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Dichotomies are Dumbing Us Down as They Drive Us Apart

Photo by Jonathan Harrison on Unsplash Why multiple perspectives, identities, and stories are worth fighting for As I tuned into a podcast conversation between Elif Shafak and Chris Anderson, founder of TED, I was admittedly distracted. Until I tuned in. After some years of studying, teaching, and working on ways to live with and learn from conflict […]

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What We Will Do To Belong

Photo by Jovi Waqa on Unsplash Status, Salvation, and Swastikas: Indoctrination is a group thing I finally found the magazine Annette gave me last month. Annette is one of seven Clemson “sisters” I met through a professional women’s organization in 1989. All eight of us were plenty busy running businesses, careers and families, but we made the […]