In Praise of Integrity
In this season of politics, the Persian exile Majid Naficy speaks on behalf of principles and integrity.
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In Defense of Knowledge
The Critic
This new book, by the head of the Bodleian Library in Oxford, is a timely warning. "Its tone is set early on, with an epigraph from Heinrich Heine," writes reviewer Larman: “Wherever they burn books, they will also, in the end, burn human beings."
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Where are the Social Movements in Fiction
Protect our Activists
Ten guesses why social justice activism rarely appears in our novels and movies. In the midst of major popular uprising, where are the lists of stories that would draw us into the heads and hearts of activist characters taking on injustices they face
food
On Sustainability as a practice, a consciousness shift.
From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy
Sustainability is not just an action; it’s a mind-set; working with the earth as a steward; prioritizing both ingredients and labor.
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The New Borat Movie’s Best Moments Mock a Trump-era Fixation on a Particular Female Aesthetic
Vox
The true star of “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” is Borat’s daughter, played by Maria Bakalova. She’s also the source of its most incisive critique.
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Lovecraft Country Failed to Give Ruby the Love She Deserved
The Mary Sue
To see one of the few dark-skinned fat queer women on HBO's Lovecraft Country killed off by their white racist lover was just so deeply upsetting.
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Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed at Fifty
JSTOR Daily
The Brazilian educator Paulo Freire’s book, first published in English 50 years ago, urges viewing students as interlocutors or partners in the learning process.
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“No Coloreds:” Racism in Britain has a Long if Contested History
London Review of Books
The British abolished slavery decades before it ended in the United States, but racism still pervades the United Kingdom’s everyday life. The essay below looks at how and why.
food
Eudora Welty’s Crab Casserole
Garden and Gun
The famous Mississippi writer’s smashing party recipe--a story in itself.
film
Don’t Watch Hillbilly Elegy — Listen to Dolly Parton Instead
Jacobin
Netflix announced the forthcoming movie adaptation of JD Vance’s reactionary, victim-blaming book Hillbilly Elegy yesterday. But why would anyone seek answers about life in Appalachia from a right-wing former venture capitalist?
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