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White Paper: The Relationship Between Fanny Price and Her Father in Mansfield Park: Assessing the Reasonableness of Predatory Readings in Historical Context

Posted on October 18, 2025 by nathanalbright

Abstract This paper explores the extent to which it is reasonable to interpret the relationship between Fanny Price and her father, Mr. Price, in Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park (1814), as bearing predatory or sexually exploitative undertones. It situates this interpretive … Continue reading →

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Elder Abuse: A Global Analysis of Patterns, Perpetrators, and Prevalence

Posted on December 6, 2024 by nathanalbright

Elder abuse represents a significant public health concern that manifests across cultural and national boundaries. The World Health Organization defines elder abuse as “a single or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Sound Of Freedom

Posted on July 20, 2023 by nathanalbright

The Sound Of Freedom is a movie whose story of how it came to be released in theaters–and the surprise hit of 2023–is filled with nearly as many twists and turns as the movie itself. Originally produced by 20th Century … Continue reading →

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Abusus Non Tollit Usum

Posted on April 10, 2023 by nathanalbright

There are many fallacies involved in human reasoning, and I find it striking that this is a point that people find this sort of point to hammer on so much. I was doing some reading today while dealing with internet … Continue reading →

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Try Not To Abuse Your Power

Posted on May 1, 2021 by nathanalbright

While I have generally been pretty critical of celebrity culture, I do find it interesting that the latest single by musician Billie Eilish deals with the question of power and its abuse as well as the strange way it makes … Continue reading →

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Is Fame Abuse?

Posted on April 26, 2021 by nathanalbright

One of the more underlying but consistent themes that I write about concerning celebrity culture is the rather demented nature of it. One does not have to look very hard to see that fame is hard on people. Celebrities lose … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Talking With Teens About Sexuality

Posted on February 23, 2021 by nathanalbright

Talking With Teens About Sexuality, by Beth Robinson & Latayne C. Scott [Note: This book was provided free charge by Bethany House Publishing in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.] In general, I think … Continue reading →

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Book Review: How To Forgive When It Feels Impossible

Posted on February 18, 2021 by nathanalbright

How To Forgive When It Feels Impossible, by Peter Horrobin [Note: This book was provided free of charge by Chosen Books in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.] When one is reading a book … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Wine Girl

Posted on February 14, 2021 by nathanalbright

Wine Girl: The Obstacles, Humiliations, And Triumphs Of America’s Youngest Sommelier, by Victoria James This book would more accurately have been titled whine girl, as most of this book consists of the author whining about her hard life and how … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Open Book

Posted on October 25, 2020 by nathanalbright

Open Book, by Jessica Simpson As an artist, Jessica Simpson has always been one of those b-level singers who had modest success but whose main contribution to the cultural zeitgeist has been her cluelessness about tuna as being the chicken … Continue reading →

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