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How Jimmy Stewart in It’s a Wonderful Life Embodies the Best of America

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By Emily St. James, Lauren Theisen
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George Bailey is more Christmas than Santa Claus. And yes, they are in competition with each other. Whenever one TV station is playing It’s a Wonderful Life, you can bet that our country’s other black-and-white holiday classic, Miracle on 34th Street, is just a channel away. Article continues after advertisement George lives on as our Christmas avatar at least in part because he represents so many of our shared anxieties about the holiday season.
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Emily St. James on Using Differing POVs to Write a Trans Novel

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By Emily St. James
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Before I accepted my own transness, I spent far too many evenings browsing Reddit, YouTube, and Instagram, looking at the timelines of trans people who had leapt out into the great unknown that was medical transition. Across the months, their bodies metamorphosed, and their personal senses of style grew more distinct. So many of them became so, so, so, so, so hot.
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Summary and Reviews of Woodworking by Emily St. James

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By Emily St. James
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Book Summary An unforgettable and heartwarming book-club debut following a trans high school teacher from a small town in South Dakota who befriends the only other trans woman she knows: one of her students. Erica Skyberg is thirty-five years old, recently divorced―and trans. Not that she's told anyone yet. Mitchell, South Dakota, isn't exactly bursting with other trans women. Instead, she keeps to herself, teaching by day and directing community theater by night.
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