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When I ask my creative writing students at the University of Pittsburgh to tell me stories about themselves as readers, I hear anecdotes like that one. They, too, were constantly exhorted by nearby adults to put their books down and look
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“Instead of being a point of pride for Christians, shouldn't the historical continuity of a practice that has caused women to fare much worse than men for thousands of years caused concern? Shouldn't Christians, who are called to be different from the world, treat women differently?
What if patriarchy isn't divinely ordained but is a result of human sin?”
― The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
What if patriarchy isn't divinely ordained but is a result of human sin?”
― The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
“Deborah Turness, who preceded Oppenheim, was described in lightly sexist profiles as having “rock-chick swagger,” which as far as I could tell just meant she sometimes chose to wear pants.”
― Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
― Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
“Weinstein laughed. “You couldn’t save someone you love, and now you think you can save everyone.” He really said this. You’d think he was pointing a detonator at Aquaman.”
― Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
― Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators
“Depression steals your ability to feel happy and proud even at the moments you should be happiest and proudest.”
― The Hilarious World of Depression
― The Hilarious World of Depression
“I suspect that people with depression are fixated on the possibility of ambition being rewarded with happiness. Probably more than most people are. That’s because ambition about the future is a way of avoiding looking at a past that’s often pretty bleak or a future that is terrifying.
This isn’t to say that getting a better job or a pile of money can’t be really great. They often are. Achievements or windfalls can often wipe out a particular cause of worry or dread, maybe even wipe out that worry forever. But then you get used to that new version of normal, the novelty wears off, and you’re left with the same brain you’ve always had, and that’s when depression emerges from dormancy.”
― The Hilarious World of Depression
This isn’t to say that getting a better job or a pile of money can’t be really great. They often are. Achievements or windfalls can often wipe out a particular cause of worry or dread, maybe even wipe out that worry forever. But then you get used to that new version of normal, the novelty wears off, and you’re left with the same brain you’ve always had, and that’s when depression emerges from dormancy.”
― The Hilarious World of Depression
The Kane Chronicles
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— last activity Aug 01, 2014 04:50PM
This group is for Rick Riordan fans, but only the Kane Chronicles.
2019 #ReadICT Challenge
— 258 members
— last activity Nov 19, 2019 07:09AM
This is a group for people participating in the Wichita Eagle 2019 #ReadICT Challenge.
The Percy Jackson Fan Club
— 21 members
— last activity Feb 19, 2018 10:38AM
This is a group related to the Percy Jackson you can talk a out anything related to Percy Jackson other than that NO.
Faithful Fiction Readers (Mountainview Books)
— 253 members
— last activity Jul 18, 2017 01:24PM
This group welcomes all Christian fiction lovers as we explore and discuss great inspirational fiction in all genres.
NW AP Literature 2015-16
— 4 members
— last activity Dec 09, 2015 11:39AM
Group for our AP Literature class to discuss books we are reading and get new ideas for books to reading.
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