“Empathy is cloaked in our actions - as in, we might be experiencing empathy but not realize it's empathy.” MightActionRealizingEmpathyOur Actions Author:Leslie Jamison
“Post-wounded women know that postures of pain play into limited and outmoded conceptions of womanhood. Their hurt has a new native language spoken in several dialects: sarcastic, jaded, opaque; cool and clever. They guard against those moments when melodrama or self-pity might split their careful seams of intellect, expose the shame of self-absorption without self-awareness.” KnowsSelfPlayMomentsMightPainLanguageHurtAwarenessShameSelf AwarenessCarefulIntellectCleverPityPostsNativeSarcasticConceptionSplitsWoundedWomanhoodPostureSelf PityAbsorptionJadedDialectMelodramaSelf AbsorptionOpaqueNative Language Author:Leslie Jamison
“Though there might not be any easy answers to the problem of poverty, its most compelling scribes do not resign themselves to representation solely for the sake of those age-old verities of truth and beauty.” ProblemMightAgeEasyAnswersPovertySakeCompellingRepresentationTruth And BeautyEasy AnswersScribes Author:Leslie Jamison
