second country in the world to legalize recreational cannabis. This course examines the history of drug prohibition and moral/social control, including racism and moral panics around drugs, and the various recommendations toward decriminalization. Issues include policy around young cannabis users; the role of the state in regulating illicit "street" cannabis; sales, marketing, and education of the Canadian cannabis consumer. Prerequisites: SOCI 101, 102. Three credits.
400 Level
Note: 400-level courses require at least 12 credits in sociology below the 400 level as a prerequisite, or the permission of the instructor. SOCI 101,102 counts as six of these credits.
400 Honours Thesis Research
A required course for all senior honours students. Six credits. 417 Social Difference: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Class, Sex, and Disability Explores current theories of social difference and the personal, social, economic, and political effects of these differences in Canadian, western, and international contexts. Topics include oppression, resistance, identity politics, and discourse theory. Starting with the question, "What differences do some differences make?" Students will examine how issues of difference become relations of dominance. Prerequisite: SOCI 215. Cross-listed as WMGS 417. Three credits.
417 Social Difference: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Class, Sex, and Disability
Explores current theories of social difference and the personal, social, economic, and political effects of these differences in Canadian, western, and international contexts. Topics include oppression, resistance, identity politics, and discourse theory. Starting with the question, "What differences do some differences make?" Students will examine how issues of difference become relations of dominance. Prerequisite: SOCI 215. Cross-listed as WMGS 417. Prerequisite: 12 credits of SOCI. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
421 Ancestry, Society, and Personal Identity
This course attempts to locate personal biography in the context of social history. Students' genealogies provide the starting point for explorations of family, social history, and personal identity. Students will apply sociological ideas to the historical periods that helped shape their personal and family histories. Prerequisite: 12 credits of OSCI. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
427 Friendship and Personal Life
Is friendship only personal and private, or does it have broader public, social, and political significance? This seminar addresses contemporary scholarship on the sociology of friendship as well as classic accounts of friendship by philosophers and social theorists. Through studying beliefs and practices of friendship we will address themes such as the self and personhood, gifts and exchange, trust and intimacy, sexuality and gender, social capital and networks, and the relation of friends to strangers and enemies. Prerequisite: 12 credits of SOCI. Three credits.
433 Advanced Problems in Environment and Society
The course allows students to pursue issues raised in SOCI 247 and 248 in greater depth. It also exposes them to new developments in social theory. Each year will have a different thematic focus which could include: the ways in which social conceptions of "natural" and "unnatural" have changed over time; the social implications of new biotechnologies; the global environmental movement; or ideals of an ecological future. Prerequisites: SOCI 247, 248 or PSCI 247, 248. Three credits. Not offered in 2022-2023.
451 Topics in Criminal and Social Justice
This course examines current theoretical and research issues in crime and social justice. Using qualitative, quantitative, and historical methodologies, students will explore topics such as gender, class, minorities, and criminal justice; police community relations; carceral and non-carceral forms of punishment; criminal and regulatory legal procedures. Prerequisite: 12 credits of SOCI and must include SOCI 350 or 352. Three credits.
491 Senior Seminar
A forum in which students gain scholarly experience by presenting and discussing their research; and taking part in colloquia, guest lectures, and public talks relevant to sociology. Required for honours students in their senior year. No credit.
498 Selected Topic
The topic for 2022-2023 is Refugee Resettlement. This course focuses on Canada's unique refugee resettlement framework, with an emphasis on refugee resettlement since Canada's 'Refugees Welcome' campaign in 2016. Examining the social science literature on the evolution of Canadian refugee law, policies, and practices, student develop a critical understanding about why Canada's refugee resettlement system receives international praise while also being the subject of criticisms (e.g., emerging ethical dilemmas, post-migration equity). Three credits.
499 Directed Study
Under the direction of a professor, students will work in an area of sociology not available in other course offerings. Students must consult with the faculty member by March 31 of the academic year in which they wish to take the course. See section 3.5. Three or six credits.


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Hyderabad : A sales executive and a cab driver, facing financial problems triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic, were arrested for chain snatching in two separate incidents in Greater Hyderabad, police said on Saturday.
Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwath confirmed the arrest of the accused by the police under the limits of Malkajgiri and Neredmet police stations.
G. Ravi Kumar, who lost his marketing job recently due to Covid-19, was caught by a passersby when he was fleeing after snatching a gold chain from a woman in Defence Colony, Neredmet on Friday.
