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Melissa is finished with The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Most histories understate revolt, overemphasize statesmanship, and thus encourage impotency among citizens.
Dec 28, 2023 11:08AM Add a comment
The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living

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Melissa is 36% done with Wednesdays at One
I want to grab Gregory by the neck and Shake him for this Mira fantasy.
Convos between Phil and Gregory ring true.
May 13, 2023 05:53AM Add a comment
Wednesdays at One

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Melissa is on page 258 of 288 of I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
Just surviving is the success.
Apr 26, 2023 02:06PM Add a comment
I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

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Melissa is on page 258 of 288 of I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
Some of the changes … adaptation.
Apr 26, 2023 02:04PM Add a comment
I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

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Melissa is on page 205 of 288 of I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
The surgical mask … that is deadly.
Apr 24, 2023 12:54PM Add a comment
I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

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Melissa is on page 118 of 288 of I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
Being a parent … is beautiful.
Apr 23, 2023 07:10PM Add a comment
I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

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Melissa is on page 116 of 288 of I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
We just live ….we can talk about it.
Apr 23, 2023 06:57PM Add a comment
I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

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Melissa is on page 64 of 288 of I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
Ever since …. Completely safe?
Apr 23, 2023 04:48PM Add a comment
I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

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Melissa is on page 44 of 288 of I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
All around the world … rising to mean.
Apr 23, 2023 03:56PM Add a comment
I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood

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Melissa is on page 215 of 288 of The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living
When we take poetry to be literal, we may mistake the hierarchy of man over woman to be The Word of God.
Mar 12, 2023 09:31AM Add a comment
The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living

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Melissa is on page 160 of 288 of The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living
One study concluded that people in oppressed or marginalized groups can meet all the criteria for a diagnosis of ptsd without having experienced the single life-threatening event usually associated with ptsd.
Mar 11, 2023 12:08PM Add a comment
The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living

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Melissa is on page 31 of 288 of The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living
When we buy into the distortion that a person is not their body, we collude with oppressive systems that devalue certain bodies, and we perpetuate the negative impact these systems have.
Mar 09, 2023 05:12PM Add a comment
The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living

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Melissa is 50% done with The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women
Stunning to be reading this story from over 100 years ago while roe is overturned in 2022. NOTHING has changed in re womens health.
Jun 27, 2022 08:44AM Add a comment
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

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Melissa is starting The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto
Creating responsive race conscious accountability
Mar 14, 2022 03:13PM Add a comment
The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto

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Melissa is starting Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
I find this astounding and still think most people don’t know - The gi bill was legislation designed to benefit only white men.
Jun 12, 2021 03:09PM Add a comment
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America

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Melissa is starting Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
White supremacy is and has always been a pyramid scheme.
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Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America

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Melissa is starting Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
History is very kind to the memory of mediocre white men.
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Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America

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