“The prostitute journalist is a familiar and well-understood figure in the Middle East, and Saddam Hussein's regime made lavish use of the buyability of the regional press. Now we, too, have hired that clapped-out old floozy, Miss Rosie Scenario, and sent her whoring through the streets.” WellsMadeUseStreetsMiddleMissingFiguresUnderstoodPressesEastFamiliarJournalistRegimesMiddle EastSaddamHusseinScenariosRosie Author:Christopher Hitchens
“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
“If you look at the list of the top wheat importers for 2010, almost half of them are Middle Eastern regimes: Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Libya, and Tunisia. Egypt is the number-one importer of wheat in the entire world. Tunisia leads the entire world in per capita wheat consumption. So it's no wonder that the revolutions began with Tunisians waving baguettes in the streets and Egyptians wearing helmets made of bread.” IfsWorldLooksMadeNumbersHalfWonderStreetsMiddleRevolutionIraqListsBreadRegimesConsumptionEgyptEasternWheatArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisHelmetLibyaMoroccoYemenTunisiaAlgeriaBaguettes Author:Annia Ciezadlo
“I started to understand what the song could be about. The ache of nostalgia even for things we don't like, the commitment to keep moving despite that ache. It made me think of how I relate to my privilege - as a white person, as someone who grew up upper middle class.” ThinkingPersonsMadeMovingSongWhiteClassMiddleGrewGrew UpCommitmentPrivilegeNostalgiaDespiteRelateMiddle ClassAcheKeep MovingUpper Middle Class Author:Erin McKeown
“One of the things about me is that I actually had marginally middle-class living from writing. For years and years, I actually wrote so much through the '70s and '80s that I made a living. And very rarely have I had to take another job. And now it's impossible for anybody coming up to make such a living. They've pissed in the temple, you know?” KnowsWritingYearsMadeJobsClassImpossibleMiddleTemplesMiddle Class80s Author:Richard Meltzer