Lockdowns Destroyed Our Human Energy Exchange Economy and I Want it Back

My husband and I went to a comedy club with friends a few weeks ago. I was afraid to go - would the comedians be funny? Or would we be sitting...

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Painted Ladies: Victorine Meurent, Manet’s Modern Muse

She was the Kate Moss of her day, her face ushering in a realist art that shocked the Paris bourgeoisie. But who was she? Observers at the time assumed...

Photographing a World of Everyday Beauty

It's not really news that there are beautiful people everywhere, is it? And not just because we're surrounded by Photoshopped images of perfection, either. Beauty and youth are prized...

A Rant on Self Esteem: Must We Always Love Everything About Ourselves?

If you haven't heard, Facebook has removed its "feeling fat" emoticon this week, apparently in response to online petition that gathered 16,000 signatures. The petition's author, 24 year-old student...

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