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Michelle Dean
American
Journalist
Born:
1983
About
Become
Been
Book
People
You
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I could be imagining it, but I believe myself to have exchanged sly, understanding nods with other people I see attending movies alone on Christmas Day.
Michelle Dean
Christmas
Alone
Myself
Day
People
Christmas Day
Understanding
Believe
Other
See
Sly
Could
Attending
Movies
Imagining
Feminists are disappointed in each other a lot, a natural side effect of being involved in a movement, which naturally implies that progress toward the ultimate goal is the only measure of success and that setbacks are always disasters.
Michelle Dean
Success
Natural
Progress
Other
Side
Only
Disappointed
Toward
Implies
Disasters
Involved
Always
Feminists
Ultimate
Ultimate Goal
Goal
Effect
Lot
Movement
Being
Which
Measure
Naturally
Each
Setbacks
We do learn a thing or two from art. It may not be the one-to-one instruction of a moral lesson or the rote learning of a grammatical rule or mathematical concept. But the habits of mind art cultivates are important.
Michelle Dean
Art
Learning
Mind
Important
Lesson
Rule
Moral
Habits
Concept
Instruction
Learn
Cultivate
Mathematical
May
Grammatical
Rote
Thing
Two
If you care about a subject, there's a podcast for it.
Michelle Dean
You
Care
About
Subject
A good novelist pays attention to his characters. A good biographer pays attention to the documents before her. A good critic pays close attention to the thing she's brought to evaluate.
Michelle Dean
Good
Before
Critic
Characters
Brought
Attention
She
Documents
His
Close
Close Attention
Evaluate
Pays
Novelist
Her
Thing
The alienated man lashing out at society is a trope that popular culture loves to explore.
Michelle Dean
Man
Culture
Society
Alienated
Out
Loves
Explore
Popular
Popular Culture
Hollywood versions of watershed moments in American history are generally high-minded shlock. 'JFK,' 'The People vs. Larry Flynt,' even 'Lincoln': all of these boast excellent performances in scripts that are ultimately very conventional, even conservative.
Michelle Dean
History
People
Conservative
Watershed
Excellent
Generally
Performance
Lincoln
Ultimately
Versions
Very
American
Conventional
American History
Scripts
Boast
Hollywood
Moments
Even
Larry
The plot of 'Stranger Things' is so simple that even a brief description risks spoiling it.
Michelle Dean
Risks
Simple
Plot
Spoiling
Stranger
Description
Even
Brief
Things
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