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From the BordoLines Archives: Some Scenes From this Season of ‘The Pitt” That Got Me in the Feels
1. The Samovar
Ironically, ours belongs to my husband Edward, who is a blue-blooded WASP. He is also a scholar of Russian language, literature, and culture, which is how he came to have one. I don’t know whether or not any of my Russi...
Christopher Nolan Rubs Me The Wrong Way
I don’t know what irritates me more, the movies themselves or the collective judgment that they are masterpieces with profound messages about the disasters that men unleash on the world and then get to brood about.
On “The Odyssey,” P...
Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton and the “Progressive”/“Establishment” Myth That Divided “The Left” and Still Dominates Political Discourse.
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“I think, frankly,” Ber...
Three Bears
Prologue
I was looking forward to the final season of “The Bear.”
After two episodes I turned it off and went to bed.
It was as though the writers had decided to dump every nightmare they could imagine on these already-battered huma...
What Makes a Man “Masculine”—And Why We Just Can’t Quit Asking
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Susan:
I thought the “real man” fetish was a Republican thing.
Sure, the issue of whether a candidate is “manly” enough has always been th...
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Feminist philosopher and media maven specializing in U.S. politics and culture. Author of influential books on the female body, masculinity, Anne Boleyn, Hillary Clinton, Post-Trump politics, and TV.
I am the author of six books, including Exurbia Now: The Battleground of American Democracy Melville House Books) and I Am Somebody: Why Jesse Jackson Matters (Bloomsbury, 2020).
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