In my writing, I’m deeply concerned with abuse culture, femininity, and queerness. Too Much is the product of two years of processing my feminine identity and discovering my queer identity. This book is a coming out for me as a queer writer and an assault victim. It’s also a defiance of the censorship I’ve been confronted with in my life as a poet and a women. Oftentimes, in workshop or in conversation, I’ve gotten comments about my writing and myself being “too much.” These comments always appeared around moments that dealt with sexuality, violence, queerness. Initially, I reveled in this. It felt good to create discomfort in my readers, but I began to realize it was a kind of censorship, a deliberate turning away from the truth of abuse culture, violence, and feminine sexuality. So, I kept going. The stichic form has been transformative for me as a writer, as has been my exploration of new narrative poets. I love the trajectory and power in a poem with short lines and plain talk that refuses to break or pause for breath. We live in a world that is selective. We are buried in avalanches of news stories, Instagram posts, tweets, texts, new music, old music, TV, online shows, porn, writing. As a poet, I am interested in how I can possibly begin to catalogue all this cascading information even from just my own point of view. How much does depicting real life influence my work when I’m not even sure where real life ends and fantasy begins? What is my responsibility to the truth? To MY truth? I want Too Much to feel this way, true to experience, true to the way life is now. I want it to feel like too much and not enough all at once.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-155). Print copy also available.

O crescimento urbano à uma realidade brasileira e tem contribuÃdo para falta de preservaÃÃo ambiental e dos corpos hÃdricos no estado do CearÃ. O caso do aÃude Pirabibu, pertencente à Sub-Bacia HidrogrÃfica do Rio Banabuiu, distante a 26 Km do centro de Quixeramobim, o processo de degradaÃÃo ambiental surgiu atravÃs de aÃÃes antrÃpicas. Desmatamentos, queimadas e a degradaÃÃo da mata nativa iniciaram com uma tentativa de uma ocupaÃÃo da Ãrea de preservaÃÃo permanente, sobretudo para o uso nas Ãreas Ãmidas do reservatÃrio. Com essas ocupaÃÃes costumavam-se, fazer desmatamento, criar animais na bacia hidrÃulica alÃm do trato da pesca, por muitas vezes feito Ãs margens do aÃude. Nessa sub-bacia existem treze municÃpios e o aÃude Pirabibu localiza-se no Distrito de DamiÃo Carneiro, pertencente ao municÃpio de Quixeramobim. As agressÃes ambientais nessa regiÃo do aÃude Pirabibu, dentre outros problemas, podem comprometer a qualidade da Ãgua que tem como uso prioritÃrio, o abastecimento humano. Esse trabalho consiste na sistematizaÃÃo de informaÃÃes sobre a ocupaÃÃo da Ãrea de proteÃÃo permanente, o uso de vazantes e as principais intervenÃÃes realizadas pelo comità da bacia e a gestÃo feita pelo ÃrgÃo gestor, sob a luz da legislaÃÃo estadual existente, visando contribuir para uma gestÃo integrada e participativa dos diversos usos de forma sustentÃvel a ser implantada. Para a viabilizaÃÃo do trabalho foi realizada uma revisÃo bibliogrÃfica e coleta de informaÃÃes com o ÃrgÃo gestor, com atores envolvidos no sistema hÃdrico Pirabibu e com os membros do respectivo comitÃ. Sugere-se para minimizar os impactos causados, uma busca por polÃticas pÃblicas e projetos que viabilizem a um uso sustentÃvel, respeitando e valorizando o conhecimento empÃrico existente e os aspectos naturais, evitando a ocupaÃÃo das APPâs, recompondo a mata ciliar e preservando a vegetaÃÃo existente à montante do aÃude. Faz-se imprescindÃvel, pelos interesses governamentais, o melhor emprego de recursos financeiros, alÃm de um plano de gerenciamento para o aÃude com uma efetiva participaÃÃo dos atores sociais envolvidos. / Urban growth is a Brazilian reality and has contributed to a lack of environmental preservation and water bodies in the state of CearÃ. The case of the weir Pirabibu belonging to Sub-River Basin BanabuiÃ, distant 26 Km from the center of Quixeramobim, the process of environmental degradation emerged through human actions. Deforestation, fires and degradation of native forests began with an attempt at an occupancy of permanent preservation area, especially for use in moist areas of the reservoir. With these occupations used up, making deforestation, raise animals in hydraulic basin beyond the tract on fishing, often done on the banks of the dam. In this sub-basin are thirteen municipalities and Pirabibu weir located in the District of Damian Carneiro, belonging to the municipality of Quixeramobim. The environmental damage in the region of the dam Pirabibu, among other problems, may impair the quality of water that has the priority use, human supply. This work is the systematization of information on the occupation of the area of permanent protection, the use of ebb and major interventions by the committee and the management of the basin taken by the managing agency, in light of existing state law, to contribute to an integrated and participation of the various uses sustainably to be deployed. For the feasibility of the study was a literature review and information gathering with the governing body, with actors involved in water system Pirabibu and members of the respective committee. It is suggested to minimize the impacts, a search for policies and projects that enable the sustainable use, respecting and valuing empirical knowledge existing natural aspects, avoiding the occupation of APP, recovering riparian vegetation and preserving existing vegetation upstream of the weir. It is essential, in the interests of government, the best use of financial resources, as well as a management plan for the reservoir with an effective participation of the social actors involved.