According to police, the 28-year-old was indulging in betting on ongoing IPL matches by borrowing money from his friends. He had borrowed Rs. 10 lakhs from his friends and lost in betting. As his friends were pressuring him to repay the loans, he decided to try his hand at chain snatching.
He followed a woman who was walking alone and snatched a gold chain from her neck. While fleeing he was caught by three passersby and handed him over to police.
In the second incident, S. Ravi Kumar, a cab driver was arrested by Malkajgiri police for chain snatching. The 30-year-old snatched a gold chain from a woman at a building in Chanikyapuri colony on September 30. After committing the crime, he fled on his scooty.
Police with the help of CCTV footage identified the accused and arrested him on Saturday. During interrogation the accused confessed to have committed the offence in order to overcome financial problems due to the pandemic.

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Regenerative Agriculture: Nourishing the Soil, Healing the Planet
This short video highlights regenerative ranchers and farmers who are bringing life back to working landscapes by mimicking the creative forces of nature. Regenerative agricultural practices draw down atmospheric carbon and sequester it in the soil where it boosts fertility and nurtures biodiversity, making this approach to agriculture a key solution to mitigating climate change.
Featuring: Doniga Markegard, Markegard Family Grass Fed; Elizabeth and Paul Kaiser, Singing Frog Farms; Tim LaSalle, Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems – CSU, Chico.
Explore the Bioneers Regenerative Agriculture Media Series at bioneers.org/regen-ag.
CREDITS: Executive Producer, Arty Mangan; Producer, Stephanie Welch; Editor: Emily Harris; Graphics and Animation: Megan Howe; Camera: TrimTab Media; Liz Rubin, Ecodeo; Veva Edelson, Piano Farm. Thanks to John Feldman and Hummingbird Films for sharing footage. Check out their work in progress, Regenerating Life: An Earthlings Guide to Planetary Health.
Special thanks to our underwriter, Center for Food Safety


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In a world full of tension and uncertainty, the word "Dystopia" has never rung so true, probably since the Great Depression. How we cope with the new reality we find presented is determined by the pre-programming we've received in the past: the television programs we've watched, books we've read, and the politicians we've witnessed, and maybe even the grandparents some of us once bothered to listen to.
For those attracted to the dystopian genre, today comes as no great surprise. For those who engage in critical thinking like it's a hobby, the dystopia we're suffering today is necessary for the utopia to exist and strive for—yesterday is now out of reach and only if we do as we're told, can we have a modicum of the "old world" back.
Just as we've seen in films like Divergent, The Walking Dead, and The Hunger Games, or with the warnings we've read in 1984, Handmaid's Tale, or indie books like Watchers, without an organized and promised utopia to offer some hope, there's no relevance to our struggles.
Some of us pride ourselves on obedience, albeit, foolishly. Locked down in our apartments across the globe, we're united in a common goal to eradicate COVID-19 (or that's what the governments of the world tell us). Just a little while longer, they say, until we "flatten the curve."
. . .And then we flatten the curve. The ventilators—those precious ventilators that we must keep free for COVID patients—turn out to increase mortality rates by 30 percent.
Hmmm, but just a little while longer, stay locked down until we "find the vaccine."
Stay locked down just a little longer until we can get your 5G enabling tracking app, your globally required immunity passports, your identity tattoos, your global government in order. . . Never had the virus, no vaccine? You dare to think on your own? But it's your choice in the end, they say with a benevolent smile. But no immunity means you've just dropped five rungs on the social ladder or into oblivion. No jab, No Job even.
Just as The Hunger Games' can attribute its box office success in some part to the void it fills for the real needs created by society—a fatherly figure to shepherd its herd—we experience a similar governmental response.
We do as we are told; the patriarchal lawmakers know best; we're now living in our own Hollywood movie where emotions are tapped to such an instinctual level of cultural awareness within a universal audience that we're rendered helpless to protest for autonomy and individual freedoms.
And yet we still fail to realize we lost our utopia.
Unlike Katniss in the Hunger Games, who grew up knowing only a brutal dystopia where children are sacrificed for the greater good, and who dares to fight for something much larger than herself, calling out the "Peacekeepers" for what they really are, we, on the other hand, in our ever-narrowing reality, rest at the feet of governments in subordination and/or defeat.
The film The Hunger Games particularly takes my attention because it represents the very real threats of government domination and class divide. The subtext of government totalitarianism, military intervention through the use of Peacekeepers, and the distinct divide between the haves and have-nots is merely reflected in editing, cinematography and sound techniques to provoke an emotional response. . .yet it seems so relevant and real in our own lives.
