Tag: essays
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Anti-Fat Bias with Aubrey Gordon
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon I first heard of Aubrey Gordon when I started listening to her podcast Maintenance Phase. She and cohost Michael Hobbes discuss wellness and weight-loss trends, fads, and policies to find out what’s true, what’s a myth, and what’s just flat-out ridiculous to…
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The Fire Next Time
Book Review: “The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin I really enjoyed Baldwin’s essays in “The Fire Next Time.” The powerful subject matter of racial discrimination made me hurt and think, two actions that only a truly amazing writer can impart on a reader. I must admit I knew very little about Baldwin before I…
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To Listen or Not to Listen: Audiobooks are the Question
Do you listen to audiobooks? I’ve only started listening to them in the past two years, primarily during the walking portion of my daily commute to my Chicago office. The pandemic turned that upside down, of course. (I miss you, Chicago.) Now, as I’m trying to get healthier, I’ve started using audiobooks on my walks…
Bookish Brain 