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Elsa was Evil: the Inverted Morality of Frozen
How to protect your children from Moral Terrorism in modern stories
Aug 15
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Megha Lillywhite
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How Women Become Evil
The Lindsey Clancy Murders and MomSlop Propaganda
Aug 5
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Megha Lillywhite
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July 2026
Being More Human
On Josef Pieper's Definition of Virtue
Jul 28
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Megha Lillywhite
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What “The Secret Garden” can teach you about True Health
Fresh Air, Boredom, Laughter and Currant Buns
Jul 20
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Megha Lillywhite
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Lowercase "i" poetry is stealing your life-force
You are not a victim of your own life
Jul 15
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Megha Lillywhite
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The Political Extremism of Raising Healthy Children
The Ordinary, Good Childhood, is a political project
Jul 7
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Megha Lillywhite
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June 2026
The Case for Sheltering a Child from Knowledge of Wickedness
Notes from Plato’s Republic Book III on Stories for Children
Jun 28
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Megha Lillywhite
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On the Truths and Lies of "Natural Beauty"
In the Odyssey and in the Iliad, we see Athena and Aphrodite frequently interfering in the lives of mortals to make them taller, more muscular, their…
Jun 14
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Megha Lillywhite
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Plato’s Republic Book II: What would you do if you could get away with it?
In which not a single train of thought was ridden to the end
Jun 13
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Megha Lillywhite
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Kiki’s Delivery Service and the Good Female Protagonist
Female-centred stories don't need to be terrible
Jun 9
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Megha Lillywhite
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Plato's Republic Book I Notes: Does Might Make Right?
Come read Plato's Republic with me!
Jun 3
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Megha Lillywhite
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May 2026
Wrath and Watercolour while the babies were asleep
How a mother of toddlers learned to draw by hand in an age of AI and iPad art
May 29
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Megha Lillywhite
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