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Mars Attacks! (1996)

7.2 (28 Ratings) Rate It

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See...Stars that shine across the galaxy. Jack Nicholson (in a dual role), Glenn Close, Annette...

The Deeper Wound

Deepak Chopra

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Following the terrorist attack in New York on September 11, Deepak Chopra addresses the feelings it...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recommended The Color Purple in Books (curated)

The Color Purple

Alice Walker | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry

8.5

(24 Ratings)

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"I admired the fierce honesty in the single-mindedly feminist world-view of this book. It breaks many of the ‘rules’ of fiction. Walker comes close to painting all the men in a simplistic shade of ‘bad,’ although she attempts to give the nameless husband of Celie some redemption in the end. But the reader senses that a greater truth is at stake; that this was a story that needed to be told. I liked how Celie becomes strong with the love of Shug. And how Sofia is amazingly resilient but is punished for sassing the mayor, and later has to go and work for the mayor’s wife. I applauded Celie’s sexual awakening. And, most of all, I liked the idea that God gets angry if we walk past a field with the colour purple and don’t notice it."

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CHILLFILTR (46 KP) rated 400 Years by Bold Forbes in Music

Jul 11, 2019

Beauty is a strange thing; here one day, gone the next. There is something about this song that feels permanent. Yeah maybe a mix this good shouldn't have such quality lyrics; maybe there shouldn't be violins without a quartet; maybe the lead vocal should be trying harder to sound like something we know already.

Bold Forbes finds a middle ground between Bob Dylan and Violent Femmes. The production is gorgeous. I needed this message. You might need it too.

“And while some swear that river did not used to run
There are others who scoff as they stand in the sun
Getting angry ‘cause anger is fun”
— Bold Forbes
it's not just about those who do wrong, and those who do right; there are also those who do nothing.

The answer? More love, more life. Right now.