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  • ...aising three boys thirty years ago and your list with the reasoning behind each consists of good basic knowledge that is often lacking in today's society. It is a needed article in to...
  • ...de the decision to do a memoir in order to "come out" in the way I couldn't while I was married to my husband. I guess my question is, what does society more good - memoir or fiction...
  • ...nd how to avoid domestic abuse. I encourage empathy, sympathy and lessons, in the hope that this problem, which is now coming to the forefront of society's consciousness. How's that?...
  • ...ard a few stories about publishing "stupidity," though I use the term "implicit bias," the term for the unconscious ways we've been programmed by society without realizing it. It show...
  • ...mythology series.  She sees us plow through my husband's Great Ideas set and we've all read more relaxing fiction together.   Hooray for us as a society when good fiction that is bas...
  • ...rt that I couldn't follow that road.  I spent most of my childhood and beyond working to fit into my parents' idea of an adult who contributes to society by holding a job and paying t...
  • Thank you for sharing your muses, Haworth. Great choices! I agree: That same self-reliance, adventurous spirit, and willingness to challenge the limitations imposed from society are the same qualities that make Sarah Goff Heckford one of my muses. 
  • ...characters' difficult personal experience, is a very powerful method and very much needed.  We need more empathy-inducing books on the topics our society tends to avoid!  I wrote a mi...
  • ...der 2, in a way. I love your statement: "We focused on women like ourselves, who, in a world where male privilege extends into every facet of our society, from the sciences to teachin...
  • ...ut, a weekly newspaper in west Los Angeles that I write for, and am happy to see that my language has sharpened -- just as my thinking has and as society's understanding has.Thanks fo...