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The Contrary Work of Self-Knowledge
Early in the first season of Mad Men there is a scene in which Betty Draper, the beautiful and dutiful housewife, looks longingly at her sleeping husband as smoke floats softly from her lips. The room...
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Oh, Just Pick Someone
His breath smells. She’s “pro-choice.” She makes me feel good. We come up with caveats to dismiss people from our lives or to invite them in. The search for intimacy — for rosy and ideal — in friends...
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Let’s Talk About Bullying
If we were raised with Bible stories, Goliath was probably the first one we heard about, a giant feared by whole armies of grown men. But he was felled by a kid with a slingshot and good aim. The book...
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My Breaking Bad Binge
Breaking Bad began with a respected teacher and ended with a proud monster. “I originally pitched it to the studio with one line,” says Vince Gilligan, the creator of Breaking Bad. “I told them: ‘This...
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Saving Ms. Travers
Ms. P.L. Travers is not an easy woman to like—except, maybe, as a dramatic (and at times comedic) foil to the rest of the characters in the movie Saving Mr. Banks. Some critics have debated this...
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