"If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." I nearly fell over when I heard those words from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout on NPR's Fresh Air, quoting her father from her childhood. Could Strout and I somehow be related?* My father used to say exactly the same thing to... Continue Reading →
Word up*
WARNING: This post contains intellectually provocative ideas, graphic descriptions of the power of words, and potentially repulsive ideas. (And swear words and suggestive sexual content in some of the videos!) Jenny Jarvie’s recent article for The New Republic discusses the increasing prevalence of the “trigger warning.” As my tongue-in-cheek rendition above indicates, a trigger warning... Continue Reading →
AUDREY KALMAN 