Efter uppkomsten av hashtaggen #metoo blev sexuella övergrepp och trakasserier ett starkt diskuterat ämne i Sverige och flertalet personer blev uthängda i media efter anklagelser om sexualbrott. Med en rådande oro om hur informationspåverkan kan vara negativ påstod flera forskare att media agerat rättegång genom att de hängts ut utan att ges chansen att försvara sig själva. Denna undersökning har därför gjort en jämförande kvantitativ innehållsanalys på två olika nyhetskällor på internet ­­– Aftonbladet och Svenska motståndsrörelsen, om deras rapportering om sexualbrott efter #metoo. Den förstnämnda är var en etablerad tidning som politiskt beskrevs som socialdemokratisk oberoende. Den andra var en alternativ tidning som sympatiserade med den alternativa högern. Det var olika benämningar inom gestaltning av förövaren, tonalitet till händelsen och volymen på artiklarna som undersöktes. Sedan tolkades resultatet hermeneutiskt utifrån ett agendasättande synsätt samt att ojämlikheter mellan de olika komponenterna bidrog till social stratifiering. Variablerna inom gestaltningen var ras, politisk inriktning, kön och namn. Undersökningen visar att det skedde en stark ojämlikhet i vem som de valt att hänga ut i media, samt hur denne beskrivs. Det var både en ojämlikhet mellan de olika två tidningarna och inom dem. Detta stärker förfarandet om informationspåverkan och uppmärksammar opartiskhet hos medierna samt vikten av källkritiskhet. / After the emerge of the hashtag #metoo, sexual abuse and harassment became a heavily debated topic in Sweden and a lot of people were portrayed in the media after allegations of sexual offenses. With an increasing concern about how the information affects can be negative, several researchers claimed that the media acted as a trial by hanging them out without giving the opportunity to defend themselves.   This thesis has therefore made comparative quantitative content analysis on two different news sources on the internet – Aftonbladet and Svenska motståndsrörelsen movement with their reporting about sex crimes following the #metoo. The first mentioned was a mainstream newspaper that politically was referred to as social-democratic independence. The second where an alternative media that sympathizes with the alternative right-movement.   There were different terms in the form of the perpetrator, tonality to the event and the volume of the articles that were investigated. Then the result was based on an agenda setting approach and that inequalities between the different components contribute to social stratification. The variables in the design were race, political orientation, gender and name.   The survey result shows that there was a strong inequality in who you choose to hang in the media, as well as how this is described. There were both an inequality between the two newspapers and within them. This strengthens the process of information impact and draws attention to the impartiality of the media and the importance of source criticism.

A failure of systemically important bank was up to the present time in most cases avoided through providing financial support by government because there were concerns about destroying the financial stability followed by decline in economic activity because of size, interconnectedness and limited substitutability of the failing bank. However, the implicit governmental guarantees for systemically important banks create many distortions in an economy which are desirable to eliminate. Considering restriction of moral hazard, no increase in systemic risk and preservation of social benefits of G-SIBs the parallel implementation of higher capital requirements and recovery and resolution policy seems to be the most effective measure from proposed regulatory measures for systemically important banks. The future benefits and costs of these measures will be dependent in a high degree on the form and way in which the new rules will be incorporated by governments to their national regulatory frameworks.