The feelings evoked raise the question for both sides of the divide: at what cost can society continue with the status quo and at what cost if a rebellion occurs?
These are real issues reflected in real society throughout history, and now remains so vitally important today. This is no longer a Hollywood movie.
But for now, in our own Hollywood movie, we're still in the prologue. We're still eating the grain out of the hands that initially slapped us with a virus that came out of a de-regulated and cruel wet market, or if you prefer, a bio lab that played with coronavirus' for "gain-of-function" war policy.
And yet we keep picking at the feed.
We keep buying into the bullshit as the goal posts continually shift.
And what of those in charge, those who failed to regulate situations unbeknownst to us—that will never ever be shared with the puny little children that they call their "masses" . . .
The camera closes in, the frame begins to shake . . .our "slavery" is now our "freedom."
What will you do when they finally come for you?


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Florence and the Machine "Kiss With A Fist"
Published May 15, 2008As the overwhelming chart success of the British female singer-songwriter has now officially reached the point of saturation (and for some, nausea) what with Lily Allen, Amy Winehouse, Kate Nash, Adele and Duffy all having their shot, its time for a revolution.
Meet the revolutionary: Florence and the Machine. Or should I say, the fiery, freckled "enchanted skeleton who signs her cheques Florence Welch. Eschewing the customary sass and/or prettiness of her contemporaries, Florence instead is all about spittin some blues with her Machine (aka Dev Hynes of Lightspeed Champion and Test Icicles fame) hacking away at the guitar.
No surprises, Moshi Moshi picked her up for their popular "singles club, which to date has included such luminaries as Matt & Kim, Kate Nash, Lykke Li, Late of the Pier and Friendly Fires not bad.
Flos contribution is the vengeance-seeking "Kiss With A Fist, a scornful anthem that has attracted the attention of some who are considering it the new wave of feminism. With rackety percussion and filthy blues riffing, the 20-year-old drops a set of soon-to-be-quoted-by-everyone lyrics denouncing her abusive lover: "You smashed a plate over my head/Then I set fire to our bed/My black eye casts no shadow/A kick in the teeth is good for some/A kiss with a fist is better than none.
Expect Amy, Adele and Kate to come storming back with similar fight songs as soon as this hits number one... on the indie charts, that is.
"Kiss With A Fist" drops in the UK on June 9 via Moshi Moshi.
Florence and the Machine "Kiss With A Fist"


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text: Mr. Jusup Sayono was appointed as a Director of Gajah Tunggal in 2016. He currently serves as a Commissioner at PT. Polychem Indonesia Tbk since June 2016 and as a Director from 2005 to 2016. In addition, he also serves as a Director at PT. lnoac Polytechno Indonesia, a position he has held since 2014. Mr. Sayono started his career as an officer at Bank Ganesha in 1992. In 1993, he moved to Bank Mayapada as a Deputy Branch Manager and from 1995 - 1999 he served as a Branch Manager Head Office at Bank Dewa Rutji. After working in the banking industry for 7 years, he advanced his career in the franchise industry as a Managing Director at PT. Dunkindo Lestari until 2004 and at PT. Sarana Cipta Technology from 2004-2005. He graduated from Sekolah Tinggi llmu Ekonomi YKPN, Yogyakarta in 1992 with Bachelor Degree in Accounting. He received a Master Degree in Management from Tarumanegara University in 1999 and Master of Business Administration from University of Western Australia, Perth in 2003 also a Doctoral Degree in Business and Management from Institute Pertanian Bogar (IPB) in 2009.


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Signs Now Franchise Announces Top Franchise Awards For 2009
June 15, 2010 // Franchising.com // SARASOTA, Fla. — Signs Now, a division of Allegra Network LLC, recently announced their top franchise awards for the past year. Alan and Harriet Bleiweiss, owners of Signs Now 424 in Hollywood, Fla., were recognized with the Best of the Best Award; Jeff and Deborah Parmentier and Darren and Destiny Stanz, owners of Signs Now 468 in Rapid City, South Dakota, were recognized with the Rookie of the Year Award; and Howard Stovall, owner of Signs Now 366 in Lexington, Ken., received the Franchisee Advisory Board Award.
The Best of the Best Award is the company's top prize and is chosen based on a combination sales volume, sales growth and participation in corporate programs, including performance groups and operational studies. The Rookie of the Year Award is presented to the network owner who displays the most stellar performance in their first full calendar year of business. Lastly, the Franchisee Advisory Board Award is given by the elected FAB representatives to a franchisee who has made outstanding contributions to the entire network.
