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4 weeks ago | 
ifstudies.org | Grant Bailey |Wendy Wang
The family structure debate has finally arrived on the right, and Elon Musk’s unorthodox (to put it mildly) pronatalism is the occasion.
Musk’s approach to family life indicates that some on the right do not think family structure matters for kids. Over the decades, primarily left-leaning commentators have discounted the importance of marriage and family structure.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
ifstudies.org | Wendy Wang
The holiday season is a time for family, food, and celebration. At many of these gatherings, women typically take on the bulk of the work—cooking, cleaning, and tending to children—while men drink beer, watch games, and occasionally ask when the food will be ready. Most of us rarely stop to think about who is doing what during these celebrations—or especially how traditional gender roles are perfectly defined in these settings.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
middleburycampus.com | Wendy Wang
A perfectly spooky end to the Halloween season, Middlebury College Musical Theatre’s fall production of “Little Shop of Horrors” ran at the Town Hall Theater (THT) for three consecutive nights, thrilling audiences with its blend of humor, emotion and terror. “Little Shop of Horrors”, a horror-comedy rock musical, is loosely based on a 1960 black comedy film by the same name, featuring music by Alan Menken with lyrics and storyline from Howard Ashman’s novel.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
nassauweekly.com | Wendy Wang
Half a year ago, my cutefused sapphic muse (CFSM), a fellow frosh poet with angelic aura at Brown University, was ghosted by this yacht-owning boy who still possesses an undying passion for sticks. After their lovely first date, Valentine’s Day was coming up, yet the boy took on a cryptic persona.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
middleburycampus.com | Wendy Wang
The first feature-length film in the Hirschfield International Film Series, the Chinese atmospheric thriller “Only the River Flows,” which premiered in the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival, was greeted warmly by a packed Dana Auditorium on Oct. 17. Assistant Professor of Chinese Chialan Sharon Wang opened the event with an introduction to the background of the film.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
ifstudies.org | Wendy Wang |Samuel T. Wilkinson
America is facing a mental health crisis. Suicide, anxiety, depression, and drug overdose deaths have all risen to record levels. Younger generations have been hit especially hard during this crisis. Millennial men and women experience increased anxiety and depression compared to previous generations at the same age.
Some argue that the emotional state of young adults today is related to their financial precarity.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
ifstudies.org | Wendy Wang |Michael Toscano
A swathe of laws in states across the country have been adopted to require that individuals who wish to access pornography sites provide verification of age. These laws are premised upon the fact that pornography is inappropriate for children and profoundly harmful to the mental health of users, especially with frequent use.
The former claim is not a matter of controversy. But what about the latter claim—that porn use is damaging to the mental health of many impressionable young Americans?
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
ifstudies.org | Brad Wilcox |Alysse ElHage |Wendy Wang
Fifteen years ago, after we had adopted five children, I thought my wife and I were done having children. Boy, was I wrong. She got pregnant with twins in 2009 and, after the girls were born, I was shellshocked by the double dose of diapers, late nights, and extra parenting demands—not to mention the financial fallout of the Great Recession—that hit toward the end of that year.
As I wrote in Get Married,
I navigated the first year with the twins with difficulty.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
learn.g2.com | Mary Clare Novak |Manuela Bárcenas |Max Woolf |Wendy Wang
First time leading a meeting? We’ve all been there. Becoming an expert in leadership communication isn’t easy, but don’t sweat it. You’ve already taken the first step by researching some tips. Team meetings are more effective when meeting management tools enhance internal communication. They assist in planning and guiding team meetings to ensure meetings are fruitful and focused. Meetings allow teams to brainstorm and collaborate to achieve company goals.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
learn.g2.com | Wendy Wang
Wendy is a content marketer at Notta, an AI meeting assistant that helps record, transcribe, and summarize conversations to actionable text, making meetings delightfully productive. She loves writing about workplace efficiency and technology.
