cogwbur.bsky.social
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@cogwbur.bsky.socialEssay: On July 19, 1986, Ann MacDonald and her mother gathered with thousands of other people outside of a Cape Cod church, hoping to catch a glimpse of Caroline Kennedy’s wedding. MacDonald writes, “I wanted a picture to remember this special day, and I would get it. Just not the one I expected.”
Show PostEssay: "Clark has ceased to be a mere basketball player. She’s become a mirror of a divided country — one that can’t seem to see eye-to-eye even when we’re all watching the same thing."
Show PostTo paraphrase Audre Lorde, we need poetry because there are no new ideas — only new ways of making them felt. "And, boy, do poems make us feel things," writes Kate Neale Cooper. spr.ly/63327BBRiwt
Show PostBits of joy, and odes to connection -- those are things people want right now, writes Cog editor Cloe Axelson. spr.ly/63320BBwS2E
Show PostI have no statistics to cite about the number of women who experience what is sometimes called "breastfeeding grief," writes Miriam Wasser. But I've come to believe that what happened to me, is, if not necessarily common, then at least quite prevalent. spr.ly/63325BBgASX
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