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Dorothy Allison on Why Working-Class Literature Is the Strongest

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May 16, 2017
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The novelist and memoirist talks about growing up poor, her ’70s lesbian feminist collective, and meeting her obligations. I found Dorothy Allison’s 1992 novel Bastard Out of Carolina in the late, great Harvard Square bookstore Wordsworth’s when I was thirteen. I didn’t have any friends in eighth grade (shocking, I know), so I would spend my free time walking to…

A Reading List for Mother’s Day

Posted by Emily Perper There is no grand unified theory of motherhood. Within every paradigm–chosen families, queer families, nuclear families, adoptive and foster families, on and on– mothering may vary a million times over. In this Mother’s Day reading list, I’ve attempted a rough chronology, from pregnancy to mourning, concluding…

The Joy of Giving!

October 12, 2013
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‘Offerings are significant as they are perceived as an opportunity to move beyond the low level instinct of serving oneself. When made for the large common good, they are valued as a self-purification process.’ A few years ago a young couple approached me and offered me their own used Video…
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Edu institute in Karnataka makes bindi, bangles a must

August 9, 2012
In the guise of discipline, an educational institution in South Kannara district has enforced a rule that women – students, teachers and staff – wear bangles and sport bindis on the campus from the next academic year. The board of the Vivekananda Vidyavardhaka Sangha, Puttur, near Mangalore has circulated a…
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