“I am committed to writing appropriate books for the middle grades. This means no bad language, no gratuitous or explicit violence, and no sexual content beyond what you might find in a PG-rated movie – expressions of who likes whom, holding hands, and perhaps the occasional kiss. The idea that we should treat sexual orientation itself as an adults-only topic, however, is absurd. Non-heterosexual children exist. To pretend they do not, to fail to recognize that they have needs for support and validation like any child, would be bad teaching, bad writing, and bad citizenship.” NeedsShouldWritingMeanChildrenBookIdeasHandsMightWould BeLanguageSupportViolenceFailingTeachingMiddleExpressionKissingAdultsTreatsCommittedLikesAbsurdGradesAppropriateCitizenshipTopicsOccasionalOrientationValidationExplicitHolding HandsBad WritingBad Language Author:Rick Riordan
“This going into Europe will not turn out to be the thrilling mutual exchange supposed. It is more like nine middle-aged couples with failing marriages meeting in a darkened bedroom in a Brussels hotel for a group grope.” TurnsFailingGroupsMiddleCoupleEuropeMeetingsNineHotelMutualBedroomThrillingMiddle AgedBrussels Author:E. P. Thompson
“I do not see the E.E.C. [European Economic Community] as a great love affair. It's more like nine middle aged couples with failing marriages meeting at a Brussels hotel for a group grope.” HomeCommunityFailingGroupsEconomicMiddleCoupleTravelMeetingsAffairNineHotelMiddle AgesGreat LoveLove AffairMiddle AgedBrussels Author:Kenneth Tynan
“We urgently need a debate about the best ways of supporting families in modern America, without blinders that prevent us from seeing the full extent of dependence and interdependence in American life. As long as we pretend that only poor or abnormal families need outside assistance, we will shortchange poor families, overcompensate rich ones, and fail to come up with effective policies for helping families in the middle.” WayNeedsLongHelpingAmericaPoorRichFailingSeeingModernMiddlePolicyCome UpDebateBest WayDependenceAssistanceAbnormalInterdependenceAmerican LifeBlindersPoor FamilyModern America Book:The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap Source: The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap
“Women have made enormous progress on the lower and middle rungs of the career ladder, but we are failing to make the leap into senior positions. Everyone jumps to the conclusion that it's motherhood that holds women back, but often the big roadblock is the lack of executive presence.” MadeBigsCareersProgressFailingMiddlePositionMotherhoodEnormousConclusionExecutivesLeapSeniorLaddersRoadblock Author:Sylvia Ann Hewlett
“I tend to overuse the word "project" only because "book" is terrifying while I'm still in the middle of something. A project can fail. I don't want a book to fail.” WantStillsBookFailingMiddleProjects Author:Rigoberto Gonzalez
“Left-leaning policies - I'm 52 years old, I've been to Cuba, I've been to dysfunctional state oriented places - left-leaning policies fail the lower and middle classes.” YearsStatesLeftClassFailingMiddlePolicyMiddle ClassCuba Author:Anthony Scaramucci
“I have never, not once, gone on television and not received some email or tweet or comment about my hair. Without fail. Isn't that absurd? All it does is make me want to shape my bangs into a sort of middle finger-like sculpture.” WantDoeGoneFailingMiddleTelevisionHairShapesFingersAbsurdCommentEmailSculptureBangsTweetMiddle Finger Author:Sally Kohn