Self-esteem articles
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"A Marriage Of Ineptitude & High Self-Esteem"
"A Marriage Of Ineptitude & High Self-Esteem" - Tucker Exposes The Liberal Cognoscenti "The marriage of ineptitude and high self-esteem is really the marker of our time," explains Tucker Carlson as part of his wide-ranging discussion with Joe Rogan. Reflecting on the likes of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Karine Jean-Pierre, Carlson remarks that "I've nothing against dumb people at all. My dogs are dumb and I love my dogs" "I'm not attacking [AOC] for being dumb, and the White...
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Self-Esteem and the End of the World by Luke Healy review – male anxiety hilariously meets global crisis
A painfully funny cartoon about a neurotic graphic artist deftly explores the themes of self-obsession and ecological disasterEnter the Faber/Observer/Graphica graphic short story prize 2024I’ve read Luke Healy’s new graphic novel twice: first, on screen last October (which was long before we asked him to be a judge of this year’s Faber/Observer graphic short story prize) and then in hardback a couple of weeks ago. The mark of a truly good book is that it’s even better second time around, and...
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The Merger Self, the Seeker Self, and the Lifelong Challenge of Balancing Intimacy and Independence
Each time I see a sparrow inside an airport, I am seized with tenderness for the bird, for living so acutely and concretely a paradox that haunts our human lives in myriad guises — the difficulty of discerning comfort from entrapment, freedom from peril. It is a paradox rooted in the early development of the psyche and most poignantly manifested in our intimate relationships as we confront over and over the boundary between where we end and the other begins, the challenge of balancing intimacy...