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heather11483 ([personal profile] heathershaped) wrote2009-10-28 02:20 pm
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many stories matter

+ Has anyone tried the Write or Die desktop app? Worth the ten bucks? I like the regular version.

+ I want to share this vid, most recently picked up at [personal profile] deepad's journal.



Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie giving a talk about 'The Danger of a Single Story'


On reading, writing, and how the stories we're exposed to can shape our perspectives. It's eighteen minutes long, but more than worth a listen.

The problem with the single story is this: it robs people of dignity. It makes our recognition of our equal humanity difficult. It emphasizes how we are different, rather than how we are similar.

Word. I would quote the whole talk back at you if I could.