by Elizabeth Stark | Sep 1, 2020 | Opinion
“A dilemma is a problem that can’t be solved without creating another problem. At the heart of every story is a dilemma. If we’re not sure what our story is about, let’s consider this for a moment: Problems are solved while dilemmas are resolved through...
by Elizabeth Stark | Aug 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
You’ve probably heard the idea that a frog that gets dropped in a pot of boiling water will jump out immediately, while a frog that is placed in a pan of cool water heating on a stove will stay as the water continues to get hotter and hotter, gradually adjusting its...
by Elizabeth Stark | Aug 18, 2020 | Opinion
Every day, we said, every weekday, we will post something. We will call it The Daily Dose. Art, links, news, poetry, opinion pieces, rants… We’ve run a free writing class and posted grants, we’ve analyzed events, written stories, created videos. Our...
by Elizabeth Stark | Aug 11, 2020 | Action, Opinion
A long time ago, an activist told me a story, which I will convey to you now in the mostly gender-neutral terms with which I try to approach our gender-complex world. (This is otherwise not really about gender at all, any more than everything is, in a patriarchy, but...
by Elizabeth Stark | Aug 4, 2020 | Opinion, Uncategorized
In an interview, I heard Ira Glass say, every episode of This American Life has a particular theme, but in fact, every episode has the same theme: I thought this would happen, and instead this happened. I will talk about this tomorrow evening at a free class Ellen...
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