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Men Have Called Her Crazy by Anna Marie Tendler

Men Have Called Her Crazy by Anna Marie Tendler

A Voice in the Wilderness There’s something profoundly unsettling about reading a memoir that feels like it could have been plucked from the recesses of your own mind. Anna Marie Tendler’s “Men Have Called Her Crazy” is that kind of book—raw, unflinching, and achingly familiar to anyone who’s ever grappled with the complexities of being a woman in a world that often seems designed to break you. As I turned the pages of Tendler’s debut memoir, I found myself nodding along, sometimes laughing, sometimes fighting back tears. It’s a book that doesn’t just tell a story; it holds up a mirror to the collective experience of countless women who’ve been labeled “crazy” for daring to feel deeply, to question the status quo, or simply to exist in a way that doesn’t conform to societal expectations. A Journey Through the Looking Glass At its core, “Men Have Called Her Crazy” is a memoir about mental health, self-discovery, and the insidious ways in which patriarchal structures can shape and distort a woman’s sense of self. Tendler, known …

As Trump officials demonize faith-based partners, government grants are called heresy

As Trump officials demonize faith-based partners, government grants are called heresy

(RNS) — In late January, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein announced $30 million in grants to fund his state’s recovery from Hurricane Helene. Included in that total was $6 million for two faith-based groups helping rebuild homes after the storm: $3 million for Habitat for Humanity, a housing nonprofit based on Christian principles; and $3 million for Baptists on Mission, an auxiliary of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. The Baptists plan to use their $3 million to buy building supplies to repair as many as 1,000 homes in the coming year, said Richard Brunson, executive director of Baptists on Mission. Brunson told Religion News Service that accepting the grants made sense. “More than half the cost of building is labor, but with volunteers providing the labor we can double or even triple the number of families that we can get back in their homes,” Brunson said in accepting the grant. He also thanked Stein for a previous state grant of $5 million for disaster relief. But the Baptists’ decision to accept the grant …

A Boy Called Fish – TheHumanist.com

A Boy Called Fish – TheHumanist.com

Fish Stark was appointed the Executive Director of the American Humanist Association in September 2024. This article is excerpted from his Welcome remarks at the American Humanist Association’s 2024 Conference in September. LET’S GET THIS out of the way early: Fish is not my given name. My father, Fortney Hillman Stark Jr., rarely used his given name either. Most folks in the humanist and secular movements know him as Pete Stark—the first open atheist in Congress. That was how his family and friends knew him, too. He occasionally went by Fortney when he was younger, giving rise to a hilarious incident where a tongue-tied news anchor introduced him as “local banker, Fartney Stork.” But when I was born, it was decided that I would be named Fortney Hillman Stark III. For understandable reasons, I was not consulted at the time. I developed an opinion on the matter several years later, when it became clear that the name “Fortney” was a very challenging name to have as a boy in the first grade. And not just …

Israel Has Called Iran’s Bluff

Israel Has Called Iran’s Bluff

At the center of current conflicts in the Middle East is a long-running staring contest between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. And Netanyahu seems to have calculated that, even if Israel moves ferociously against Khamenei’s so-called Axis of Resistance—the region-wide network of militias arrayed against Israeli and Western interests—Khamenei won’t do much in response. Yesterday, Israel’s attacks on the southern suburbs of Beirut killed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s leader since 1992. That was only the latest in a dramatic series of strikes this month, including a sci-fi-esque operation using exploding pagers, that have killed high-ranking commanders of the Lebanese militant group and hundreds of Lebanese civilians. Hezbollah has been widely viewed as the most significant non-state threat to Israel. Nasrallah was easily the most powerful operative in Iran’s Axis. Read: Nasrallah’s folly Hamas is also part of that Axis. And ever since the July 31 assassination of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, many in the Middle East have been bracing for an Iranian attack on Israel that could …

GOP called out for “pro-labor” rebrand: They “want working class people to sit down and shut up”

GOP called out for “pro-labor” rebrand: They “want working class people to sit down and shut up”

At the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, United Auto Workers (UAW) president Shawn Fain sported a shirt that read “Trump is a Scab,” making it clear that his union stood with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz. “For us in the labor movement it’s real simple: Kamala Harris is one of us,” Fain said in his speech.  His support isn’t surprising. Historically, most labor unions have supported Democrats. But this election season, Republicans has made a deliberate effort to appeal to the working class. Teamsters boss Sean O’Brien, the head of America’s largest union, became the first-ever union president to speak at the Republican National Convention last month. “President Trump had the backbone to open the doors to this Republican convention, and that’s unprecedented. No other nominee in the race would have invited the Teamsters into this arena,” said O’Brien. O’Brien’s appearance at the event was a shock to many, but it’s part of a larger campaign by Trump’s Republican Party to rebrand itself as pro-labor and move away from …

Why Is Boston Called Beantown?

