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 Meryl Streep Gives Barnard Grads a Royal SendoffPosted on May 19, 2010
At least you know when you ask an Oscar-winning actress to be your commencement speaker that she probably won’t botch her lines, but will she actually have anything of value to say, or will she just spend 90 minutes exploring the nuances of her “craft”? Barnard College took this gamble, but on a pretty safe bet, when it chose Meryl Streep to send its she-grads off into the great unknown that is today’s job market. Here’s what Streep brought to the podium Monday. Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Advertisement Previous item: Presidents Obama and Calderon Dish on Arizona Immigration Law Next item: 'Left, Right & Center': Who's This Rand Paul Guy, Anyway? New and Improved CommentsWe are launching a major overhaul of our comments section. In addition to more robust spam filtering and moderation, new features include the ability to rate other comments, sort how they are displayed and respond directly via e-mail or in a thread. Unfortunately, commenters will lose their existing Truthdig identities. It's a pain, we know, but on the plus side you will now be able to log in with a plethora of options, including Google, Twitter, Facebook and Disqus accounts. Before launching this system we spent months in discussion with our top commenters. We listened to the feedback and we hope you like what we've come up with. Please direct any problems or concerns to us via our contact page. |
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By AnnieOH, May 24, 2010 at 2:41 pm Link to this comment
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Meryl Streep is one of a kind! She meets life through her soul…a soul who
understands the echo it sends.
Might be time to change the very words by which we humans reflect upon
ourselves and others. We are spirit—ether that takes many forms…as in “acting.”
Thank you, Truthdig, for posting this.
Report thisBy Bill, May 24, 2010 at 1:03 pm Link to this comment
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Very well done Meryl and well worth watching the entire talk.
Ms. Streep, have you been following the work in evolutionary psychology?
Report thisBy felicity, May 24, 2010 at 11:04 am Link to this comment
ofersince - Provocative thought. In 1935, the height of the Depression no less, Congress passsed the Federal Art Project which employed virtually all the major American artists. (It ended in 1943.)
Can anyone imagine Congress today even entertaining the thought of such a ‘radical’ measure? Immediately labeled “socialist” by the cretin Right - anything they don’t understand they label “socialist” - to lend one’s name to such a Project would spell political death. What the hell have we become.
Report thisBy ofersince72, May 23, 2010 at 3:54 pm Link to this comment
If you are familiar at all with Carlin , you understand
the gist in which he said this…
Those who argue that art and philosophy are proof of
Report thishuman worth neglect to mention that, in the scheme we have
devised, artists and philosophers are completely powerless
and largely without prestige. Art, music, and philosophy
are merely poignant examples of what we might have been
had not the priests and traders gotten hold of us.
CARLIN….
By ofersince72, May 23, 2010 at 2:19 pm Link to this comment
I am also thankful to Truth Dig for posting this
not just because Streep is a wonderful woman
Report thisbut to see and hear the young ladies respond to her.
It humbles you and gives an old man like me something
to believe in.
By guacamaya, May 23, 2010 at 6:53 am Link to this comment
Thanks Truthdig for sharing this.
Report thisBy Jason, May 20, 2010 at 10:29 pm Link to this comment
I only heard the usual fluff before I lost patience.
Report thisWhat’s the important bit so that I don’t have to watch
all of it?
By ongre11, May 20, 2010 at 10:25 pm Link to this comment
Because this site digs the truth and that is what she spoke of to the young women of today.
Report thisI listened to the whole thing it was very cool and honest.
By unregistered opinion, May 20, 2010 at 8:58 pm Link to this comment
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The bit about men, you know, empathy, has more to do with personality types than gender. But certainly, more men are ESTJs than women. But that doesn’t mean women can’t have a hard time empathizing or being uncomfortable around expressions of emotion.
Speaking as an INFP, I can say roughly 75% of the population doesn’t feel or empathize far enough, but I speaking from a bias based on my personality. But one thing, I certainly wouldn’t isolate an entire gender. That would be arrogant and missing the larger point: more empathy all around, please.
Report thisBy Jason, May 20, 2010 at 2:30 pm Link to this comment
I can’t believe this hasn’t been posted (or published)
Report thisyet, but why the hell is this on here?