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Goliath and David Story: What Junior Got Wrong

How does Junior use the Goliath and David story in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian? Does the story actually apply to him? Junior’s school school, Reardan, has a basketball rivalry with his old school on the reservation. Junior compares the rivalry to the Goliath and David story. But by the end of the game, he realizes he has it backward. He’s not David, he’s Goliath, and it makes him sick. Read more about how Junior uses the Goliath and David story as a way to think about his basketball rivalry, and how he discovers he’s wrong.

How to Build Meaningful Relationships at Work

How do you build meaningful relationships at work? Can meaningful relationships help a company succeed? Building meaningful relationships at work helps a company succeed by creating a positive work culture, and fostering collaboration. Keep reading to find out more about building meaningful relationships at work.

Severe Paranoia: Signs of Susannah’s Brain on Fire

The Case for the Biopsychosocial Model for Depression

What does severe paranoia signal? Are there paranoia causes beyond mental illness? Severe paranoia is a recurring symptom in Brain on Fire. Susannah had paranoid thoughts about her family, her nurses, and her boyfriend. Read more about the severe paranoia exhibited by Susannah Cahalan.

Federalist 69: Who Makes Treaties?

Who makes treaties for the US? What does Federalist 69 say about the process? Federalist 69 is about the process of making treaties. The Constitution gives that power to the federal government, with the President negotiating and Senate ratifying. See what Federalist 69 says about who makes treaties.

Stephen Grywalski Never Left Susannah’s Side

Who is Stephen Grywalski? How did Susannah Cahalan’s boyfriend support her through her condition? Stephen Grywalski is Susannah Cahalan’s boyfriend in Brain on Fire. Even though they had only been dating briefly, he stuck by her through the ordeal. Read more about Susannah Cahalan and Stephen Grywalski.

The Game: PUAs and the Secret Seduction Community

What are PUAs in the book The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists? Who is the main The Game PUA? The Game‘s PUAs included many mentors that Neil Strauss learned from. These PUAs, also known as pickup artists, developed strategies to pick up women. In The Game, PUAs developed entire lifestyles based on picking up women and hedonism.

Neg: PUA Strategy That Manipulates With Insults

What is the neg PUA strategy? How do negs work for PUAs and what is the purpose of negging a girl? The neg PUA tactic s is when you offer a woman a backhanded compliment in order to injure her self esteem and make her more likely to want the PUAs attention. Like many other techniques, the neg PUA method played on gender power dynamics and depended on women lacking confidence in order to manipulate them.

What Is NLP in PUA Jargon? Here’s What It Means

What is NLP in PUA? How does NLP work for PUAs, and are there signs to watch for to recognize when a pickup artist is using NLP ? NLP in PUA is a technique where the PUA uses different words and movements to create subconscious responses. When Neil Strauss met Ross Jeffries, Jeffries demonstrated NLP in PUA. Learn more about NLP, PUA techniques, and use outside the PUA community.

Female Objectification Is Perpetuated by Pickup Artists

What is female objectification? How was the PUA community Strauss was involved in perpetuating the objectification of women? Neil Strauss learned that the PUA community fundamentally relied on female objectification. Men objectifying women has been going on for a long time, but the PUA community purposefully used gender power dynamics and more in order to achieve their “pickups.” As a result, Strauss learned that they perpetuated dangerous norms of female objectification, and discovered that this made it impossible to form real connections.

Dating Power Dynamics: How PUAs Use Them

What can the PUA community tell us about dating power dynamics? How do PUAs use dating power dynamics to improve their strategies as PUAs? Dating power dynamics are things such as confidence, gender roles, and social skills. PUAs utilized common knowledge about gender roles—like that women were taught to be submissive. Read about the strategies formed by PUAs that took advantage of these dating power dynamics.