![]() ![]() ![]() She has loved both men and women – the addictive, destructive affair that brought her world crashing down was with her ex-girlfriend, now transitioned to a man: irresistible to a woman wanting to “kick the door off its hinges”. She has taken risks, been greedy, carnal, ambitious (“it was unseemly how successful I felt”), intoxicated by desires (“the sparkle of one’s ego, pumped full of bubbles by another’s ardour”). ![]() Her life has been adventurous and, to some, controversial. Feminism offered women “the lavish gift of agency” and Levy grabbed it. Levy has specialised in stories about “women who are too much”. The woman who exhilaratingly thought she could have everything finds herself with nothing. Then she lost her baby, her spouse, her home, and she fell into the desolation she had held at bay, which had held her at bay. She believed she could be free and in perpetual motion. She believed nothing bad could happen to her in the “movie of her life”, because she was its scriptwriter and protagonist. From the time she was a clever, vigilant girl growing up in “clean, leafy” Westchester, New York, she had believed that normal rules did not apply to her, until she found that, after all, of course, they did: grief comes to us all. ![]() Levy is a fearless, original journalist, now on the New Yorker, and she uses these same qualities to scrutinise her own life, reporting its formation and unravelling. ![]()
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![]() ![]() “Like her peers Nayyirah Waheed, Lang Leav, and, to a lesser extent, Warsan Shire (whose work is more complex and has received more critical acclaim), Kaur produces bite-size, accessible poems,” Buzzfeed wrote in 2017. ![]() She has also inspired the work of Rupi Kaur, who-though critically acclaimed-has been accused of plagiarizing Waheed’s style. Waheed’s work has been compared to that of Warsan Shire, which was adapted for Beyoncé’s 2016 audio-visual opus Lemonade.Though her style of poetry has been criticized (she deviates from more traditional forms of poetry in favor of full stops and minimally-lined poems), it is her fearlessness to wander away from the norm that has brought her much acclaim, as well as her approach to topics like love, feminism, and racial identity. Nayyirah Waheed is a self-described “quiet poet” known for her poetry books salt. ![]() ![]() ![]() IRNA said the Milak border crossing with Afghanistan, a major trade route, was closed until further notice over the gunfight.ĭrought has been a problem in Iran for some 30 years, but has worsened over the past decade, according to the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization. The semiofficial, English-language newspaper Tehran Times said the fighting killed three Iranian border guards. IRNA, quoting Iranian police, said two border guards had been killed. He described the situation as now being under control. Takor said the firefight killed two people, one from each country, and wounded others. IRNA said Iran inflicted “heavy casualties and serious damage.”įrom the Taliban’s view, Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor accused Iran of shooting first. ![]() Qassem Rezaei, accusing the Taliban of opening fire first Saturday morning on the border of Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province and the Afghan province of Nimroz. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency quoted the country’s deputy police chief, Gen. ![]() DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The Taliban and Iran exchanged heavy gunfire Saturday on the Islamic Republic’s border with Afghanistan, killing and wounding troops while sharply escalating rising tensions between the two countries amid a dispute over water rights. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the book, Eli represents God while Punchinello represents us. Even if we say "we were just joking," our words can harm. We should think before we speak and consider how our words may affect others. What type things would you consider to be "gray dots"? Let's think of things we could say that would "build others up." Our words should not be just empty compliments though they should be sincere. The Bible tells us we should use our words to build others up and encourage them.Įphesians 4:29 says - "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." How does it feel when others criticize or make fun of us? How does it make us feel when others give us compliments? ![]() What did the gold star stickers represent? (compliments) What about the gray dot stickers? (criticism) ![]() |