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The Strangeness of Becoming a Secular Believer (opens the original)
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Whenever I say aloud the word “God,” I feel uncomfortable. “Jesus” or “Christ” has the same effect.I’ve spent most of my life thinking of people who use those words in earnest as being off their rocker. Something is wrong with them, they’ve got a few screws loose, they are unable to perceive reality. They choose comfort and certainty over curiosity about the vast unknown.Now, I think I might have been wrong. I still have no strong sense of certainty or comfort, but some unspeakable part of me, m
Uncomfortably Human (opens the original)
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I recently began reading Anna Karenina and was amazed not only at its readability, but its prescience. Too often do I assume the minds of our predecessors were alien to ours, when that is clearly not the case. They were thinking through the same issues that grip our minds today. Even though I could easily laugh at Oblonsky, knowing many all too well who hold views out of comfort rather than conviction, I began to think I would be failing in my responsibility as a reader if I didn’t take this opp
Blind Bats (opens the original)
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What. The. F**k. It suddenly hit me. It was one of those mild sunny summer days in Northern California. I had my head perched half out the car window like a happy dog, inhaling the sweet botanical breeze when I came to the idiotically simple yet groundbreaking realization that I EXIST. Read full essay here: https://simoneleon.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit simoneleon.substack.com
Gender, Ideologies, and Bodies (opens the original)
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Sameness and Difference Are men and women really so different from one another? Are the differences negligible? Is gender a social construct? What about pregnancy? ( I’m joking ) For most of my life, I’ve been fascinated with gender, simply because I’ve been curious about myself, and why I am the way that I am. Read full essay here: https://simoneleon.substack.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit simoneleon.
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