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Confronting the Damaging Myth of the Artistic Genius
Confronting the Damaging Myth of the Artistic Genius

“Geniuses” rely on a voracious public ready to forgive the previous offense, as long as the coming one even is more deliciously shocking.

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A Coming of Age in 26 Songs: on Womanhood and Emotional Awakenings
A Coming of Age in 26 Songs: on Womanhood and Emotional Awakenings

These songs remind me what troubled times make easy to forget: that womanhood is a language that is often thankless, but always, always worth it.

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