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Joani
Joani is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Joani Blank (1937–2016), American sex educator * Joani Reid, Scottish politician * Joani Tremblay (born 1984), Canadian painter See also * Joni (other) Joni may refer to: Given name * Joni Anwar (born 1981), Thai singer and actor * Joni Eareckson Tada (born 1949), American author and Christian ministry founder *Joni Ernst (born 1970), American senator from Iowa * Joni Haverinen (born 1987), Finni ... {{given name English-language feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joani Blank
Joani Blank (July 4, 1937 – August 6, 2016) was an American sex educator, entrepreneur, author, videographer, cohousing enthusiast, philanthropist, and inventor in the field of human sexuality, sexuality. She used publishing, her sex store, and other endeavors to promote sex-positive feminism. Her papers are part of the Human Sexuality Collection at Cornell University Library. Career Blank founded Down There Press, a publisher of sex-positive-related books, in 1975. In 1977, she opened Good Vibrations (sex shop), Good Vibrations, the second feminist sex toy business in the United States (the first having been Eve's Garden in New York City, which was founded by Dell Williams in 1974). The idea to create Good Vibrations stemmed from her work with sex therapist Lonnie Barbach, in which the pair worked with women who had difficulty reaching orgasm. Prior to her opening Good Vibrations, she was hired at the University of California, San Francisco to screen candidates who had diffic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joani Tremblay
Joani Tremblay (born 1984) is a Canadian painter living and working in Pioneertown, California and Montreal, Quebec. Tremblay has exhibited internationally at venues including James Cohan Gallery, New York; Harper's, New York and Los Angeles; Marie-Laure Fleisch Gallery, Brussels; The Pit, Los Angeles, CA; Pangée, Montreal; 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo; and others. Joani Tremblay investigates the perception of place through oil painting. Tremblay paints from a constructed idea of place assembling images from a variety of sources, including advertisements, social media, and field research. The artist utilizes digital collage techniques, then paints the composition onto canvas, ultimately creating an image that oscillates between figuration and abstraction. Biography Tremblay received her Bachelor in Visual Arts from Université du Québec à Montréal in 2012 and an MFA from Concordia University in 2017. Tremblay was the co-founder and former co-director oProjet Pangée an artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joani Reid
Joani Reid is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kilbride and Strathaven since July 2024. Early life Reid is a granddaughter of the Scottish trade unionist Jimmy Reid. She studied politics and philosophy at the University of Glasgow, then went to London for a Masters degree. She worked as a policy manager at the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. Political career Local government Reid was a councillor for the Lewisham Central ward in Lewisham for eight years from 2014 and served as Cabinet Member for Safer Communities. She was selected as the Labour candidate for East Kilbride and Strathaven in February 2023 and elected to the House of Commons at the 2024 general election. House of Commons Reid has served as a member of the Home Affairs Select Committee The Home Affairs Select Committee is a departmental select committee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons in the Parliament of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joni (other)
Joni may refer to: Given name * Joni Anwar (born 1981), Thai singer and actor * Joni Eareckson Tada (born 1949), American author and Christian ministry founder *Joni Ernst (born 1970), American senator from Iowa * Joni Haverinen (born 1987), Finnish professional ice hockey player * Joni Isomäki (born 1985), Finnish ice hockey player * Joni Jaako (born 1986), Swedish sprinter *Joni James (1930-2022), American singer of traditional pop music * Joni T. Johnson (1934–1988), American painter * Joni Liljeblad (born 1989), Finnish ice hockey player *Joni Mitchell Roberta Joan Mitchell (née Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and painter. As one of the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitch ... (born 1943), Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter * Joni Montiel (born 1998), Spanish footballer * Joni Pitkänen (born 1983), Finnish hockey player * Joni Robbins (born J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Feminine Given Names
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that migrated to Britain after its Roman occupiers left. English is the most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in 57 sovereign states and 30 dependent territories, making it the most geographically widespread language in the world. In the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, it is the dominant language for historical reasons without being explicitly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
