February 2012
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On Exhorting Feeling
Sometimes there was only a social custom in mind—as when a person wished to feel sad at a funeral. But other times there was a desperate inner desire to avoid pain. Herbert Gold describes a man’s effort to prevent himself from feeling love for a wife he no longer has:
“He fought against love, he fought against grief, he fought against anger. They were all linked. He reminded...
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Amanda: I think a little bag of truffles is much better than a large bag
because your marginal utility of each truffle is greater
and you don't feel bad about getting fat
and you savor each truffle
the way you cherish the person whom you're giving the truffles to
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“I find it slightly ethnocentric that whenever Japanese appropriate some aspect...”
– Beauty Up: Exploring Contemporary Japanese Body Aesthetics (via rolston)
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The Anger of A First Generation Student (at... →
anniepology:
wellesleyunderground:
#classism@Wellesley.
Thanks to @iambeauchamp for messaging this to us via twitter. This piece was written by current Wellesley student Emily Loftis and it highlights the realities of classism at Wellesley College from the perspective of a first generation student. Please share your experiences as well by submitting here or emailing us at...