Musings on education, literature, politics, media, and cultural trends by INTHEFRAY Editor Laura Nathan. View Laura's profile.
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During my cab ride home from the airport yesterday, the cab driver asked if I preferred to listen to music or the news. When I chose the middle ground, telling him that either one was fine with me, he selected something… |
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By Laura Nathan
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Wednesday, 05 May 2004 |
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Think the public/private distinction died in the 1960s? Think again.To date, many states have yet to criminalize gender-based atrocities, such as domestic abuse, within their borders, making it particularly… |
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By Laura Nathan
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Saturday, 01 May 2004 |
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While watching television yesterday evening, I saw a commercial — perhaps you’ve seen it as well — in which a young man offers an elderly woman a hand as she crosses the street and then asks if she’d like to go out some… |
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By Laura Nathan
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Wednesday, 28 April 2004 |
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It’s no secret that Jews and Arabs in Israel — indeed throughout the world — struggle to live side-by-side peacefully. Part of the problem may stem from each community’s failure to understand the other. Diplomats have b… |
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By Laura Nathan
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Wednesday, 21 April 2004 |
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Many historians have alleged that Adolf Hitler had a Jewish grandparent. His self-hatred toward that aspect of identity might begin to explain why he masterminded the deaths of six million Jews. But what about the other… |
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By Laura Nathan
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Tuesday, 20 April 2004 |
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Fierce, a magazine which I frequently write for, has been featuring a full-page advertisement that apparently has some readers in a tizzy to such an extent that many readers h… |
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By Laura Nathan
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Friday, 16 April 2004 |
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In a story I wrote recently, I revised the phrase “as American as apple pie and baseball.” To better reflect Americans’ lackluster sentiment about baseball and the most fashionable tenet of our contemporary political cu… |
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By Laura Nathan
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Tuesday, 13 April 2004 |
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I’ve always found it peculiar how people tend to praise statues and paintings of “healthy” — even plump — female subjects for their beauty, and yet beyond the museums, these same people deem women whose body… |
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By Laura Nathan
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Saturday, 10 April 2004 |
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When I was perusing the Internet yesterday, something caught my eye. I don’t recall the exact phrase used on the BUST magazine homepage, but the terms “Lynne Cheney,” “erotic,” and “bi… |
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By Laura Nathan
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Friday, 09 April 2004 |
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