Emma drops the letter that her father is dead. The first thing she felt was sink as a sinking in her stomach and a trembling in her knees. I think it's interesting why she would be so motivated to make that leap immediately. M, but you know, one of the things that i really liked ias reading this aloud to because i thought it was so powerfula. This is what i want my daughter to feel. For her father death was the only thing that had happened in the world,. It would go on happening endlessly for ever after.
It’s a Borges bonanza! David and Tamler dive into two stories: “Emma Zunz” and “Borges and I.” The first seems like a straightforward daughter revenge story (Tamler’s favorite genre), but Borges being Borges there are layers of doubt and fuzziness about what exactly is going on. “Borges and I” may be less than a page, but it has us questioning our identity, the relationship between private and public selves, and what happens to when you release a work out into the world.
Plus, back to social psychology. Are you a picky eater? Then people think you suck at sex. We are not sure who is recording this podcast.
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- People who are willing to try new foods are perceived as more desirable and less sexually restricted
- Bradshaw, H. K., Mengelkoch, S., Espinosa, M., Darrell, A., & Hill, S. E. (2021). You are what you (are willing to) eat: Willingness to try new foods impacts perceptions of sexual unrestrictedness and desirability. Personality and Individual Differences, 182, 111082. — You are what you (are willing to) eat: Willingness to try new foods impacts perceptions of sexual unrestrictedness and desirability
- Emma Zunz by Jorge Luis Borges
- Borges and I by Jorge Luis Borges