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How Toxic Masculinity Imprisons Men

By Robin Bates | Published: April 16, 2025

Those men who are embracing toxic masculinity make themselves vulnerable since it’s so easy to deflate them. Lady Montagu pointed this out in an 18th century poem.

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Frustrated Longing in Queen Charlotte

By Robin Bates | Published: May 14, 2023

In Netflix’s “Queen Charlotte,” two widows form an unlikely friendship. Both would benefit from Lady Mary Wortley Montagu’s poetry.

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Atwood and the Aziz Ansari Affair

By Robin Bates | Published: January 17, 2018

Margaret Atwood is under fire for her cautions about #MeToo movement. Her novels are useful, however, in the Aziz Ansari affair.

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The Rich Complain about Shaming

By Robin Bates | Published: October 18, 2015

Some wealthy Americans are receiving therapy to make them feel better about their riches. Swift would have something to say about this, as would F. Scott Fitzgerald and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.

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Gillibrand & Montagu vs. Senate Sexism

By Robin Bates | Published: September 22, 2014

How should Kirsten Gillibrand have responded to sexual harassment by fellow senators? Lady Mary Wortley Montagu provides a good model.

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