Why Is Boston Called Beantown?

  Boston started life in 1630, founded by English Puritans. Like the Pilgrims ten years prior, they fled religious persecution in Britain. With its superb anchorage, Boston Harbor afforded easy access to international trade, particularly the slave trade. This oddly influenced the city’s future nickname as Beantown.   Beantown: Where It Started Three Sisters Planting Method. Source: World of Wonder   The use of beans in Massachusetts Bay Colony started a few miles south. The Plymouth Colony, founded in 1620, made use of beans first. Beans were already part of the Native tribe’s diet, along with corn, squash, and other vegetables. Beans got planted together, along with corn and squash. In what could be seen as a precursor, Native tribes around the time the Pilgrims arrived would dig a pit, lining it with rocks to cook.   After lighting a fire to heat the rocks, stone pots filled with beans, bear fat, and maple sugar were dropped. These would slowly bake until done. The newly arrived colonists took this up, too, occasionally using substitutes. This dish …

Why ice creams with flakes are called 99s – it has nothing to do with cost

Why ice creams with flakes are called 99s – it has nothing to do with cost

People have been taking to social media to complain about the cost of 99p Flakes – but the name of the ice cream isn’t actually anything to do with the price. Back in the good old days, you could get a cone filled with soft serve ice cream, sweet sauce and a chocolate flake for less than a quid. But nowadays, you’d be lucky to find one for less than £2. On X, one commenter lamented: “It’s summer time, it’s 1999, and you’ve just reached the ice cream van with a round pound coin for a Mr Whippy with a Flake and red sauce. You’re handed 1p change, and life is good – well, it was back then. That’s all changed now and ice cream vans this summer have been seen charging everything from £2.50 to as much as £5 for a single 99 Flake. Cozzie livs, innit?” And another said: “Cost of living crisis is making we wonder what mad price a 99 Flake is going to be this year. £2.50? £4? £5.99? Right …

Former White House staffer says Trump called for leaker to be executed | Donald Trump

Former White House staffer says Trump called for leaker to be executed | Donald Trump

Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin has disclosed that Donald Trump repeatedly mused out loud about executing people at several meetings while she worked for him during his presidency. Griffin’s claim, which she made in a podcast recording with Mediaite released on Friday, is likely to add to concerns that a return for Trump to the Oval Office could be characterized primarily by political retribution. The former communications director for the Trump administration told the outlet she had been at a meeting at which he “straight up said a staffer who leaked … should be executed”, referring to an anonymously sourced report that the former president had gone into a secure bunker at the White House at the height of the racial justice protests prompted by a Minneapolis police officer’s murder of George Floyd. “There were others where we talked about executing people,” Griffin said. In response to Griffin’s comments, Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung told Newsweek: “As President Trump has said, the best revenge is the success and prosperity of all Americans.” Under …

It Called Itself a Yoga School. Prosecutors Say It Was a Sex Cult.

It Called Itself a Yoga School. Prosecutors Say It Was a Sex Cult.

Juan Percowicz was an accountant with an unusual side hobby: teaching self-help classes around Buenos Aires with a heavy dose of ancient philosophy and New Age spiritualism. He was a hit and, with donations from his followers, he built an organization known as Buenos Aires Yoga School, or BAYS. For more than 30 years, he ran the school, which promised spiritual salvation through lectures and self-help classes. But now, Mr. Percowicz, 85, and more than a dozen BAYS members are facing criminal charges, accused of running a “sex cult,” not a yoga school, that coerced some of its female members into prostitution and laundered the profits in real estate. Prosecutors say the organization exploited and drugged some of its female members, forcing them to sell their bodies and generating hundreds of thousands of dollars monthly from clients in Argentina and the United States. BAYS also ran an illicit clinic where some members were administered drugs to induce prolonged sleep, sometimes as a form of punishment, according to prosecutors. “Cults exist here, but we’ve never seen …

Scalvini out of Italy’s Euro squad, Gatti called up as replacement

Scalvini out of Italy’s Euro squad, Gatti called up as replacement

Juventus defender Federico Gatti has been called up as a replacement for the injured Giorgio Scalvini to join Luciano Spalletti’s preliminary Italy squad for Euro 2024, the Italian football federation (FIGC) said on Monday. Scalvini suffered a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee playing for Atalanta on Sunday in their 3-2 home loss to Fiorentina, FIGC confirmed. Scalvini and Gianluca Scamacca had both been expected to join the group on Monday but only the Atalanta forward will now join his team mates. Gatti had already been put on stand-by by Spalletti last Friday following the withdrawal from the squad of Francesco Acerbi. The Juventus defender had made himself available and had begun working at his club’s facilities, FIGC said. Source link