Snowpiercer Asks Us to Imagine the End of the World — And the End of Capitalism. The Stories We Tell Ourselves About Marriage Are Wrong. I have a crypto curious person in my life who explained that it’s because no one knows what happens with crypto when the power goes out for a long...
A book about privilege, money and power “Trust” by Hernan Diaz Told in four parts, “Trust” is a literary puzzle that forces the reader to search for the truth. Set in New York in the 1920s, it depicts tales of privilege, money and power from four unique perspectives. Longlisted for...
It also speaks about power and long-held grudges. Pepper and Jack have power struggles with their parents and siblings, and the parents hold long grudges and vent it through their children. All Pepper and Jack want is to survive high school and figure out their futures, not get roped into...
A final complaint: Wagner moves into feminist critique territory in Chapter three in a discussion about the fairy tales and films that young American boys and girls watch. But he's not talking about fairy tales with sexual themes or violence; Wagner singles out Prince Charming and Mel Gibson's...
Born on her family’s estate outside Vienna in 1901, Edith Ausch Kemengi was raised in the privilege of the most prominent members of the Austo-Hungarian court. Like the narrator of her semi-autobiographical novel Felding Castle, hers was “a world so different from that of my grandchildren...
The only child of Elvis Presley, Lisa Marie lived a life of excess, in both privilege and pain: Her childhood included pony rides through the hallways of the Graceland mansion and witnessing her father’s death at the age of 9; her adulthood included dating A-listers like Nicholas Cage ...
Racism, discrimination, greed, a sense of entitlement and privilege — have all reared their ugly heads at a time when the whole world needs healing. Bureaucracy and red tape have never seemed so thick. And yet, amid this global scourge, we bicker. We point fingers. We become suspicious of...
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The well-intentioned wife and mother entered the fray naive about her own white privilege and prejudice and the lengths to which the establishment would go to oppose desegregation and parity. Her headstrong efforts to do the right thing led to rude awakenings and harsh consequences. Intolerance, ...