Erin Williams – författare

Sam feared her infertility would forever be an obstacle to finding a lasting relationship and when her boyfriend of two years unceremoniously breaks up with her, she is ready to give up on love altogether. With help from her effervescent friend, Holly, and her happy-go-lucky boy friend from college, JB, she begins to see that the relationship was more flawed than she ever imagined.Then a chance meeting with Spencer, a handsome man of honor who is passionate about his secretive job with the Navy, changes everything Sam’s ever known about men and relationships. But dating a man in the military is not without its difficulties, and Sam has to decide if she’s willing to risk it all for a man who will be in harm’s way so often.When tragedy strikes while Spencer is deployed, and her friendship with JB reaches an emotional climax, Sam finds herself doubting her future once again. Is she brave enough to love, or will her physical limitations and insecurities always stand in her way?

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR MUMS-TO-BE WITH A SENSE OF HUMOUR.Part diary, part colouring book, and part brutally honest (and hysterically funny) collection of advice, this is for the new mother who wants to chill out, laugh her face off, and realise with every page that she is not alone.Two stars of the lifestyle and parenting blogosphere invoke the mindless fun and nostalgic appeal of an old-school activity book in this irreverent, laugh-out-loud twist on the traditional baby journal, with illustrated activities, lists, essays, and musings on what pregnancy is really like. - Wordsearches: Nope, Sorry (All the Stuff You're Not Allowed to Have Anymore); Bad Baby Names- Mazes: Make it from Your Desk to the Bathroom Without Throwing Up- Lists: How to Baby Shop Without Crying- Advice: Yoga Teachers (Also Your Mum Friends, Your Parents, People on Facebook, All Articles, and Everyone You Meet) Want to Tell You How to Give Birth, But You Don t Have to Listen- Quizzes: Stop: Labour Time!

An intimate, clever, and ultimately gut-wrenching graphic memoir about the daily decision people must make between being sexualized or being invisible—now in paperbackIn Commute, we follow author and illustrator Erin Williams on her daily commute to and from work, punctuated by recollections of sexual encounters as well as memories of her battle with alcoholism, addiction, and recovery. As she moves through the world navigating banal, familiar, and sometimes uncomfortable interactions with the familiar-faced strangers she sees daily, Williams weaves together a riveting collection of flashbacks.Williams recollections highlight the indefinable moments when lines are crossed and a woman must ask herself if the only way to avoid being objectified is to simply cease drawing any attention to her physical being. She delves into the gray space that lives between consent and assault and tenderly explores the complexity of the shame, guilt, vulnerability, and responsibility attached to both.Praise for Commute“This sharp and splendidly drawn memoir will strike a strong chord in the current moment. ” —Publishers Weekly, starred review“One day’s commute offers time for the author to reflect on sexual predators, alcoholism, and the experiences she understands better now than she did at the time. . . . A catharsis for the author that fits perfectly within a pivotal period for society and culture at large.” —Kirkus Reviews“This is welcoming, soul-baring, stunningly interconnected, and very discussable.” —Booklist

“A humane and gripping work that illuminates how (and why) our treatments of chronic illness fail, and a devastating portrait of the ways our society fails to protect the bodies of its most vulnerable members.” —Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award  What’s Wrong? is author, illustrator, and scientific researcher Erin Williams’s graphic exploration of how the American health-care system fails us. Focusing on four raw and complex firsthand accounts, plus Williams’s own story, this book examines the consequences of living with interconnected illnesses and conditions like: immunodeficiency cancer endometriosis alcoholism severe depression PTSD Western medicine, which intends to cure illness and minimize pain, often causes more loss, abuse, and suffering for those Americans who don’t fit within the narrow definition of who the system was built to serve—cis, white, heterosexual men. The book explores the many ways in which those receiving medical care are often overlooked, unseen, and doubted by the very clinicians who are supposed to heal them. What’s Wrong? is also a beautiful celebration of nontraditional modes of healing, of how we become whole not because of health care but despite it.

'WHO KNEW MY ANXIETY COULD BE SO FUNNY?' Amy Morrison, founder of Pregnant ChickenFeeling anxious? Who isn't! Your most irrational (and sometimes rational) fears are hilarious fodder for this sharp and relatable activity book.These days, anxiety is simply part of the human experience. Part journal, part coloring book, part weird coping mechanisms, and part compendium of soothing facts, The Big Activity Book for Anxious Peoplewill be an outlet for anyone who wants to take a break from reality, laugh through her fears, and realize with every page that she is not alone--and to help her figure out what to do when it's 3AM and she's wide awake worrying about whether she cc'ed the right "Bob" on that email. (Probably.)Activities include: * Fun Facts about Aging!* Public Speaking: A Diagram* Your Hotel Room Carpet: A Petri Dish of Horrors* Obscure Diseases You Probably Don't Have* Zen Mantras For The Anxiously Inclined* Soothing Facts about Hand SanitizerOn a bad day, try coloring in the soothing grandma. On a really bad day, find step-by-step instructions on how to build an underground bunker. Reid and Williams want everyone to remember that they're in good company: anxious people are some of the funniest and most interesting and creative humans on the planet. (They know, because they are two of them.)

