Daily Archive: March 7, 2021

/// March 7, 2021

Sunday Morning! “The Prisoner” by Marcel Proust

The Prisoner by Marcel Proust’s depiction of doomed and obsessive sexual jealousy is not nearly as bleak as I remembered. It’s tragic, but it’s a light tragedy.

Kristin Devine

/// March 7, 2021

Game of Thrones: Ready, Willing, and Ableism

The eyeroller disdainfully says “Game of Thrones is just show!” But problematic beliefs like ableism are like belly buttons, we all got em.

Andrew Donaldson

/// March 7, 2021

OT Contributor Network: Dennis Sanders’ Polite Company Podcast

Ordinary Times contributor Dennis Sanders podcast, Polite Company, has a new episode entitled “We Have Some Healing to Do”

Clare Briggs

/// March 7, 2021

The Ethics of Sport: Heading Home

Good taste, bad taste.

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