The aim of this bachelor study was to examine and analyze if there were any difference in how Dagens Nyheter framed sexual crimes before and after the metoo movements peak in 2017. Framing theory was used to categorize different frames in the reporting of sexual crimes in the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter. The research question was: which frames are the most common in Dagens Nyheters framing of sexual crimes and how common are these frames? Is there any difference in what frames appear in Dagens Nyheter before and after the metoo movements peak in 2017?  With a quantitative content analysis I could examine how often the frames were used by Dagens Nyheter and if it was any different after the metoo movements peak in 2017. A total of 869 articles were analyzed. 240 articles in 2014, 322 articles in 2017 and 307 articles in 2020. By using framing theory, ten frames were identified. “police report and legal process”, “sexual offenses linked to religion”, “sexual offenses as a societal problem”, “sexual offense legislation and criticism”, “men with power”, “fact about sexual offenses”, “sexual offenses as a metaphor”, “victim of sexual offenses”, “accused of sexual offenses” and “other”.  The result of the examine showed that the most used frame was “police report and legal process”. In the period of 2014 the second most used frame was “sexual offense legislation and criticism”. In the period of 2017 the second most used frame was “victim of sexual offenses” and in the period of 2020 the second most used frame was “sexual offenses as a societal problem”. The biggest difference before and after metoo movement that were found was the frame “accused of sexual offenses”. In 2014 it was not found at all while in 2020 it was one of the more common frames.

This thesis adds to the existing literature on the too-much-choice effect. The effect documents a range of negative consequences as a result of choosing from extensive choice sets, such as increased decision difficulty, increased deferment likelihood, and increased feelings of uncertainty, regret and dissatisfaction with chosen options. The research presented in this thesis investigates the effect of choice amount in the novel domain of volunteering, specifically which organisation to volunteer for. This is an experiential choice rather than the material choices typically studied. The first three field studies focussed on real volunteering recruitment ‘events’ to gain preliminary insight into this new context. Study 1 demonstrated that an opt-out request for future contact consent elicited the greatest compliance. Study 2 found that only around half of the students that had intended to volunteer at the beginning of a year had done so by the end, but for those that had done so, volunteering was a positive and beneficial experience. Study 3 demonstrated the effectiveness of volunteer ‘events’ for the recruitment of volunteers, despite there being an extensive number of organisations present. Five further studies used an experimental methodology and focussed on choosing from computer based choice sets to simulate online volunteer recruitment. Study 4 found evidence of the too-much-choice effect. The greater the number of options looked at on a real volunteering website, the greater was the likelihood of decision deferment. This was mediated by decision difficulty. Study 5 replicated these findings using a more controlled experimental design and hypothetical organisations. Studies 6, 7 and 8 investigated potential choice architectural moderators of the too-much-choice effect. Option categorisation facilitated students’ decisions but not non-students (Study 6), deferment likelihood was reduced if options were presented in a ‘box’ format rather than a ‘list’ format (Study 7) and option familiarity appeared to have no effects on decisions (Study 8). Overall, this research demonstrates that extensive choice can be problematic in the novel context of volunteering and it begins to investigate choice architectures that have the potential to help people deal with extensive choice. The limitations and implications of these findings in relation to volunteer recruitment are discussed as well as possible avenues for future research.

O custo elevado da crise financeira do subprime, que assolou a economia norte-americana nos últimos anos e provocou a intervenção estatal no salvamento de diversas Instituições Financeiras consideradas Grandes Demais para Falir, abriu espaço para o crescimento dos títulos Condicionalmente Conversíveis (CoCos). Trata-se de títulos que injetam capital automaticamente no balanço do banco sempre que o nível de capital fique abaixo de determinado parâmetro pré-estabelecido – chamado de gatilho – pela conversão da dívida em capital e com termos de conversão já estabelecidos em contrato. Essa é uma inovação do mercado que entrou no arcabouço de Basileia III e poderá exercer um importante papel na prevenção ao risco moral, uma vez que tais instrumentos permitem a divisão dos riscos entre o banco emissor do título e o investidor, retirando eventuais encargos dos recursos públicos de ter que salvar grandes empresas insolventes. Espera-se, assim, reduzir ou até mesmo eliminar o problema da existência de companhias Grandes Demais para Falir. Mas o mercado de CoCos, que são títulos híbridos, terá de se tornar mais líquido – de forma a atrair mais investidores – e buscar um caminho em torno da padronização nas emissões ao eliminar, principalmente, incertezas relacionadas ao nível do gatilho e aos termos de conversão. / The high cost of the 2007-08 subprime financial crisis that led to state intervention with the rescue of several financial institutions considered too big to fail made room for the growth of the contingent convertible bonds (CoCos). These securities automatically inject capital in the bank’s balance sheet when its capital level is below certain pre-set ratio (trigger), by converting debt into equity. Both trigger and conversion terms are established by contracts. This is a market innovation that has entered the Basel III framework and can play an important role in preventing moral hazard, since such instruments allow risk sharing between the issuing bank and CoCos investors, preventing government bailouts. CoCos are expected to reduce or even eliminate the existence of too big to fail companies. But these hybrids must provide more liquid markets – in order to attract more investors – and seek contracts standardization by eliminating mainly uncertainties related to the trigger level and conversion terms.

