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Share In writing this new post, I wanted to provide a positive and affirming message about why domestic violence and abuse victims and survivors deserve all our respect and support. Societies and communities often make victims and survivors feel bad about what happened — as though it was somehow their fault, that they made the wrong choices, and that they did something to cause the abuse. This is exactly how the perpetrator made the victim-survivor feel too.

One sunny spring day in 1997 I was sitting at a café discussing today’s great news item with a friend over a cup of strong coffee and a gigantic cinnamon roll: someone had nominated Bob Dylan for the Nobel Prize in literature. The news was mostly received as a slightly amusing provocation. Later that year, the Laureate of 1997 was revealed. The prize was awarded the Italian playwright and actor Dario Fo.

In an ideal theological world, Easter would come right after Passover. That’s how it happened for Jesus: who went to Jerusalem for Passover, had a last Seder with his disciples, was arrested, executed, and rose on Sunday morning. Because the main currents of Judeo-Christian adherence employ different calendars, Easter rarely follows hard upon Passover. Western Christianity uses the Gregorian calendar; most of Orthodox Christianity uses the Julian calendar; Judaism uses the Hebrew calendar; meaning Easter and Passover dates change annually.

Up until this week, I had never gone to the cinema alone. I consider myself an independent woman, but there was something about a solo movie date that made me feel uncomfortable. That was until I started getting video after video on my TikTok for you page, talking about that bathroom scene in new film Saltburn. The general consensus was that this was a film to go in blind on. Fully sold by these strangers reviews and desperate to avoid spoilers, I found myself alone in an Every Man cinema at 10.

There’s something almost sacred about The Simpsons’ first three flashback episodes. The trifecta of “The Way We Was”, “I Married Marge”, and “And Maggie Makes Three” amount to more than mere background on the characters. They are, collectively, the story of how the Simpsons became the Simpsons. At their core, these installments explain how two kids from the sticks found each other and, in the face of relatable challenges, built a rough-around-the-edges but undeniably loving family.

This is part of a three-part season-starting series: If you haven’t done so already, read part 1 first. This piece will make more sense if you do. Quick memory jogger: Rote/Blocked Activities and Drills Processing the Game = “SADE” process Coupling Perception and Action Everyone knows a person who they consider to be a hockey genius. They seem to know everything about the game. They have immense knowledge of the game.

안녕, it's Ari, your talkative Korean friend and weekend reminder. 🎉 Now that my hands feel much better 😊, I will soon be able to bring back the weekly and full newsletter. I am also planning to launch a new Korean lesson. Please look forward to it! Today’s newsletter is about long-lasting historical scars and a new K-Drama. Let’s start! Netflix’s latest historical K-drama series, Gyeongseong Creature, 👆 is gaining immense popularity globally, securing the second spot on the top 10 Netflix programs worldwide, according to FlixPatrol.

Noni Madueke was arguably Chelsea’s brightest spark in the second half of last season. In a six-month period that was utterly depressing to watch, he provided Chelsea fans with hope for the future.  But he hasn’t had the start to the 2023/24 season that he would’ve liked, which has sparked debate within the Chelsea fanbase and the wider media. People are wondering what has gone wrong and possibly what the future holds.

Who in their right mind would consider dropping nuclear weapons on the 2.2 million residents trapped in the Gaza Strip? Meet Israel’s Minister of Heritage Amichai Eliyahu. Eliyahu is one of the extremist members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet. He was telling a journalist in an November 5 interview why he thought that Palestinians in Gaza had no right to exist and that anyone waving a Palestinian or Hamas flag “shouldn’t continue living on the face of the earth.