"All of our award winners represent the best of what we strive for in Signs Now owners," remarked Signs Now President Steve White. "We are honored to have them among our family of franchisees."
About Signs Now, a division of Allegra Network LLC
As a leader and top innovator in the sign and graphics industry, Signs Now truly stands out in a crowded world. Signs Now has nearly 200 franchise locations across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The corporate offices and the Signs Now Training Academy, Sarasota Campus are headquartered in Sarasota, Fla.
Founded in 1983, the Signs Now service base includes solutions and digital imaging for outdoor and indoor signage, exhibit and vehicle graphics, magnetic signs, banners, window graphics, ADA signage, dimensional letters, directional systems and other visual communications tools to businesses worldwide.
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Independent hard rock band A Fitting Revenge will tentatively release its new album next month.
The band is scheduled to release its new album, Omnipresence July 1. The record is composed of 12-songs, including a three-part song that makes up the record's last three tracks. The album's track listing is noted below.
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One day after the state confirmed a person in Anderson County has died from West Nile Virus, 7News is looking into what steps are in place to keep you safe.
According to the Department of Health and Environmental Control, 9 mosquito samples tested positive in Greenville County.
DHEC also says, statewide, 55 mosquito samples and 10 birds have tested positive this year. And there have been 7 confirmed human cases, one of which we told you about last week in Union County.
Now, after the death of one person in Anderson County, people are on edge.
"It's definitely scary that the West Nile's here in Anderson," said Tonia Dyar, an Anderson County mother.
She often takes her family to the Cater's Lake area in a populated residential section of the city, which is near the home of the victim.
"How would you know your child has it or that you have it," she asked.
We took that question to Dr. Melissa Overman an Epidemiolgist with DHEC.
"Most individuals if they have symptoms are going to be things like a fever or headaches, maybe some nausea or vomiting, things her kind of make you think of influenza," said Overman.
She stressed more than 70% of people who contract West Nile do not develop any symptoms. And only one in 150 get the more serious west nile encephalitis or meningitis which also includes symptoms like a stiff neck and tremors.
Adults above age 50 are most at risk, as well as those who have had an organ transplant.
DHEC can't reveal any specifics about the victim like the identity or the age. The agency also says it doesn't know where the person contracted the virus.
This week Anderson County went door to door handing out these flyers to all residents within a half mile radius of the victim's home, which is in the city limits in a populated residential area.
"In addition we're required to do a spraying. That spraying exceeds that half mile area where we did notification put to a mile for spraying. 13:54:22 We did that not once but twice but we are and we will have a subsequent 3rd spraying," said Lt. David Baker, the Director of Emergency Management.
It's reassuring news for parents like Dyar.
"If they've sprayed and taken care of he problem then we will probably still continue to come to the park."
The most important steps for families is to remove all standing water from around the house, check to make sure window and door screens are secure, and use bug repellant.
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Twin Flame
Part 3
I kept Clifford blocked for several weeks after I dreamed of an ultrasound. I had a lot of love for Clifford, but the reality was he was a bum. Not only was Clifford a bum, but he was also an addict, and as much as I loved Clifford I could not put up with his addict behavior. Clifford constantly made little promises that he never kept. For example, he would tell me that he wanted to take me on a date to a fancy restaurant, and we would never go anywhere. It was like he would forget what he promised me, and then promise me the same thing again a week later. I believe all a man really has is his word, and I can't handle a man just lying to me. I gave Clifford the benefit of the doubt that maybe he wasn't a liar, and maybe it was the drugs affecting his memory, but that excuse became old fast. The truth was Clifford was a lying addict. He couldn't take me to dinner, because he needed the lobster money for his pills addiction.
Clifford's number remained blocked in my phone. I unfollowed him on social media and marked his messages spam on Facebook. However, one morning I began receiving back to back calls from a number I did not recognize so I did not answer. The number left a voicemail and it was Clifford.
The voicemail stated "Please call me back bae this is Mookie. I really need to talk to you. I'm really having a bad day and I just need you to tell me that you love me and that you care about me. I just want to come lay under you, and have you hold me. Please call me back I love you bae".
The voicemail showed that it lasted for 4 minutes, and Clifford only talked to me for about 1 minute in a half. The rest of the voicemail stated "Bae please wake up I need someone to talk to bae. Please wake up and tell me you love me I need to hear it".
