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The Atlantic Interview

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Building on a 160-year-history of interviews with the world’s most consequential figures, the...

The Young Turks - FREE (Video)

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The Young Turks is an edgy, funny, and informative talk show, which includes topics ranging from...

Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Off the Record (Record, #1) in Books

Jan 8, 2021

DNF @21%

I struggled from the start with this. It wasn't grabbing me at all--maybe because politics bores me to death--and the fact that it was in third person when I've gotten so used to reading first, so when they got to the sex scene, I just gave up. I don't see much point in reading something like that if I'm not into the couple.

Not for me.

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Elon Musk recommended Benjamin Franklin: An American Life in Books (curated)

"I like Franklin’s biography by Isaacson, it’s really good. He was an entrepreneur, he started of nothing, just like a runaway kid. It was interesting to see how he is creating his business, then go to science and politics. I could say he is one of the people I most admire. Franklin is pretty awesome. He did what needed to be done at the time it needed to be done."

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Wendi McLendon-Covey recommended La Seduction: How The French Play the Game Of Life in Books (curated)

"Sciolino gives us an inside view of how seduction works in all areas of French life, from advertising to politics to interpersonal relationships. “La Seduction” at its core is just a way to appeal to someone by finding common ground, and no one does that like the French! And in my opinion, it’s so much more interesting than the brow-beating we resort to here in the USA."

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Kimberly Peirce recommended The Favourite (2018) in Movies (curated)

The Favourite (2018)

2018 | Biography, History

7.0

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"Another lush world of women — this one an infectious, absurd, darkly comic riot. I loved the politics, the fun, and the calculated double-crossing, manipulative fights for survival and favor. The cinematography (wide lenses, and extreme angles) along with the exquisite performances just spun the whole thing faster and funnier. But Olivia Colman, un-self-conscious, specific and wild in her commitment to the role made the whole thing sublime."

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Lena Dunham recommended Of Human Bondage in Books (curated)

Of Human Bondage

W. Somerset Maugham | 2000 | Fiction & Poetry

10.0

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"I read this when my first boyfriend broke up with me and wept across three continents—weeping seems to be a theme today. The protagonist is one of those assholes who thinks he’s going to ‘save’ a sex worker (the politics are rough), but the obsession and abandonment shit is on point. Then I bragged to my college English teacher and he was like ‘oh, that’s a lesser British novel.’ Whoops!"

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Nadine Shah recommended What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015) in Movies (curated)

What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)

2015 | Biography, Documentary, Music

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"A really definitive film about an incredible woman. She’s mint – the end! But seriously: I’m obsessed with the model Nina Simone set out for women. She allowed us to sing in lower, stranger registers. She made politics a central part of her art. She was uncompromising. The way her daughter leads her story in this film also gives it a really special perspective. You can’t help but feel humble before her."

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