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Routledge Guidebook to Paine's Rights of Man

Routledge Guidebook to Paine's Rights of Man

This guidebook provides the first comprehensive and fully contextualized introduction to Paine’s Rights of Man.

2020

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Nov 1

What Has White Feminism Done For This POC Woman? NOTHING!

Memoir, Part 4 — White female bosses do NOT know how to deal with qualified POC women, so screw those empty claims of “sisterhood”

A young blonde woman with long hair, gold chains, and a plunging neckline; a blonde wearing a scarf and tweed jacket; a blonde with bobbed hair and a white shirt and navy blazer; a blonde with a fluffy bob wearing a navy tweed jacket, scarf, and brooch.

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Oct 17

My Twilight Zone: When POC Girls Lose the Will to Live

A Memoir, Part 1

An abominable white snowman stands on the wing of an airplane.

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Oct 20

Working While Asian: or, if Sisyphus were Asian

Memoir, Part 2 — All rock and no roll

A woman rolls a giant rock up a hill.

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Sep 14

Stigmas Against Cat-owning Men Reveal American Backwardness

Reflections on masculinity, hatred of cats, learning, deviance — and witches

Stigmas Against Cat-owning Men Reveal American Backwardness

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Sep 6, 2025

“Do We Give A Damn?” Michael Jackson’s Lessons for 2025

An “unacknowledged legislator” of the twentieth century?

“Do We Give A Damn?” Michael Jackson’s Lessons for 2025

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Oct 25

Publishing when POC: From Flying to Flopping

How I flew too near the sun and racist academics killed my book

A darkhaired woman flying on wings to the sky

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Oct 22

Cattifying A Tale of Two Cities, Communist Manifesto, Jack the Ripper, and…the planet

A card showing a white cat in a blue dress and bonnet on the left side and a calico Persian in French revolutionary dress on the right knitting.

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Counter Arts

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Oct 11

When Worlds Collide: ‘The Glass House’ Meets 9/11

Is life imitating art — or is it the other way around?

When Worlds Collide: ‘The Glass House’ Meets 9/11

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Frances A. Chiu, Ph.D. | writing coach | editor

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Oct 11

Time for more Silly, Spooky — and Sappy — Cat Cards

Cattifying The Tell-tale Heart, The Scarlet Letter, The Great Gatsby, and more…

Two fluffy cats riding in a yellow Rolls Royce convertible with a billboard of a bespectacled cat and a green traffic light.

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Sep 28

Welcome to my Little Shop of Horrors — and Haute Cat-ture!

A little glitz, glamour, and goofiness galore

Welcome to my Little Shop of Horrors — and Haute Cat-ture!

Frances A. Chiu, Ph.D. | writing coach | editor

Frances A. Chiu, Ph.D. | writing coach | editor

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42x boosts; editor of 11 award-winning books (some of which have won multiple awards); Ph.D., Oxford University; author; https://www.wildestdreamsediting.com

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