Another voice responded to Clifford and stated "Bae I'm up. Do you want that 5 dollars?" the unknown female responded. I couldn't see her face because it was a voicemail, but she sounded cracked out I mean high out of her mind. I could tell that she wasn't sleep she nodded off. Her voice was raspy like she smoked cigarettes since she came out the womb. From the sound of her voice I could tell she was an older woman.
Clifford really called my phone at 7am in the morning 12 times high out his mind while he was home with "bae". He was so high out his mind early in the morning that he forgot to hang up the phone. I didn't return his call I just forwarded the message back to him so that he could hear how cracked out he sounded and then I blocked the number. I didn't need him to explain to me what I already heard. I just wanted to let Clifford and "bae" enjoy their time being the broke untalented Bobby and Whitney.
Two months after Clifford called my phone high out his mind with "bae" I finally felt like I was home free no more addict drama. However, like before Clifford reached out to me again. He called and texted me from a different number. He told me that his homeboy was shot 11 times, and the shooting really affected him. Clifford stated that he just wanted to talk to me in person, and that he loved me. He stated that he just wanted to be up under me, and he wanted me to hold him. I told myself that I was done with Clifford, but something in his voice made me change my mind. He sounded like he was really hurting, and that made me whip out my caption save an addict cap. I told him that he could come over my house, and I would hold him.
As much as I wanted to dismiss Clifford something would not let me. I kept saying to myself that I should left Clifford back into my life. I also told myself that I wouldn't be able to live with myself if Clifford overdosed or killed himself, because I didn't let him come to my house. Clifford sounded bad, and I could tell him was high out of his mind, and I could also tell that he was really hurting.
Clifford came over my house and he cried as I held him. He told me about how his friend got shot, and he told me that he wished his was there to protect his friend.
I wanted to say "sir you are high out of your mind 24/7 even if you were there it was nothing you could have done", but I didn't say anything.
I just wiped his tears and held him. I prayed over him, and just asked God to send Clifford back to rehab. I tried to send Clifford sober and positive thoughts and vibes. I knew I couldn't fix Clifford as much as I would have loved to fix him. A part of me felt like Clifford wanted me to fix him as well. I felt like Clifford always returned to me when he was down bad like I was his safety net.
I didn't like feeling like captain save an addict. I didn't like that Clifford was using me for my aura and my healing nature. Whenever Clifford was down bad he somehow found his way back to me, and I somehow let him back in every time and I hated that. However, as much as I hated being Clifford's safety net I couldn't stop myself from being there. I loved Clifford, and I just wanted the best for him. I hated our relationship there were too many unhealthy up and downs, but a part of me felt like I needed Clifford just as much as he needed me. The relationship felt toxic, hurtful, draining, and somewhat fated. Like I was fated to meet Clifford.
Clifford stated at my house the night when his friend was shot, and then we didn't talk again. Once again I blocked Clifford's new number. I told myself that I was no longer going to let Clifford use me or my aura. I wasn't giving Clifford money, and we still did not have sex so I knew he wasn't using me for sex or money, and my aura is too expensive to just give to anyone.
I decided to have a reading performed by a tarot card reader. She advised me that Clifford was my twin flame, and that I was right the relationship was fated. She actually said "he is your twin flame and you will be together, but he's a piece of work". She also advised me that Clifford would overcome his drug addiction, but the path to sobriety would not be an easy one. She stated that once he actually took the steps to overcome his addiction he would be it and never use again. She stated that I was more advance spiritually and mentally (as far as growth" than Clifford. She stated that no matter how many times Clifford and I tried to end the relationship or end our connection we would also somehow end up back together. She stated that she saw our union and there would be a lot of love and marriage.
A twin flame is an intense soul connection, sometimes called a "mirror soul," thought to be a person's other half. It's based on the idea that sometimes one soul gets split into two bodies. One of the main characteristics of a twin flame relationship is that it will be both challenging and healing. This is due to the mirroring nature of a twin flame; they show you your deepest insecurities, fears, and shadows. But they also help you overcome them and vice versa.
Signs that you are in a twin flame relationship are:
1. When you met, there was an instant recognition.
2. You're very similar, and complement each other.
3. The relationship is tumultuous, and very intense.
4. You keep coming back together.
After the reading I felt I understood why I met Clifford. I just wasn't sure I was prepared to enter another tumultuous relationship so I kept Clifford blocked. However two weeks after the reading Clifford reached out to me again via social media. He stated "So you really aren't going to call me or text me. I miss you and I keep thinking about you I don't know what it is". I saw his message but I didn't respond. Instead of responding I just smiled to myself and shook my head. Clifford was thinking about me and I was thinking about him. We didn't speak, but I continued to pray for Clifford.
