“Original sin became one of the cornerstones of Christian orthodoxy — but not before decades of dispute”
Augustine’s tortured recognition that involuntary arousal was an inescapable presence—not only in conjugal lovemaking...
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“We imagine the villains of history as cunning strategists, brilliant masterminds of horror”
We imagine the villains of history as cunning strategists, brilliant masterminds of horror. This...
“In the ghetto narrative, a poor neighborhood falls victim to isolation; in the gentrification narrative, a poor neighborhood falls victim to invasion”
In the ghetto narrative, a poor neighborhood falls victim to isolation; in the gentrification...
“When violence has been resorted to as a means of effecting change in American society, it has invited a harsh crackdown on those very people it was intended to help”
…to any who would make noise about using force to effect change, please grow...
“A logo is not a brand. Neither are cute headlines or splashes of color”
A logo is not a brand. Neither are cute headlines or splashes of color....
“None of us, having achieved success in whatever realm, wants to think that it was the product of the circumstances that set us up for success…”
None of us, having achieved success in whatever realm, wants to think that it...
“All history is retrospective”
All history is retrospective. We’re always looking at the past through the lens of...
“…criticizing people based on what they don’t say is lousy, and more often leads to the rhetorical performance of politics than actual meaningful organizing”
I think the business of criticizing people based on what they don’t say is...
“My mother believes that injustice is the normal, unchangeable state of things”
My mother believes that injustice is the normal, unchangeable state of things. My mother...
“…worryingly, the study of trauma has both a dubious intellectual history and an abysmal track record…”
The murky science of risk assessment relies on attempts to quantify “trauma” and “adversity,”...