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August 1, 2016
Permanent Decline
You can see the Achilles tear. Live, it was already clear, in a much-replayed clip that has since become canon for anyone paying attention to…
Among the Post-Feminists
Even when sincerely believed, the “truths” of the post-feminists are alternative; their motives mixed, if not downright ulterior.
Performance Trouble
After all, was it not true that I—that she—had desired to become a he? That hers was a desiring self coterminous with his—with my—“authentic” one?
Little-known fact: Samuel Beckett, Nobel Prize-winning Irish novelist, poet and playwright, was also a prolific standardized-test writer. What follows is a selection of SAT questions from his archive.
If you liked this essay, you’ll love reading The Point in print.