A week after the message on social media one again Clifford reached out to me from another number via text.
"I want to be with you, I really love you, but I have a question" he said
"What is your question" I responded. I was not about to tell him I loved him or even feed into that statement.
"Can you handle my heroin abuse" he responded.
As soon as I read heroin abuse my heart sank. I thought Mookie was popping a few perk here and there, but heroin that was too much to take in because heroin is a hell of a drug. I couldn't believe what I was reading, and I didn't know how to respond so I didn't respond right away. 15 minutes after admitting to using heroin and asking me to deal with his hardcore drug addictions Clifford texted me again.
"Are you thinking is that why you didn't respond" he said like he watched me read the message.
"Sir are you asking me to help you get treatment for your addiction or are you asking for a relationship with me, you and your addiction?" I responded.
"You and I and my addiction. I want to be with you. I love you and I don't want to hide the true extent of my addiction from you any longer" he replied.
Once again I was lost for words.
"Sir I know that you'll beat your addiction and look back and won't even to believe that you fucked with heroin" I replied generically. The tarot card reader advised me that Clifford would beat his addiction and I just told him it was going to happen. I didn't know what else to say.
Two hours after I sent the last message Clifford finally responded.
"Help me Kadejah I don't want to hurt you I have a habit and that is why I do some of the things I do. I just need you to help me please" he said.
I once again didn't respond right away to his text. I already knew that Clifford wanted to be around me because he felt a healing connection with me. He told me once before that his soul felt at ease around me. I didn't say it but my soul felt easy around Clifford. Clifford was the only man that I allowed to stay the night over my house. He was the only man that I could fall asleep next to and really sleep through the night. There was a strong connection that Clifford and I shared, and I couldn't see him hurting and not try to help him.
Once again I through on my caption save an addict cape, and let Clifford back into my life and my home. Clifford came over and once again he slept in my bed and I held him as he cried. He told me he wanted to get his life back together, and he wanted me to be a part of his recovery. He told me that he didn't want to be with another female just me, and that his addiction was the issue in our relationship. Once again he made me promises that he and I knew that he couldn't keep.
After being at my home for 2 weeks I decided to through a kick back and invite some family over my house. There was food, drinks, and a good time. Clifford and I drank D'Usse out the bottle with my friends and family, and I was having such a good time.
However then out of nowhere Clifford changed. He got up from the couch and I could see that he had his gun is his pocket and the red dot was on and everyone in the room saw it. No one else in my home was armed so I wasn't sure why Clifford felt like he needed his gun in an unarmed party in the suburbs. He was doing too much and bringing negative attention to his self for no reason.
"Why are you walking through my house with a gun?" I asked angrily.
"I'm a real street dude I can never be too safe. I don't know your family and your brother is talking crazy" he said.
"Sir you're doing too much playing "mr. gangsta gansta" right now and I'm over it this shit ain't cool. This is why your dumbass mugshot is all over the news and google. You do too much and bring unnecessary attention to yourself and that shit is weak ass fuck" I said annoyed.
"I'm a street dude and you knew that" he said drunk out of his mind slurring his words.
"Sir please save me the Amazon gangster impersonation. You're acting like you are an actor in a straight to BET or Amazon hood movie and that shit is clowned out for real. You are not the first street guy I ever dealt with but you're the first to pull this goofy ass shit. Gangsta move in silence sir and you are loud and goofy. You 6'4 my brother is 5'5 and unarmed. Why the fuck do you need a gun you're a fucking weirdo. This is real life you not on set my guy" I said. I needed him to know that he was a clown. I needed him to know that the reason he spent so many years in jail was because he did too much. He brought all the misfortune to his life trying to act like an extra on the Godfather. He was just goofy.
"I didn't want to be around your friends and family I just want to be with you. I'll put the gun away let's just go to sleep" he said.
He put the gun away and we went to sleep. I left all my guest in the other room to continue the party, but I stayed in the room with Clifford. I was drunk and horny and wanted so sex, but Clifford fell asleep as soon as he hit the bed.
I used my toy and played with myself until I fell asleep. I realized that I hadn't had sex in a while and momma needed a release.
Clifford woke up the next morning at 6 am still drunk. He said he needed to wash his clothes because he had a job to do.
"OK but when you comeback can you play in my pussy I'm horny as hell" I said still drunk and horny. I masturbated before I went to sleep and I was still horny. That D'Usse will having you drunk and wanting to make a baby. Clifford and I hadn't had sex ever and I needed some dick.
