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If fairy tales do so much to oppress women and distort their experiences, why were women sharing them, preserving the warped morality at their center? It's a hairy question, one that must factor in myriad considerations, like internalized misogyny and a desire on the part of the tellers to captivate their audiences, rather than scare them off ...
Skimming is a process of speed reading that involves visually searching the sentences of a page for clues to the main idea or when reading an essay, it can mean reading the beginning and ending for summary information, then optionally the first sentence of each paragraph to quickly determine whether to seek still more detail, as determined by the questions or purpose of the reading.
This page lists recordings of Wikipedia articles being read aloud, and the year each recording was made. Articles under each subject heading are listed alphabetically (by surname for people). For help playing Ogg audio, see Help:Media. To request an article to be spoken, see Category:Spoken Wikipedia requests.
Here are just some reasons why it is worthwhile creating spoken recordings of articles. Spoken articles make Wikipedia content available to those who can understand English but cannot read it. Users can listen to Wikipedia articles while they perform tasks that preclude reading but not concentration (such as running, or housework).
Not long ago, Linda Khan was sitting by a hospital bed in Houston, feeling ill at ease. On the day I stopped by, a retired opera singer was reading the sci-fi thriller Logan’s Run to half a ...
Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of symbols, often specifically those of a written language, by means of sight or touch. [1] [2] [3] [4]For educators and researchers, reading is a multifaceted process involving such areas as word recognition, orthography (spelling), alphabetics, phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and motivation.
Why We Love Women (Romanian: De ce iubim femeile) is a 2004 short story collection by the Romanian writer Mircea Cărtărescu. The twenty stories all have a female protagonist, and had previously been published in the magazine Elle. [1] The book was published in English in 2011 through University of Plymouth Press. [2]
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