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  • Shakespeare’s Sisters

    Shakespeare’s Sisters0

    It’s almost a century since Virginia Woolf wrote “Shakespeare’s Sister” in which she presented the plight of an imaginary sister of Shakespeare who is thwarted because of her sex from emulating her brother’s literary success. Frustrated by the lack of literary opportunity and finding herself pregnant, she does the only sensible thing that a woman

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  • Shakespeare: More Beneficial than Self-Help Books?

    Shakespeare: More Beneficial than Self-Help Books?0

    CBS News recently ran a brief segment featuring Ken Ludwig, a playwright and author of How to Teach Your Children Shakespeare. During the course of the interview, Ludwig explained that his purpose in writing the book was not only to get kids reading Shakespeare, but also to fill in the Shakespearean holes of the parents

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  • Shakespeare the Scapegoat: Sacrificing the Bard on an Altar of Ignorance

    Shakespeare the Scapegoat: Sacrificing the Bard on an Altar of Ignorance0

    In the aftermath of Trump’s shocking victory, the English Department at the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania called a meeting of its students to discuss the election. This might seem a little odd in itself. What, one wonders, has the election to do with the studying of literature at college? One might see how the

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  • Shakespeare is Being Translated… Into English

    Shakespeare is Being Translated… Into English0

    You may think that sounds like an Onion headline, but it’s not. According to a Wall Street Journal article penned by Dr. John McWhorter of Columbia University, “The Oregon Shakespeare Festival… has commissioned translations of all 39 of the Bard’s plays into modern English, with the idea of having them ready to perform in three

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  • Sexual Harassment Training Isn’t Just a Waste of Time: It’s Harmful

    Sexual Harassment Training Isn’t Just a Waste of Time: It’s Harmful0

    The last time you had to sit through a training program or sign your office’s fine-print disclosure on sexual harassment policy, you probably thought you were just wasting your time. You were wrong: Research suggests that efforts to raise awareness and train employees about sexual harassment may be worse than a waste. They may actually

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  • Sexual Harassment is Tax-Deductible

    Sexual Harassment is Tax-Deductible0

    • November 6, 2017

    Many of the recent stories about sexual abuse claims against disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly and other powerful actors, journalists and executives mention settlements either they or their employers made to silence women who accused them of misconduct. These settlements often require alleged victims to sign a nondisclosure agreement

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