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Beyond Fairy Tales: How The Brothers Grimm Invented A Work Ethic For The Modern World

The Brothers Grimm (daguerreotype 1847).
The Brothers Grimm (daguerreotype 1847). Wikimedia

The 19th-century publishers of classic Fairy Tales like Cinderella and Hansel and Gretel were also renowned academics who established a way of working that offers important lessons for the modern world.

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A Cold German Takedown Of Gender-Inclusive Language

Some studies have shown a stronger 'male bias,' for example with words that are typically associated with men, such as pilots, soldiers and terrorists.
Some studies have shown a stronger "male bias," for example with words that are typically associated with men, such as pilots, soldiers and terrorists. Nicholas Jeffries

There’s a fundamental flaw in the case being made against certain grammatically gendered nouns.

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