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W hen I was growing up in the 1990s, it was a sign of sophistication to like Marilyn Manson. He was th e go-to signifier of edginess for suburban white kids, a man who embodied all that was ugliest in the world, but who did it, like, ironically. He sang songs from the perspective of abortion clinic shooters and the Antichrist. He used unredacted n-words and endorsed fascism in his biggest singles. For his fans — and I was very much among them — taking all that in stride, without getting offended, was a way to prove our own cool. Manson was a performance artist, we told ourselves, whose act highlighted the most unsavory corners of society. We were too smart to take his music at face value, let alone be shocked.But Marilyn Manson was also, by his own account, an abuser of women. In his memoir, The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, Manson tells the story of getting rid of a troublesome ex-girlfriend named Nancy by calling her up and telling her “if you don’t leave town, I’m going to have you killed.” In his own words, “I wasn’t exaggerating… I began mapping out different ways I could carry out my threat to Nancy with the least possible risk to myself.” The murder was planned out meticulously, down to body disposal methods. While he eventually decided against killing her, he did permit his new girlfriend to beat Nancy up the next time they ran into her, “fucking her up so badly I’d be surprised if she didn’t have permanent damage.”For Manson’s millions of fans, it was easier to see all this as social commentary, or sexual liberation, or simply stupid adolescent titillation, than it was to believe he was abusive.

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For Manson’s millions of fans, it was easier to see all this as social commentary, or sexual liberation, or simply stupid adolescent titillation, than it was to believe he was abusive.

On Monday, Evan Rachel Wood came forward on Instagram to confirm the rumors that Manson (whose real name is Brian Warner) had abused her. Wood had previously given a horrific testimony about the abuse in 2018, but she chose at that time to keep Manson’s identity anonymous. In her <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/evan-rachel-wood-sexual-abuse-testimony-congress_n_601812bcc5b653f644d5dda5?ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067&amp;guccounter=1">2018 testimony </a>, she described her experiences being threatened and gaslit, and “waking up to the man that claimed to love me raping what he believed to be my unconscious body.” Fear overtook Wood: “I was too afraid to fight back, he had threatened to kill me before.”

Details about Manson’s abusive tendencies have been so public, for so many years, with so many of them voluntarily shared by Manson himself, that it’s hard to believe the day of reckoning was so long coming. In one 2009 interview, he claimed that he <a href="http://pagesix.com/2021/02/01/marilyn-manson-fantasized-about-smashing-evan-rachel-woods-skull-in/">called Wood 157 times in one day </a>, and that he harbored “fantasies every day about smashing her skull in with a sledgehammer.” And even if you leave out Nancy, The Long Hard Road Out of Hell is full of other stories about terrorizing women. Manson says that he used to flirt with a girl he had a crush on by placing anonymous phone calls threatening to rape her, shares a “trick I’ve become quite famous for” which involves tricking women into drinking a full glass of tequila so that they’ll pass out, and alleges that he and Trent Reznor tied up a woman in a hotel room and set fire to her pubic hair.Yet, for Manson’s millions of fans — and even many of his detractors — it was easier to see all this as social commentary, or sexual liberation, or simply stupid adolescent titillation, than it was to believe he was abusive.Even if we did believe, it was easy to look the other way. Horrific as it is, Manson’s self-confessed behavior is not wildly out of line with what we expect from rock stars. Jimmy Page <a href="http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/11-rock-stars-who-allegedly-slept-with-underage-girls-7980930">kidnapped a 14-year-old groupie, </a>Ted Nugent became his 17-year-old girlfriend’s legal guardian in lieu of marrying her, and Steven Tyler adopted a 16-year-old so that he could have sex with her, then coerced her into getting an abortion. Manson rose to fame in the same decade as R. Kelly, who was caught on tape <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/surviving-r-kelly-clips-sex-tape-trial-774958/">urinating on a 14-year-old girl </a>and still enjoyed a commercially successful career. Trent Reznor is implicated in at least one of Manson’s stories about abusing a woman, and his reputation has so far not been damaged. We would rather keep these famous men in the canon, with a few euphemistic caveats about their “flaws,” than hold them accountable and risk having to abandon our heroes. Women’s lives are less important than our right to listen to our high school record collections without feeling guilty. Manson’s art glorified violence against women and he had an obsession with women’s dead and mutilated bodies that now seems chilling. He wrote<a href="http://genius.com/Marilyn-manson-spade-lyrics">multiple songs </a>from the perspective of men who <a href="http://genius.com/Marilyn-manson-i-want-to-kill-you-like-they-do-in-the-movies-lyrics">killed their girlfriends </a>, created paintings of the Black Dahlia murder, and <a href="http://www.nachtkabarett.com/ArtAndTheGoldenAgeOfGrotesque/Spade">staged photographs </a>of his then-girlfriend Dita Von Teese naked and covered in fake blood.

