Republican senator Jim Inhofe tossing a snowball on the Senate floor to “disprove” climate change.
i laughed
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- Feb 2019
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a war of stories.
History is completely based in a war of stories. IE "History is told by the winning side" etc - this is that concept being applied to the modern day public discourse
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Maybe all it illustrates is that people may have radically different interpretations of their own stories in different phases of their lives.
This is accurate for many events in my life.
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the woma
It'd be interesting to hear her story not coming from you.
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are these the stories the public most needs to hear?
This line is terrifying to hear - I completely understand the point being made and its impossible to hear every story but the media controlling what the public needs to hear and what can be unsaid or saved for a later date is a slippery slope.
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stories as propaganda, as weapons
Scary to think about this often
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If his grades slipped a bit, he would take his effort up just a notch.
Did they go through the same classes, teachers, etc? This is really interesting to see.
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Women feel confident only when they are perfect.”
Would awareness for women about this automatically counteract this expectation?
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From elementary school through college, girls are more disciplined about their schoolwork than boys; they study harder and get better grades.
Just generalizations or factually correct?
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ure, I could go first and release a few of my own. But the dirty pics a gay sex-advice columnist sent to his husband don’t have the power to change the world. The dirty pics the world’s richest man sent to his girlfriend? They do
WHAT IS THIS.
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Jeff, you have the power to make the world safer for your kids and mine
This article is very surprising
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And people cheered! For a billionaire!
Informal but charming
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Mr. Savage is a nationally syndicated sex advice columnist.
is this real?
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It’s for the good of the country. Especially our kids.
Satirical
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- Jan 2019
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seeking permission to follow their dreams
Reminds me of the Sandra Oh article about Asian children and wanting to pursue artistic careers.
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“Rise and Grind”
Very accurate, I see this literally everywhere.
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The world is, as everyone knows, going to hell
I love this as the opening, it acknowledges that the world is a hot mess before sharing very positive and uplifting information. There's a bit of a culture shock between this paragraph and the remainder of the story.
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leading to a day when no mom will again lose 10 children.
This anecdote was heartbreaking but does a good job to tie the story together and makes me a little more hopeful.
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Let’s hit pause on our fears and frustrations
Is it fair to ask people this? While I agree that the world seems bleak at times there are fears and frustrations that demand attention and can't be paused.
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Caltu Diriba
This is an interesting photo to choose for the story cover.
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Is it fair to place some of the blame on journalists like this? There are sites for happy stories but a lot of wars, massacres, and famines require attention to be brought on them. There's progress in journalism that focuses on these types of stories as well.
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