"Yea I'm going to put my clothes in the washing machine and then Daddy is going to put this D in you" he said corny. I didn't care how corny was as long as he gave me long D.
However when Clifford came back to the room he just got in bed next to me and turned the television on to ESPN.
"O hell no I thought to myself, as I took my panties off".
I was only wearing a small undershirt so I pulled my double D breast out and start playing with my nipples. I was determined to get the D because I was drunk, horny, and aggressive. "You like them" I said trying to so seductive as I continued to play with my breast. Touching myself was making me horny, and I could feel the wetness between my legs.
Clifford looked at my titties out and he began to smile.
"You do have some sexy ass titties. They're perfect" he said as he squeezed on of my breast.
"Suck them" I instructed. Before Clifford could say anything else I shoved my right titty in his mouth. He began to lick my nipples almost tongue kissing them with his eyes closed.
"What the hell this guy is childish as hell" I thought to myself. I took my hand and squeezed my tity while my breast was in his mouth to applied pressure. I wasn't getting anything out of him softly and passionately kissing my nipple. I needed more pressure I just needed more than he was giving.
"Sir I need you to pop my breast in your mouth and suck. You can lick too but I need sucking" I thought to myself out loud but I didn't feel like training him. After not getting the breast sucking that I needed I just pulled away from Clifford. I kept playing with my breast and touching my now dripping wet vagina.
Clifford took his hands and started fingering me. As he fingered me he once again tried to orally please my breast, but I wasn't feeling anything. He fingered me for approx 5 seconds before he said "Damn I didn't know you got wet like this" "Damn this some good ass pussy" he said. As soon as he said how good and wet my pussy was he stopped fingering me and got on top of me. When he entered me I felt nothing. Literally nothing as he tried to pump away quickly. I watched him pump into me quickly and then sweat beads popped off his forehead. I thought to myself you can never go wrong from the back, but before I could change positions Clifford was done done. He laid next to me.
"You want drug dealer dick" he said to me.
"This is 9-5 dick I have to go to work we can't be fucking all day" he said.
"We not teenagers no more you want me to fuck you all day" he said.
"I'm still drunk from last night" he said
He saying a lot, but his performance left me speechless. I could not believe I just wasted over a year of my life or longer on him just for him to be done in a jiffy. I didn't say anything, and Clifford left the room to check on his clothes.
I knew at that moment that the tarot card reading was wrong. There was no way in the word Clifford was my soulmate or twin flame. I couldn't be with a man that couldn't sexually please me. My sexual gratification is needed in order for me to remain happy in a relationship. I could not do nothing with Clifford and what he had to offer. I was so disappointed.
Clifford however got on the phone immediately. He told whoever he was talking to that he came quickly and I was upset because I wanted drug dealer D. I never in my life said anything about drug dealer D. Anyone who has ever been with a dealer knows that they aren't known for the bedroom performance. Dealers are known to spend money and that is why women like them. Not because of the sex.
I became instantly enraged that he would get on the phone in my house and discuss my bedroom activities with a stranger. There was no way I was going to let him disrespect me like that. Horrible dick is one thing but then to violate me like that was unacceptable.
"I'm not sure when niggas started talking like bitches but it was probably about the time they started getting high off their own supply. Get out of my house junkie" I said.
"You mad because I gave you that weak ass cock" he responded as he continued to talk on the phone. He was trying to embarrass me after everything that I ever did for him. I couldn't believe Clifford would disrespect me to my face like this after giving me the worst D of my life.
I didn't respond to Clifford. I grabbed a pair of his shoes opened the door and threw it outside. I then grabbed something else that appeared to be his and threw it out the door as well. Clifford was bign6'4 maybe 230 but I didn't care. I pushed his big bitch ass out towards the door.
"Get out" I said as I pushed him again. His balance was off a little and he almost fell. He looked back at me with anger in his eyes.
"Don't put your hands on me" he said.
"Nigga get the fuck out" I said again as I pushed him harder looking him back in his eyes. I wanted him to know that I was not afraid of him.
Clifford stood in my door way and looked me dead in the eyes and said "I'm somebody in these streets" I guess to threaten me.
"I don't know who you were in the streets years ago but now you're just Mookie the junkie" I said as I slammed the door shut locking it.
Later that day a friend of my texted me letting me know that "Mookie" went on Facebook live and told people that the girl he was dealing with stole his beard wash because she had bad pussy.