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Manson’s art glorified violence against women and he had an obsession with women’s dead and mutilated bodies that now seems chilling. He wrote<a href="http://genius.com/Marilyn-manson-spade-lyrics">multiple songs </a>from the perspective of men who <a href="http://genius.com/Marilyn-manson-i-want-to-kill-you-like-they-do-in-the-movies-lyrics">killed their girlfriends </a>, created paintings of the Black Dahlia murder, and <a href="http://www.nachtkabarett.com/ArtAndTheGoldenAgeOfGrotesque/Spade">staged photographs </a>of his then-girlfriend Dita Von Teese naked and covered in fake blood.

Women’s lives are less important than our right to listen to our high school record collections without feeling guilty.﻿

He wasn’t. Despite his pretensions to “edginess,” Manson only ever did exactly what he could get away with, and in a climate of overarching cultural misogyny, he could get away with a lot. As a fan, I blame myself for being taken in, but that’s the point: It’s often impossible to tell an “ironic” abuser from a real one until you’re alone with him. I wanted to be in on the joke. I wanted to believe this guy was smarter than he looked. The alternative was that a man could confess to abusing women on a national stage, and no one would care. That was a lot more frightening than a few songs about the devil.﻿

The rock star was open and proud about abusing women for years. We were so used to pop-culture misogyny that we didn't notice.

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Even though the appliance changed my cooking lifestyle for the better, there were still a few things about the air fryer that surprised me and that I wish I knew before I made the purchase.

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When the holidays came around, I decided to finally find out what all the fuss was about. Instantly, I understood why so many people have fallen in love with the kitchen appliance. The air fryer became a game-changer in my kitchen, allowing me to cook dinner in minutes and fry chicken, vegetables, and other foods without submerging them in unhealthy oil.﻿

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There are a ton of air fryers on the market right now, but it mostly boils down to two models: a convection oven air fryer and a basket air fryer. The first one resembles a mini toaster or convection oven. On the other hand, the basket air fryer is the more traditional air fryer that uses a drawer-like compartment to cook food.I was not expecting there to be so many options, so I had to do a lot of research to make sure I was making the right decision. In the end, I decided to buy the <a href="https://www.crateandbarrel.com/cuisinart-airfryer/s315453?localedetail=US&amp;storeid=633&amp;a=1552&amp;campaignid=10461646731&amp;adgroupid=103999388619&amp;targetid=pla-367631074757&amp;pla_sku=315453&amp;pcat=HSW&amp;ag=adult&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiA3smABhCjARIsAKtrg6KefHq5-RvY0zLqjFnUY6auh_9aMAbHExzU2Wp9xwBcW2zdvu5WLfQaAvglEALw_wcB">Cuisinart convection oven air fryer for $100 </a>because it has more capabilities, like broiling, toasting, and roasting.

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The most successful people know there are more benefits to taking up a hobby than simply blowing off steam.By Hillary Hoffower and Marguerite Ward The most successful people know there is more to life than simply eating, sleeping, and working — it’s about enjoying life, too.

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Branson is well-known for his adventurous side, and you’ve likely seen many a photo of the Virgin Group founder kitesurfing and hanging out on the high seas. But perhaps his favorite hobby is far more of a mental activity.“I think chess may just be the best game in the world,” <a href="https://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/what-is-the-best-game-in-the-world">he writes on Virgin’s blog </a>. “It combines the greatest aspects of many different sports — tactics, planning, bravery, and risk-taking — plus you can have a cup of tea and often a stimulating conversation while you play!”Branson says he’s likely played thousands of games in his lifetime, and <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/my-perfect-weekend/8636955/My-perfect-weekend-Richard-Branson.html">he tells The Telegraph </a>afternoons on Necker Island are always spent on the beach, oftentimes playing chess with his kids.

