Challenging the Comeback Trope: The Illness Narrative as a Narrative of Vulnerability As consumers of popular culture, we are obsessed with the comeback trope. From Marvel movies to classic works of literature, we have been fed with stories where the protagonists face immense challenges, are humiliated but determined to improve their conditions, and eventually proveContinueContinue reading “Between Two Kingdoms review”
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Educated review: a story of self-empowerment
My parents often speak of education, of how it transforms lives and helps people dismantle stratification. Education has been the core of my dad’s story of self-making, and now it is becoming my own. To Tara Westover, author of the memoir Educated, education renews her vision and awakens her awareness of the world, freeing herContinueContinue reading “Educated review: a story of self-empowerment”
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