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What Our Ideas About Ugliness Reveal About Our Anxieties Surrounding Gender

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By Stephanie Fairyington Verified
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I was assessing my face against my mother’s from my earliest memories, or rather the world around me was, and it was consistently communicating—in a quizzical glance or a compliment withheld or a hostile blank face—that I was falling short, way short. In fact, I remember the exact moment my ugly sense of self went from a hazy half thought to a bright hue of certainty.
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The Challenge—and Joy—of Defining and Setting Healthy Boundaries

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Figuring out (and asking for) what we need or want can be uniquely challenging, especially for women: We’re socially and culturally conditioned to place our desires beneath those of others. Whether it’s with family members, friends, or colleagues, we don’t want to impose, hurt feelings, or incur displeasure, no matter how uncomfortable or unhealthy a situation is.
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How the Owner of an Upscale Family Shop Uplifts the Entire City of Chicago Original

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Ellen Stirling, the 73-year-old CEO and owner of The Lake Forest Shop, a local fashion institution in the Chicago area that’s celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, always planned to use her ample advantages to uplift her beloved city of Chicago. Her first major foray into philanthropy and improving the lives of Chicagoans started in 1972 after she graduated from Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. with a B.A. in art history.
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