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In the New Yorker...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on November 12, 2018, 04:08:40 pm ---Yes, that was a lovely passage in the article. :D
There are a lot of school groups that tour the Parthenon in TN, and I'm sure they didn't want to have to explain the word virgin to kids, so they used the word maiden.
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I never thought about maiden being synonymous with virgin, but now that you say it I guess it kind of is. Especially since in the old days women would be expected to be both until they were married.
Of course, as usual there's no male equivalent.
Jeff Wrangler:
Considering the terrible destruction and loss of life in California due to wildfire, it seemed a little--I don't know--odd?--uncomfortable?--to read Ian Frazier's article on wildfires on the Great Plains (Nov. 5).
I found it fascinating that approximately have the population of Oklahoma is made up of Climate Change Deniers. Their reasons seem to be a combination of fundamentalistic religion and undoubted truth that the Great Plains has always been a place of extreme weather. Kansas used to be known for its Twisters, and the entire region used to be known as Tornado Alley. (I think we seem to be seeing more tornadoes in the South now, but maybe those storms are just more notable because the South is more heavily settled and populated than the Great Plains.)
Front-Ranger:
I received the new issue today and had to sit right down and read the Jon Anderson article about the mysterious illness suffered by the Cuban diplomats. No real answers, but good writing.
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on November 14, 2018, 07:42:47 pm ---Considering the terrible destruction and loss of life in California due to wildfire, it seemed a little--I don't know--odd?--uncomfortable?--to read Ian Frazier's article on wildfires on the Great Plains (Nov. 5).
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I just finished reading that article. Frasier paints quite a picture of Charlie Starbuck, and of Millie Fudge, as well. I was just one county over from there, to the east, in June, visiting my great grandfathers' graves in Hazelton, Kansas. No evidence of fire there; in fact, there were puddles here and there and some of the roads in Hazelton were so muddy it was tough going, even in my SUV.
I've noticed that reporters are taking a new interest in rural America these days. It was rural people who had a big role in the sudden change in political leadership, some think. This issue of the New Yorker had two articles about Oklahoma: the wildfire one and another one about how so many women in Oklahoma are being incarcerated, including victims of domestic violence.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on November 15, 2018, 08:33:59 pm ---I've noticed that reporters are taking a new interest in rural America these days. It was rural people who had a big role in the sudden change in political leadership, some think. This issue of the New Yorker had two articles about Oklahoma: the wildfire one and another one about how so many women in Oklahoma are being incarcerated, including victims of domestic violence.
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I'm looking forward to reading that article about the women. I just started the article about Gavin Newsome.
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