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Read more: Good companyI am watched the movie Persuasion—based on the book by Jane Austen, of course. The movie was delightful, and I am going to read the…
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Read more: The perfect affirmative-action babySupreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says that she is “a product of affirmative action. I am the perfect affirmative action baby. I am Puerto Rican,…
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Read more: Defining your worth“I do know one thing about me: I don’t measure myself by others’ expectations or let others define my worth,” says Supreme Court Justice Sonia…
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Read more: No need to apologizeSupreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says that she has no need to apologize. The “look-wider, search-more affirmative action” that Princeton and Yale practiced opened doors…
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Read more: A place of kindness, respect and loveI saw a sculpture of Ruby Bridges, the six-year-old who was the first Black to integrate an elementary school in the South, at the Dallas…
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Read more: Great periodThe cover of the book Great Women Painters includes these three words—great women painters, but a colorful line crosses out the word women. “The title…
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Read more: Great women paintersLinda Nochlin, an art historian, once asked, “Why have there been no great women painters?” Marissa Moss, writing in The New York Times, says Nochlin…
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Read more: Expect to be taken seriouslyWhen artist Genesis Tramaine spoke April 19, 2023, at Arts & Letters Live in Dallas, a young woman raised her hand to ask a question.…
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Read more: Trust and fearIn the early 1970s, surveys showed that about half of the people in this country believed most people were trustworthy. By 2020, the number had…
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Read more: Are you unhappy?Try to discover why you are unhappy, suggests Dr. Laurie Santos, a Yale professor. “Negative emotions are really good,” Dr. Santos stresses. “They’re useful signals…