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Interrupting the Family Barbecue: In Search of the Planetary Health Diet
The urgency of transforming our systems for food production.
Jim Ross
Online Features
A Critique of Health Consciousness
The possible ill effects of worrying too much and talking too much about our food choices.
Caroline Morris
Student Voices Project
A Tool or a Weapon
The Quaker approach to competition has influenced my life greatly. From my experiences, I’ve learned that competition can be utilized…
Hazel Mariani
Student Voices Project
Wrestling with Defeat
I am not a perfect Quaker. My family discovered Quakerism when I was two years old. I grew up with…
Clay Lewis
Student Voices Project
High School Hierarchy
I cried yesterday. I was sobbing: red, wet, puffy, and gross because of the academic competition I face in school…
Felicity Medina
Student Voices Project
What Page Are You On?
Competition surrounds my life. In almost everything I do there is some sort of a competition involved even when there…
Nicole Sosnik
Student Voices Project
Truly Winning at Life
Competition is a big part of the everyday world. It overlaps with the desire for power and the desire for…
Sophia Stylianos
Student Voices Project
Growth and Learning
I used to wrestle... One time, after losing a match, I sat back down on the bench, changing my shoes…
Wielond Kirby
Competing Against Myself
What does it mean to win or lose? How can we use competition to grow as individuals? In response to…
Student Voices Project
My Revelation with Quaker Competition
I used to despise competition. Growing up with siblings, our lives were devoted to one-upping each other and proving who…
Carluccio Horton
Student Voices Project
The Value of Intense Competition
As my dirty, sweaty palm makes contact with my opponent’s, I look him in the eye. He was their striker…
Jack Davis
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