Chile is one of the many countries in Latin America affected by machismo (Torres et al 2002, p. 163-164). In the year of 2017 the Me Too-movement sparked a fire in Chilean media and the feminist movement grew bigger and stronger. These movements affected many institutions, organizations and industries. The journalism industry being one of them. The purpose of this study is to investigate how female journalists in Chile perceive themselves, these movements and their journalistic roles in the context of a country affected by machismo and movements trying to fight it. To investigate these themes a qualitative approach has been used by conducting semi-structured interviews with eight female Chilean journalists that are currently working or have worked in broadcasting. The theoretical background of this study is based on the Hierarchy of Influences model by Pamela J. Shoemaker and Stephen D. Reese (2016), which has been combined with the concept of journalistic role perceptions by Thomas Hanitzsch and Tim P. Vos (2018). The results indicated that the majority of the women interviewed had positive opinions towards the Me Too- and feminist movements in Chile, and that these movements have also had a positive impact on Chilean society and the journalism industry. And so the effects have also been visible in the women's private and professional lives. Even though machismo and harmful patriarchal norms have been and is a part of their lives, the social structures have not gotten in the way of them feeling strong, fighting for their rights, and other women's rights in the industry. Machismo and the movements have all played important parts in how these women have taken on their journalistic roles.

Sammanfattning Examensarbete i företagsekonomi, Internationella handelshögskolan i Jönköping, Revision, Magisteruppsats, VT 2011. Författare: Caroline Lillevang & Anna Norrsell Karlsson Handledare: Gunnar Rimmel & Fredrika Askenmalm Titel: Oligopolets fall? – En analys av EU kommissionens förslag till att lösa upp revisions- och rådgivnings-branschens marknadskoncentration Bakgrund och Problem: Enligt den utgivna Grönboken är det nödvändigt för den finansiella stabiliteten att re-visions- och rådgivningsbranschen och dess marknadsstruktur utvecklas. EU kommissionen vill lösa upp mark-nadskoncentrationen och diskuterar bland annat ett införande av krav på gemensam revision för större bolag samt krav på byrårotation. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att undersöka huruvida Grönbokens förslag är rätt väg att gå för att uppfylla EU kommissionens önskan om att förändra revisions- och rådgivningsbranschens marknadsstruktur. Avgränsningar: Studien berör EU kommissionens Grönbok Revisionspolitik: Lärdomar från krisen. Avgräns-ningar är gjorda till frågor rörande den omdiskuterade marknadskoncentrationen inom revisions- och rådgiv-ningsbranschen med fokus på frågorna gällande förslag om gemensam revision samt byrårotation. Studien har även valts att avgränsas till hur Sveriges sex största revisionsbyråer ställer sig till EU kommissionens framtagna förslag i den utgivna Grönboken. Metod: Studien har ett kvalitativt angreppssätt och primär data har samlats in genom personliga intervjuer. Resultat och slutsatser: Författarna finner att EU kommissionens förslag inte kommer ge det utfall som ämnas uppnå. Vidare anser marknadens aktörer att ett utvidgande av lagen inte är rätt väg att gå för att lösa upp den rå-dande marknadskoncentrationen, utan anser att fokus bör läggas på att minska existerande etableringshinder och därigenom låta marknadsekonomin själv styra. Förslag till vidare forskning: I november år 2011 kommer uppföljningsåtgärder att presenteras av EU kommis-sionen och om förslagen rörande obligatorisk byrårotation samt gemensam revision införs kan intressant forsk-ning göras kring de faktiska utfallen. Vidare förslag på fortsatt forskning är att utifrån intressenters perspektiv undersöka behovet av att lösa upp marknadskoncentrationen samt hur de ser på de givna förslagen. I april 2010 presenterades ytterligare en Grönbok inom bolagsstyrning, vilken hotar den väl fungerande bolagsstyrningen i Sverige. Något som gör den Grönboken intressant att studera är att frågor rörande aktieägarnas delaktighet är centrala, vilket också diskuterats i den aktuella studien.Nyckelord: Marknadskoncentration, ”too big to fail”, byrårotation & gemensam revision.