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Join NOW!Eventually the bruises and the rage faded, but not the fear. The fear remained. An awful withering dread that coiled around my bowels — that followed me into my dreams. Author Junot Diaz writes about the first time he got beat up, how it created a debilitating fear that stayed with him for years, and […]
...moreFor a weekly dose of fiction, checking in at the New Yorker is probably business as usual for most, and this week it’s definitely worth scoping out Amelia Gray’s story, “Labyrinth.” It’s a story infused with Greek mythology, dark humor, and a little small-town creepiness besides. The story is one among many forthcoming in Gray’s April 2015 […]
...moreJudith Warner’s New York Times Magazine essay “The Opt-Out Generation Wants Back In” may be the first mainstream think piece about women in the workforce that actually investigates all the subtleties of women’s career decisions without any reactionary politics between the lines. It also may be the first one that factors in race and class on […]
...moreThe exhaustion of decision-making is now scientifically validated. This essay looks at how decision fatigue, or “ego depletion,” manifests, in examining settings such as the courtroom, the grocery store, and even Ceasar’s decision to march on Rome. Decision fatigue can significantly weaken will-power, lower glucose levels, making people being less likely to compromise and more […]
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