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In the New Yorker...
serious crayons:
Good to know, I probably would have skipped that one otherwise but now I'll take a look.
The Joseph McCarthy one is interesting -- it's amazing how much that guy had in common with our current president. I'm reading the soap one, also interesting.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on August 20, 2020, 12:19:01 pm ---The Joseph McCarthy one is interesting -- it's amazing how much that guy had in common with our current president. I'm reading the soap one, also interesting.
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The McCarthy one is indeed very interesting. I haven't gotten to the Clean one yet. I'm reading the Police one now.
Jeff Wrangler:
I've started the Jon Lee Anderson article (August 17), and I'm finding it really interesting because the subject is ... Jon Lee Anderson. As I've been reading it, I've been thinking that to have a life like his, you have to be the sort of person who doesn't worry about where his next meal is coming from (or what it will be), or where you're going to sleep that night, or when you'll get your next bath. You can't have any lifelong chronic health issues, and it helps to have connections. He had family connections; not everybody has a father who served in the U.S. Foreign Service or a geologist uncle. It takes imagination, too.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 23, 2020, 05:14:03 pm ---I've started the Jon Lee Anderson article (August 17), and I'm finding it really interesting because the subject is ... Jon Lee Anderson. As I've been reading it, I've been thinking that to have a life like his, you have to be the sort of person who doesn't worry about where his next meal is coming from (or what it will be), or where you're going to sleep that night, or when you'll get your next bath. You can't have any lifelong chronic health issues, and it helps to have connections. He had family connections; not everybody has a father who served in the U.S. Foreign Service or a geologist uncle. It takes imagination, too.
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It probably helps to be male, too. Ariel Levy's "Thanksgiving in Mongolia" talks about how much she loves dashing around the world to foreign countries, apparently often by herself. But if you remember what happened in the story, you'll know a theme of the essay is how much this lifestyle can be different for a woman.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on August 24, 2020, 10:06:57 am ---It probably helps to be male, too. Ariel Levy's "Thanksgiving in Mongolia" talks about how much she loves dashing around the world to foreign countries, apparently often by herself. But if you remember what happened in the story, you'll know a theme of the essay is how much this lifestyle can be different for a woman.
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I don't remember that at all. :(
I'm sure you're right about it helping to be a man. I'm sure a woman has to face some things that a man doesn't simply because she's a woman.
I do remember an article by a woman that had something to do with the Middle East, but I'm afraid I don't remember the author or really the subject of the article.
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