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What I’m Reading: Articles on a year without sex and nature vs. nurture, and playgrounds
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amyjuliabecker
Two unexpected sources offer fodder for discussion about the merits of approaching sex differently. First, journalist Hephzibah Anderson writes in the Atlantic about her Year Without Sex. Then, Camille Paglia writes for the New York Times, “No Sex Please, We’re Middle Class,” in which she argues that a return to differentiation between the sexes and…
What I’m Reading: Serve God, Save the Planet
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amyjuliabecker
A few weeks ago, as we prepared to move, we were bemoaning our accumulation of stuff (see “Too Much Stuff“). I’m repeating one of the photos of our pile of giveaway stuff here, because Peter remarked, “This is a spiritual statement.” He didn’t mean it in a positive sense, as if to say we were…
What Should Your Taxes Pay For? Thoughts on Education and Disability
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amyjuliabecker
Yesterday afternoon, Penny couldn’t have been more excited when I said, “Pen, would you like to do a worksheet that your teacher sent home for you?” “Homework? Yes!” We sat at the kitchen table. She circled the “tall” person, the person “in front,” the item “behind.” She named three things you can find on a playground.…
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