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On maps, GPS, and the value of getting lost
New directions
If you navigate life by GPS, what happens to the ability to find your way by intuition and memory, by landmarks that, over time, acquire totemic significance?
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The 2015 Women’s World Cup
Social implications, human interest, and a bit of gloom for U.S. fans
The women playing in the Women’s World Cup may not be playing against men, but they’re still participating in a campaign for equal treatment.
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The great currency debate
Why must we glorify presidents on our currency?
The debate over the $20 bill is an example of the conflicts created by the double role of American presidents.
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The confusing case of Rachel Dolezal
There are real issues in this country related to race, and dynamic people who want to address them should be encouraged to do so. Honesty and transparency are important, but in the end, when the offense isn't criminal, I think that the commitment to the cause should be the paramount qualification.
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Anne Meara: An appreciation
Today, there are plenty of professional comics who are smart and funny and unapologetically attractive, and who don’t need to deprecate their femininity. They owe a debt to Anne Meara; so do all funny women everywhere, even those who have never taken the stage.
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Remembering Mom's feisty example
When in doubt, do something
Remembering Mom’s feisty example for how to handle life’s curveballs.
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On learning to talk — and listen — to each other
The muscle of translation
We learn others’ languages to remember that we are not the hubs of the universe, that different people have their own disparate experiences, their own idiosyncratic modes of expression. When you learn a second language, you glimpse your own strangeness.
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The Sandtown-Winchester protests in Baltimore
Turning despair to hope
How would the world be different if more of us treated each other as if we were from the same species?
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The integrity of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian
In defense of Kimye
Enough with bashing Kanye West and Kim Kardashian — they're living the American dream.
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Mz. Fest production of ‘Shit Men Have Said to Me’
Remind me why it’s your business?
A short play in development about “how men and women communicate” predictably revolves around the quandaries of sexual harassment, but there’s a lot more to this picture.
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