This is the same man who talks in circles on the concept of "racism," a concept upon which all of his writings depend: At the Aspen Ideas Festival in 2019, when asked to define racism, Kendi earnestly answered: “[It is] a collection of racist policies that lead to racial inequity, that are substantiated by racist ideas.”
From Anne Lamott:
Every writer you know writes really terrible first drafts, but they keep their butt in the chair. That's the secret of life. That's probably the main difference between you and them. They just do it. They do it by prearrangement with themselves. They do it as a debt of honor. They tell stories that come through them one day at a time, little by little.
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This brings us to [item] number four: everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy and scared, even the people who seem to have it most together. They are much more like you than you would believe, so try not to compare your insides to other people's outsides. It will only make you worse than you already are.
The resulting vomit of coarse and disrespectful language shocks even Buck Angel. Click the images if you are not easily offended by extremely crude language.
2020 Report Card on some of the achievements and struggles of men compared to those of women.
Before a woman decides that men have it easier, she might want to consider this list. This is not a comprehensive list. Admittedly, women fare worse than men in many situations.
Amazing. Ridiculous accusation amplified by the media as conflict pornography, morphed into sadly hilarious denouement. Wokeness is universal acid (to borrow Dan Dennett's term). It will permeate everything. Martin Luther King offered a courageous, brilliant and hopeful alternative path.
