{"id":3151,"date":"2019-11-19T23:05:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T23:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=3151"},"modified":"2019-11-19T23:05:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T23:05:28","slug":"now-funding-on-kickstarter-ariel-gores-fck-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/now-funding-on-kickstarter-ariel-gores-fck-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Now funding on Kickstarter: Ariel Gore&#8217;s F*ck Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/duckhappiness-thumb-1024x563.jpg\" alt=\"a mouth with two middle fingers holding it into a grotesque smile\" class=\"wp-image-3152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/duckhappiness-thumb-1024x563.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/duckhappiness-thumb-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/duckhappiness-thumb-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/duckhappiness-thumb-1536x844.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/duckhappiness-thumb-2048x1126.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/microcosmpublishing\/f-ck-happiness-a-feminist-critique-of-positive-psychology?ref=1x99y6\"><em>Back <\/em>F*ck Happiness<em> on Kickstarter through December 18, 2019<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does it mean to be happy? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Psychologists have studied this question and come up with many compelling and often helpful answers. But, Ariel Gore noticed when researching this question, the scientists doing the studies and their subjects all had something in common: They&#8217;re cis white men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So begins <em>F*ck Happiness<\/em>, Gore&#8217;s thoughtful, lyrical, thoroughly-researched book about what happiness might mean for women. Women are twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with depression, and in the studies that do include us, report both greater amounts of joy and greater amounts of struggle. Gore tackles the complexities of emotion and gender in this fascinating book, advocating a shift from positive psychology to what she terms &#8220;liberation psychology.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book was originally published with minimal fanfare in 2010 as <em>Bluebird<\/em>: <em>Women and the New Psychology of Happiness<\/em>, and promptly went out of print without ever coming out in paperback. We&#8217;re thrilled to have the opportunity to right this wrong, along with fully updating and expanding the book to encompass new happiness research and contemporary understandings of gender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And we&#8217;re funding it on Kickstarter\u2014you can get $2 off the cover price by pre-ordering the book over there, and there are some reward levels offering nice deals on a bundle of books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, there are seven questions about happiness that Gore posed to her interview subjects for the book, and we&#8217;ll be asking them to <em>you<\/em> in the Kickstarter updates, and asking you to chime in with your own experiences if you feel inspired to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/microcosmpublishing\/f-ck-happiness-a-feminist-critique-of-positive-psychology?ref=1x99y6\"><em>Back <\/em>F*ck Happiness<em> on Kickstarter through December 18, 2019<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back F*ck Happiness on Kickstarter through December 18, 2019 What does it mean to be happy? Psychologists have studied this question and come up with many compelling and often helpful answers. But, Ariel Gore noticed when researching this question, the scientists doing the studies and their subjects all had something in common: They&#8217;re cis white&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/now-funding-on-kickstarter-ariel-gores-fck-happiness\/\" title=\"Read Now funding on Kickstarter: Ariel Gore&#8217;s F*ck Happiness\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14,117],"class_list":["post-3151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto","tag-books","tag-mental-health"],"my_excerpt":"<!-- wp:image {\"id\":3152,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/duckhappiness-thumb-1024x563.jpg\" alt=\"a mouth with two middle fingers holding it into a grotesque smile\" class=\"wp-image-3152\"\/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/microcosmpublishing\/f-ck-happiness-a-feminist-critique-of-positive-psychology?ref=1x99y6\"><em>Back <\/em>F*ck Happiness<em> on Kickstarter through December 18, 2019<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>What does it mean to be happy? <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Psychologists have studied this question and come up with many compelling and often helpful answers. But, Ariel Gore noticed when researching this question, the scientists doing the studies and their subjects all had something in common: They're cis white men.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>So begins <em>F*ck Happiness<\/em>, Gore's thoughtful, lyrical, thoroughly-researched book about what happiness might mean for women. Women are twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with depression, and in the studies that do include us, report both greater amounts of joy and greater amounts of struggle. Gore tackles the complexities of emotion and gender in this fascinating book, advocating a shift from positive psychology to what she terms \"liberation psychology.\"<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This book was originally published with minimal fanfare in 2010 as <em>Bluebird<\/em>: <em>Women and the New Psychology of Happiness<\/em>, and promptly went out of print without ever coming out in paperback. We're thrilled to have the opportunity to right this wrong, along with fully updating and expanding the book to encompass new happiness research and contemporary understandings of gender.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>And we're funding it on Kickstarter\u2014you can get $2 off the cover price by pre-ordering the book over there, and there are some reward levels offering nice deals on a bundle of books. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Also, there are seven questions about happiness that Gore posed to her interview subjects for the book, and we'll be asking them to <em>you<\/em> in the Kickstarter updates, and asking you to chime in with your own experiences if you feel inspired to. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/microcosmpublishing\/f-ck-happiness-a-feminist-critique-of-positive-psychology?ref=1x99y6\"><em>Back <\/em>F*ck Happiness<em> on Kickstarter through December 18, 2019<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","my_excerpt_rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/duckhappiness-thumb-1024x563.jpg\" alt=\"a mouth with two middle fingers holding it into a grotesque smile\" class=\"wp-image-3152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/duckhappiness-thumb-1024x563.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/duckhappiness-thumb-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/duckhappiness-thumb-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/duckhappiness-thumb-1536x844.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/duckhappiness-thumb-2048x1126.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/microcosmpublishing\/f-ck-happiness-a-feminist-critique-of-positive-psychology?ref=1x99y6\"><em>Back <\/em>F*ck Happiness<em> on Kickstarter through December 18, 2019<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does it mean to be happy? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Psychologists have studied this question and come up with many compelling and often helpful answers. But, Ariel Gore noticed when researching this question, the scientists doing the studies and their subjects all had something in common: They&#8217;re cis white men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So begins <em>F*ck Happiness<\/em>, Gore&#8217;s thoughtful, lyrical, thoroughly-researched book about what happiness might mean for women. Women are twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with depression, and in the studies that do include us, report both greater amounts of joy and greater amounts of struggle. Gore tackles the complexities of emotion and gender in this fascinating book, advocating a shift from positive psychology to what she terms &#8220;liberation psychology.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book was originally published with minimal fanfare in 2010 as <em>Bluebird<\/em>: <em>Women and the New Psychology of Happiness<\/em>, and promptly went out of print without ever coming out in paperback. We&#8217;re thrilled to have the opportunity to right this wrong, along with fully updating and expanding the book to encompass new happiness research and contemporary understandings of gender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And we&#8217;re funding it on Kickstarter\u2014you can get $2 off the cover price by pre-ordering the book over there, and there are some reward levels offering nice deals on a bundle of books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, there are seven questions about happiness that Gore posed to her interview subjects for the book, and we&#8217;ll be asking them to <em>you<\/em> in the Kickstarter updates, and asking you to chime in with your own experiences if you feel inspired to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/microcosmpublishing\/f-ck-happiness-a-feminist-critique-of-positive-psychology?ref=1x99y6\"><em>Back <\/em>F*ck Happiness<em> on Kickstarter through December 18, 2019<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3153,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3151\/revisions\/3153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}