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You’re not anxious because capitalism is a chaos engine. You’re anxious because you need to cut carbs and meditate harder. You’re not lonely because society atomizes you by design. You’re lonely because you haven’t found your tribe. This is not ideology; it’s self-help with delusions of grandeur.
The Roganification of the Male Mystique
Joan Westenberg
When we are ‘selving,’ we are abandoning what we actually see, hear, and feel (which is always dissolving, always falling apart) in favor of concepts, which hold together nicely, but which are mere conventions. When we just look at experience; when we observe it closely, we do not discover any selves. In fact, when we observe experience carefully and non-selectively, it does slowly dawn on us that no one is home.
Radically Condensed Instructions for Being Just as You Are
J Jennifer Matthews
Wilson believes that women should “not ordinarily” hold political office, and should never serve in combat roles in the military. Husbands should have dominion over misbehaving wives’ weight, spending habits, and choice of television programs.
The Men Who Don’t Want Women to Vote
Helen Lewis
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