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Bad Faith at Sartre’s Cafe
Abbie is away this week getting treatments in California. This column was originally posted on December 7, 2021, and continues to be timely. ______________________ It may be of interest to note that post-World War II feminism (the “second … Continue reading
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Bad Faith at Sartre’s Cafe
Bad Faith at Sartre’s Café It may be of interest to note that post-World War II feminism (the “second wave”) was written-into-being by Simone de Beauvoir, a gifted French philosopher, in The Second Sex (1949). It was conscientiously researched and … Continue reading
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How A Woman Can Be Liberated
How A Woman Can Be Liberated When I started this column a few years ago, I vowed not to give advice. I even put that in our subtitle: “The Non-Advice Column.” So why am I about to give some? Well, … Continue reading
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