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Have the Courage of Your Mistakes

Have the Courage of Your Mistakes

What happens when half of our political representatives lack all self-respect?

Jill Filipovic
Jan 15, 2021
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A scene from another life (Udaipur, India, September 2015)

There’s a Joan Didion essay I return to ever so often, written for Vogue in 1961, called “On Self-Respect.” You may have read it before, as it seems to make the rounds every few years, but it’s one of my favorites because it spans so much: Literature, professional jealousy, anxiety, competition, …

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