The early 21st century is a time of unprecedented opportunity for those coming of age. It is a time when many young adults set out to achieve their dreams, be it starting their own business, starting a political movement, or propelling themselves to superstardom. Angelle's dream is to become Cultural Royalty of Pacificland, thus achieving what her mother couldn't. Her vision is based on freedom, dreams, love and fairness for all. However, she soon finds that whilst change appears to be in ...

TaraElla is a singer-songwriter. She has been writing and performing music since 2003. She is, however, most notable for her cultural projects. This book is all about her take on life.This book includes everything in the previous Smashwords eBook editions of TaraElla's Way to Life and TaraElla's Self Made Star Book.NOTE: This book was initially released with standard copyright conditions, as stated in the book, but the author has agreed to release it under a Creative Common...

You aren't the President or Prime Minister of a country. Surely, you get to vote every three, four or five years, but the politicians never listen to us anyway, right? As a result of thinking like this, many people just observe the world go by. And as a result of that, some things never really change. In other words, we just give up.But you don't have to be a politician, celebrity or journalist to help change things - nor are these people as powerful as they look. Information and i...

What does liberal mean? There can be no agreement, it seems. It all goes back to a historical split in liberalism, actually. Since most democracies functioned on a two-party system, alliances had to be chosen. Once liberalism had split, instead of choosing each other, welfare liberals chose to side with socialists and social democrats, and small government liberals, now often called libertarians, chose to side with conservatives.If liberals, left-liberals and right-liberals alike, ...

Eastlands is a special small town, where dreams do come true more often than in the outside world. The history of Eastlands, however, has been lost, and is about to be rediscovered...

The family as an institution has existed for the entire duration of human civilization, and in all but a few unfortunate exceptional cases, has served to support and enrich the lives of humans in countless generations. It is therefore just natural that supporting the family, and supporting values that support families, for example encouraging the life-long commitment of spouses, and the responsibilities of family members to one another, are held in high regard by most people across the wor...

The early 21st century is a time of unprecedented opportunity for those coming of age. It is a time when many young adults set out to achieve their dreams, be it starting their own business, starting a political movement, or propelling themselves to superstardom. Angelle's dream is to become Cultural Royalty of Pacificland, thus achieving what her mother couldn't. Her vision is based on freedom, dreams, love and fairness for all.However, she soon finds that whilst change appears to ...

Natalie is a young trans woman living in the early 21st century. Her diaries chart both her own transition story, and the cultural and political events of the 2000s and 2010s in the US, UK and Australia. In the beginning, she had felt rejected by feminism all her life, and also decided to reject feminism. Feminism's complicated relationship with marriage equality, something she was passionate about, became yet another reason for her to reject feminism. However, as feminism changed, so did ...

This is a book by a dreamer, for dreamers, and all about the dreamers' perspective on life. Whilst everyone may take something away from it, it was written especially for dreamers who are struggling with their dreams, with society's negative attitude to dreams and dreamers, and with the multiple barriers we sometimes call 'realities'. The message is clear: you can and should keep being a dreamer, because not only do you not want to give up too soon, but being a dreamer also helps the world...

This is the story of my journey, as an LGBT author and singer-songwriter navigating the ever-changing media landscape, and constant cultural upheavals of the early 21st century. My journey towards embracing a positive attitude to life, to our differences, and to the world in general. I have chosen to tell my story in the hope that it will inspire others, and I hope that more people do this too. I am grateful to the stories of other people, and their life journeys, for inspiring me over the...

This book is a collection of articles written in 2023-24, reflecting on the position of libertarianism in the contemporary Western political landscape, the positives of a moderate (or 'centrist') reformist path forward as an alternative to the increasingly extreme left-tribe and right-tribe, and, since both libertarianism and moderate reformism are clearly beneficial for healing our deeply divided and polarized politics, how we can reconcile libertarianism and reformism. The result is a pr...

This is a collection of articles about marriage equality, written in 2011-2013, by TaraElla. TaraElla is a singer-songwriter, and has been a strong supporter of marriage equality for over a decade. Many of these articles were written to sincerely convince conservatives to come on board the movement, therefore they may be particularly useful for convincing people to support marriage equality.NOTE: This book was initially released with standard copyright conditions, as stated in the ...