This hilarious, relatable, and interactive journal is the perfect companion for those nine (or ten?!) months of excitement, milestones, hormone swings, and baby/fruit size comparisons.Right this very moment, you're growing a tiny life in your body and with that life-growing comes a lot of feelings-some beautiful, some exhilarating, and some straight-up ridiculous. You'll have a lot on your mind and with The Big Journal for Pregnant People you can record all the ups, downs, and in-betweens. With playful prompts, brilliant quotes, pregnancy facts, straight-talking advice, and plenty of space to draw, this book is a must-have for anyone who wants to make some time for themselves before that precious arrival changes, well, everything.Most baby books are about the baby. This one is for you. Now go grab a pencil, you've got memories to make.

This exciting new WMU book series' volume features the first attempt to include detailed experiences of women in the maritime sector at a global level. It highlights the achievement of women in the maritime sector, in particular, women’s leadership and service to the sustainable development of the maritime industry. The volume contains contemporary studies on maritime women and follows an inter-disciplinary approach. It offers an overview of women's integration into the maritime sector since the late 1980s as well as benchmarking its impact on various levels, such as policy, employment, education, leadership and sustainability. Even 20 years after the Beijing Declaration, gender-related challenges at work still remain in the maritime sector, for example, lack of gender policy,  difficulty in work-life balance, access to education, and leadership opportunities. The book addresses a series of recommendations that may further help the integration of women into the maritime sector.

This exciting new WMU book series'' volume features the first attempt to include detailed experiences of women in the maritime sector at a global level. It highlights the achievement of women in the maritime sector, in particular, women’s leadership and service to the sustainable development of the maritime industry. The volume contains contemporary studies on maritime women and follows an inter-disciplinary approach. It offers an overview of women''s integration into the maritime sector since the late 1980s as well as benchmarking its impact on various levels, such as policy, employment, education, leadership and sustainability. Even 20 years after the Beijing Declaration, gender-related challenges at work still remain in the maritime sector, for example, lack of gender policy,  difficulty in work-life balance, access to education, and leadership opportunities. The book addresses a series of recommendations that may further help the integration of women into the maritime sector.

This exciting new WMU book series' volume features the first attempt to include detailed experiences of women in the maritime sector at a global level. It highlights the achievement of women in the maritime sector, in particular, women’s leadership and service to the sustainable development of the maritime industry. The volume contains contemporary studies on maritime women and follows an inter-disciplinary approach. It offers an overview of women's integration into the maritime sector since the late 1980s as well as benchmarking its impact on various levels, such as policy, employment, education, leadership and sustainability. Even 20 years after the Beijing Declaration, gender-related challenges at work still remain in the maritime sector, for example, lack of gender policy,  difficulty in work-life balance, access to education, and leadership opportunities. The book addresses a series of recommendations that may further help the integration of women into the maritime sector.

En stark och utmanande självbiografisk serieroman som utforskar kvinnlig skam och de suddiga gränserna mellan ja och nej, mellan samtycke och övergrepp, och den balansgång som kvinnor dagligen tvingas göra mellan att bli sedda som sexobjekt och att inte bli sedda alls. I Pendla får vi följa med författaren och illustratören Erin Williams på hennes dagliga kollektivresor till och från arbetet, ackompanjerade av minnen av såväl sexuella möten som hennes kamp mot alkoholism och drogberoende. Williams skildrar banala, komiska och ibland obekväma stunder av socialt samspel med medpassagerarna, vars välbekanta ansikten hon ser varje dag på tunnelbanan. De vävs ihop med en tät samling återblickar som belyser de odefinierade ögonblick då gränserna överskrids. Ögonblick då en kvinna måste fråga sig om enda sättet att inte bli objektifierad är att helt enkelt låta bli att dra till sig någon uppmärksamhet. Det är utlämnande, drabbande och välformulerat. Blandningen av vardagsbetraktelser, tunga minnen och sarkastiska kommentarer håller läsaren på tårna och får skrattet att fastna i halsen. På ett bra sätt. Williams sätter fingret på något som de flesta kvinnor kan känna igen sig i, skammen, och hyllar just kvinnorna i hennes omgivning som hjälpt henne igenom den. Det här är väldigt bra. Helhetsbetyg: 4 Camilla Bergvall, BTJ-häftet nr 13, 2021 Erin Williams är författare, illustratör och forskare, bosatt i New York. Hon är medförfattare till The Big Fat Activity Book for Pregnant People och The Activity Book for Anxious People.