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This is a misogyny emergency. A huge outpouring is coming in the runup to the US election
Carole Cadwalladrtheguardian.com‘Were there a species of creatures intermingled with men, which
though rational, were possessed of such inferior strength, both of body
and mind, that they were incapable of all resistance, and could never,
upon the highest provocation, make us feel the effects of their
resentment; the necessary consequence, I think, is that we should be
bound by the
... See moreNow, there’s a wonderful work of Schopenhauer’s; he says, “When you reach a certain age,” and he wrote this when he was in his 60s or so, “and look back over your life, it seems to have had an order. It seems to have had been composed by someone. And those events that when they occurred seemed merely accidental and occasional and just something... See more
BillMoyers.com • Ep. 6: Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth — ‘Masks of Eternity’
The great abandonment: what happens to the natural world when people disappear? | Agriculture | The Guardian
Tess McClure • The great abandonment: what happens to the natural world when people disappear?
Well, but I shaved carefully and put on a white shirt and buffed my shoes a little, and so on. I think such preparations can be the difference between an elderly gentleman and a codger. I know the former is a more suitable consort for your lovely mother, but sometimes I forget to go to the necessary trouble, and that’s an error I mean to correct.
Marilynne Robinson • Gilead (Oprah's Book Club): A Novel
Cities Face 'Severe Degradation' Without Meaningful Climate Action, Warn Experts - Health Policy Watch
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It is worth living long enough to outlast whatever sense of grievance you may acquire. Another reason why you must be careful of your health.