Clifford was a clown and I was not wasting anymore of my life on him. The twin flame reading stated that Clifford and I would always find our way back to each other, because it was a fated union. However I knew in my heart that was not true and Clifford was not the other half to my soul. He was a wanksta and a waste of time.
Three weeks after the horrible events unfolded at my home Clifford apologized for the disrespect. He stated that no woman should be violated like how he violated me. Kissing and telling will never be gangster. I forgave him I understood that he was too drunk and too high to preform. I however would have never ran my mouth about the situation. Once again I was left to wonder when did men start moving and gossiping like women.
"What's tea bro" will never be a lit statement or question.
I wished Clifford all the best and I ended the connection there. That was one year ago and I haven't looked back. That is not to say that we will never speak again, but for now I'm better without him.
The End
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They say that opposites attract. But has it ever occurred to you that the exact opposite is true as well? This theory is put to the test in Moonrise Kingdom, when two outsiders in the social world, Sam (Jared Gilman) and Suzy (Kara Hayward), find each other and fall in love.
With the knowledge that no one understands (or even likes) them, Sam and Suzy decide to run away together. However, their disappearance is quickly noticed, with Sam in the Khaki Scouts — a type of Boyscouts — and Suzy stealing her brother's portable vinyl player. After a couple of days, the search party, consisting of Suzy's parents (Bill Murray and Frances McDormand), a local police officer (Bruce Willis), and Sam's scout master (Edward Norton), discovers their hideout and insists they never see each other again. But true love can never be kept apart and Sam and Suzy will do anything to stay together.
Dubbed a comedy, Moonrise Kingdom was more of a dark comedy than anything and some parts made me think of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (I guess because of the forbidden love aspect). It was a quirky film that made you root for the underdogs. Written and directed by Wes Anderson, this film had a subtle feeling around it. It never forced you to laugh, but told you a story of life as it is, forcing you to see the truth (in a satiric way) about how both children and adults react in certain situations they think they understand.
If you liked Moonrise Kingdom, check out The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Rushmore, The Squid and the Whale, among other films in Wes Anderson's portfolio.
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Located in the tourist area of Formentera, 150 metres from the beach of Es Pujols and not far from the famous beach of Illetas.
Its 45 rooms are located in a single building of 2 floors with lift. All rooms face the outside. Rosales also has a large bar and a dining room where breakfast and a dinner buffet is served on request. Also, it is prepared with facilities for people with mobility problems (access ramp to the reception and lift), in addition, one of the rooms is completely adapted to people with wheelchairs. The Hostal Rosales is one of the few tourist establishments of Formentera that stays open all year-round.
Services: reception, cafeteria and dining area, telephone and air conditioning in the rooms and in public areas, internet connection and safe (extra charge).
Minimum stay: 5 nights
Cleaning charges included!
Reduced ferry tickets!
Free cancellation!*
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|01/05/2021 31/10/2021
|Double room with breakfast included
Please note:
Minimum stay of 5 nights
Free cancellation*
All prices include the normal usage of electricity, water, gas and check in/check out cleaning (not washing up), as well as the use of sheets and towels
The rates do not include the "Ecotasa" (sostainable turism tax imposed by the Balearic goverment), to be payed at check-in. The rate varies from 1€ to 4 € per day per person depending on the category of accommodation. Children under 16 years of age remain exempt.
Cancellaction policy:
Free cancellation up to 15 days before arrival.
The total amount of the reservation will be paid 20 days before arrival.
For cancellation within 15 days before arrival or no-show, the total amount of the reservation will be paid.


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Retreat to tackle systemic racism
Spend an evening listening. Personal stories of racism will open a justice retreat Aug. 25-26 (Friday evening-Saturday afternoon), hosted by the Board of Church & Society, at Canyon Camp.
"Tearing Down Walls: Dismantling Systemic Racism" will help participants to better understand and to address systemic racism in Oklahoma. It builds upon "Get on the Bus to Tulsa: Let's Talk About Race," held in March, noted Mark Davies, C&S chairperson.
"Oklahoma has a special history in terms of being a place where people from diverse backgrounds have come to live," said Rev. Dr. Davies.
"There's understandable tension in the country right now in relation to racism. This isn't something we avoid because it's a difficult topic. We want to listen to each other, confront the issues in all their complexity, and build a beloved community that celebrates all the diversity we have in the human family."
Leadership includes two facilitators from Crossroads Antiracism Organizing and Training, nationally known. Crossroads has worked with faith-based groups, including two UM annual conferences; YWCAs and other nonprofits; and schools and government entities.
Deadline is Aug. 13 to register. Click the link at www.okumc.org.
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