November 7, 2017 Reasons why people read less

13 Reasons Why People Read Less and Less

Complaints about people not reading as much anymore are something I always hear from elder intellectuals. There are studies that show the correlation of education and wealth to people reading less but there are also more personal ones. I came up with a list of thirteen reasons why people read less – these are the […]

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November 4, 2017 on tyranny porch reader philippines

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Award-winning author, historian, and public intellectual Timothy Snyder cleverly bridges the gap between the tragedies of the recent past of the Western tyrannical politics and the present in his latest work ‘On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century. Although his lessons, which are drawn from two of Europe’s most notorious perpetrators of genocide, are […]

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October 18, 2017 talk dirty to me

Talk Dirty To Me: The Sex-Positive View

The issues in feminism shifted from lesbianism to sexuality (sexual practices) towards the end of the 1970s. They mainly talked about prostitution, pornography, and sadomasochism. However, these third-wave feminists had different takes on these issues so they were divided according to their stand on women’s sexuality, consequently, the feminist sex war was born. The radicals, […]

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September 25, 2017 a book for the broken porch reader philippines

Women Who Run With the Wolves: A Book for the Broken and Ready to Heal

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By the dawn of the 20th century, there are literally over a thousand approaches to psychotherapy. Some of which are revisions of the historical methods while others took an entirely different path but, for practical reasons, the most known method is the Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, sometimes together with Pharmacotherapy. It is an evidence-based practice, meaning, it […]

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June 16, 2017 Books That Tickled My Brain

How These Three Awesome Books Tickled My Brain

Reading books is a favorite past time of mine, and over the years I have accumulated quite a collection that I keep on re-reading time and time. There are stories that, when you read them, you find yourself thinking what ifs. Here are some books that really tickled my brain.   The Good Omens by […]

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