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“While implicit bias is always at play because all humans have bias, inequity can occur simply through homogeneity; if I am not aware of the barriers you face, then I won’t see them, much less be motivated to remove them. Nor will I be motivated to remove the barriers if they provide an advantage to which I feel entitled.”
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
― White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
“I love your eyes, my darling friend, Their play so passionate and bright'ning, When a sudden stare up you send, And like a heaven-blown lightning, It'd take in all from end to end But there's more that I admire: Your eyes when they're downcast In bursts of love-inspired fire And through the eyelash goes fast A somber, dull call of desire..”
― Stalker: un film de Andreï Tarkovski
― Stalker: un film de Andreï Tarkovski
“For what is a curse but an unfair theft of strength. (Whatever is attempted in the way of improving your position brings back less than the effort exerted.)”
― Ancient Evenings
― Ancient Evenings
“In place of a hermeneutics we need an erotics of art.”
― Against Interpretation and Other Essays
― Against Interpretation and Other Essays
Marcel Proust
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— last activity Mar 05, 2026 07:26PM
Here is a place to talk about Proust and his masterpiece "In Search of Lost Time". ...more
Joyce Carol Oates
— 214 members
— last activity Mar 10, 2026 06:09PM
This is a group for anyone who would like to read and discuss any of Joyce Carol Oates' many wonderful short stories, novels and plays. ...more
Anarchist & Radical Book Club
— 2726 members
— last activity Feb 08, 2026 01:40PM
This is a group to read and discuss anarchist practice and theory, by gathering a large body of anarchist literature, non-fiction, and theory, as well ...more
Henry James
— 12 members
— last activity Jun 15, 2018 01:03PM
A group ready and eager to discuss any or all of Henry James' great works. ...more
Our Shared Shelf
— 222864 members
— last activity Apr 16, 2026 03:14AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
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