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The award-winning actress says <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2013/01/famous-knitters/">she loves to knit </a>, and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0918927/trivia">she’s even said to have </a>hand-knitted the shawl she wore in the movie “Doubt.”Streep <a href="http://makeitandmendit.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-meryl-knits-her-way-into-zone.html">admits that she spends much of her time on set knitting </a>and finds the hobby to be therapeutic: “For me it was a place to gather my thoughts and understand the contemplative (life) … it’s a sort of clearing out place.”In fact, <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2013/01/famous-knitters/">tons of celebrities </a>, especially actors who have plenty of time to kill on set between takes, love to spend their free time knitting. <a href="http://magazine.foxnews.com/celebrity/kate-middleton-and-other-celebs-known-knit">The list </a>includes Julia Roberts, Ryan Gosling, and Christina Hendricks.

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In his spare time, the Google cofounder <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sergey-brin-chooses-high-adrenaline-exercise-2014-8#ixzz3dMW9zvvj">likes to push his body to the limit in any way he can </a>. This includes roller hockey, ultimate Frisbee, gymnastics, skydiving, and high-flying trapeze.

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<a href="http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/16/hobbies-billionaires-celebrities-lifestyle-hobbies-09_slide_22.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">﻿According to Forbes </a>, the Berkshire Hathaway CEO’s love for the ukulele spans decades.﻿

﻿﻿“Nothing, not one thing or activity, can replace the experience of a good read — being transported to a different land, a different realm, through words and language,” <a href="http://www.oprah.com/inspiration/oprah-on-the-joy-of-reading" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">she wrote </a>on her website.

The former Secretary of State picked up golf at the age of 50 when her cousin’s husband gave her golfing lessons on the range.

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A celebration of the meaning and comfort printed books bring to our homes and lives, from the curation and design experts at Juniper Books. Explore the significance of the home library, embellished with alluring photography and illustrations, in a keepsake worthy of any bibliophile’s collection. For the Love of Books shares the vision of Juniper Books, a business that embraces the roles that books fulfill in our lives and their staying power. It recounts the history of books and private libraries, and champions the resilience of books in the digital era. Dive into the nuances that define books for reading, books for decoration, and books for inspiration. Instructive chapters provide useful details for creating and curating one’s own home library, whether it be a single shelf or multiple rooms each with their own collection. You will never look at your bookshelves the same way again. For the Love of Books is about storytelling beyond the pages of our favorite books. Our books—the ones we choose to keep—tell the story of who we are. They remind us who we once were and who we aspire to be. Thatcher Wine founded Juniper Books in 2001. The company creates custom libraries and has perfected the art of turning books inside out to allow for books to tell stories not just to us, but about us. Working with booklovers, homeowners, and designers, Juniper Books has provided the world with a fresh new approach to the printed book. Thatcher grew up in New York City where his parents owned and operated The Quilted Giraffe, one of the most innovative restaurants in America. Thatcher graduated from Dartmouth College with a degree in history and art history and lives in Boulder, Colorado. Elizabeth Lane is the founder of Quarterlane, a quarterly subscription book service which merged with Juniper Books in 2018. She is also the book buyer for her local independent bookstore, Partners Village Store and Kitchen in Westport, Massachusetts. Prior to working in books, Elizabeth worked in contemporary visual art—in galleries, nonprofit initiatives and museums in New York, Austin, and Chicago. Elizabeth graduated from Davidson College with a degree in art history and received her masters degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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An innovative, internationally developed system to help advance science learning and instruction for high school students This book tells the story of a $3.6 million research project funded by the National Science Foundation aimed at increasing scientific literacy and addressing global concerns of declining science engagement. Studying dozens of classrooms across the United States and Finland, this international team combines large-scale studies with intensive interviews from teachers and students to examine how to transform science education. Written for teachers, parents, policymakers, and researchers, this book offers solutions for matching science learning and instruction with newly recommended twenty-first-century standards.

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