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Oct 07 2026
The Conductor (movie recommendation) and Jarrett (a short story)
I’ve just watched “The Conductor” (tubi tv) about Antonia Brico’s struggle to become a conductor and her eventual creation of the New York Women’s Symphony Orchestra, and watched with dismay the stats at the end … of the top 20%, then top 50%, orchestras, not one has ever had a female conductor.
And …
Oct 06 2026
Another great read – How to decenter men
https://zawn.substack.com/p/how-to-decenter-men-in-your-life
Oct 06 2026
Chaperones
I used to think chaperones were chaperoning young women, in order to, you know, make sure they didn’t engage in, gasp, any immoral behavior.
Now I think the chaperones were chaperoning the young men, in order to, you know, make sure they didn’t rape the young women.
And I think maybe we …
Oct 06 2026
Great piece by Kate Manne
“You can teach a man what consent looks like but you can’t force him to care about it.”
https://katemanne.substack.com/p/they-didnt-want-consent?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=950263&post_id=219090886&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=9bras&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Oct 06 2026
A huge insight late in life
“We all wield different portfolios of knowledge. We have different values, different priorities, and different understandings of all that unfolds around us.” Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Yes. There. That first one. My life-long error.
I have assumed that we have different values and different priorities, and I’ve been prepared to argue …
Oct 06 2026
The Husbands, Chandler Baker – quotes and comments
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
It took me until p79 to see where this was going—the title should’ve clued me in sooner, but—without spoilers, let me just say that compared to her husband, the husbands’ behavior at the dinner party (p91) is so … stark. And therefore so telling.
The boxed online chats are so …
Sep 30 2026
Harper Ford on menopause and wellness scams
Looking for humorous fiction, I’ve just read Harper Ford’s Hot (not bothered) and Live, Laugh, and Leave Me Alone.
In both cases—unfortunately, in my opinion—the levity of the covers and the prose obscure a great treatment of a serious issue, menopause and wellness scams, respectively.
Both recommended—more for the gravity than for …
Sep 29 2026
“Home for Unwed Fathers” (short story from Fighting Words)
About a month after, they came to get him.
“Hello, is there a Rob Ellis here?”
He heard the polite voice at the door.
“Yeah,” his mother replied. “Rob!” she called up the stairs.
Rob came down the stairs and warily approached the two people standing at the door.
Sep 29 2026
“Some men don’t like me” Dina Honour
Great read.
https://dinahonour.substack.com/p/some-men-dont-like-me
Sep 29 2026
“Violence against women and children is legal. We just pretend otherwise.” Zawn Villines
https://zawn.substack.com/p/violence-against-women-and-children
“That’s because in patriarchy, nothing trumps a man’s right not to be inconvenienced. His right to act as he wishes will always come before the right of women and children to continue living.”
Books by Peg Tittle
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