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There Once Was a Girl
Against the false narratives of anorexia. By Katy Waldman.
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The Benefits of Being Less Self-Conscious
Stop thinking you're the center of the world, and you may be happier. By Paul Bloom. (Dec. 17)
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bell hooks: Buddhism, the Beats and Loving Blackness
“Feminism does not ground me. It is the discipline that comes from spiritual practice that is the foundation of my life.” By George Yancy and bell hooks. (Dec. 10)
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The Year We Obsessed Over Identity
2015's headlines and cultural events have confronted us with the malleability of racial, gender, sexual and reputational lines. Who do we think we are? By Wesley Morris. (Oct. 6)
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“We must remain mad in order to be sane”
“How, then, is the past and history, and through them Kashmir itself, imagined in contemporary narratives from the region? Do these literary narratives help displace the shibboleths of nationalist and religious discourses to bring us into a more open-ended realm, where a less violent and more inclusive future is possible?” By Chitralekha Zutshi.
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Girl
Boundaries of Gender: Sometimes you don’t know who you are until you put on a mask. By Alexander Chee. (Mar. ’15)
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How Stories Deceive
A young woman fooled the governments of three countries. What does her con reveal about how we see the world? By Maria Konnikova.
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Shadow Boxer
Alex Ramos was once a contender in boxing's formidable middleweight division. But his toughest fight was for his own name. By William D’Urso.
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Anthems for the Moon
David Bowie’s Sci-Fi Explorations. By Jason Heller.
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Can Another Body Be Seen as an Extension of Your Own?
Surprising results show the fluidity of the "body schema." By Julie Sedivy.
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“In search of our better selves”
‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ as Totem Transfer Narrative. By Dallas Hunt.
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Zygmunt Bauman: “Social media are a trap”
An inspiration for Spain’s May 15 movement, the sociologist is skeptical about chances for change. By Ricardo de Querol.
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What every dictator knows: young men are natural fanatics
“A young male’s hormonal constitution and the way his brain matures together increase his susceptibility to fanaticism, an extreme instance of bonding, and make him prone to taking risk-laden actions on behalf of his group.” By Joe Herbert.
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Nossa Família
My grandfather came to Brazil on a mission from God. At the age of thirty-five, he had a vision in his sleep. The next morning, he told his wife and son that there was nothing in Portugal for them anymore, that new opportunities lay ahead in Brazil... By Sofia Soter Henriques.
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Realizing You’re a Pedophile Can Make You Want to Kill Yourself
Sexually abusing kids is about the worst thing you can be accused of in our society. The hatred reserved for those who do it is so intense that moral values we otherwise hold sacrosanct can be thrown out of the window in an instant in the rush to condemn. By Paul Willis. (Jan. 5)
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Stunning Portraits Spotlight Trans Women Activists of Color
Andrea Bowers's new exhibit asks "Whose Feminism Is It Anyway?"
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Your Brain’s Music Circuit Has Been Discovered
Before Josh McDermott was a neuroscientist, he was a club DJ in Boston and Minneapolis... By Daniel A. Gross.
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Sin Will Find You Out
Megan Galbraith retraces the footsteps of her birth mother, who gave her up for adoption at nineteen years old in 1966 in New York City.
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Madness Runs in the Family
New findings about schizophrenia rekindle old questions about genes and identity. By Siddhartha Mukherjee.
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A Witch is a Witch is a Witch
Yesterday was the first day of Spring, marked by the Spring Equinox, a complicated astronomical event and a perhaps even more complicated Wiccan holiday. What better time to dive along with Alex Mar into the history and personality of celebrated 20th century witch Doreen Valiente?
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