The New York Times #5

  Gabrielle Deydier is an author of a book titled “On Ne Naît Pas Grosse” (“One Is Not Born Fat”) which shows the reality of life of overweight people in France.  A writer used her own expirience as well as scientific studies to talk about it. “To be fat in France is to be a loser,” Ms. Deydier said. No one really expected that the book will be such a success. Readers present different reactions , some of them are ready to help obese people not to feel judged, some of them says that Gabrielle Deydier is simply normalizing obesity. France doesn't take part in actions which are supposed to let overweight people lead normal lifes ( for example by producing more plus size clothing) so the book is kind of a shocker. The author of “On Ne Naît Pas Grosse” points out that overweight people find problems with finding a job just because of the way they look. 

The New York Times #4

     Cambridge University , one of the most prestigious schools in England has stated that the college council had decided to allow transgender women to apply to female-only Cambridge college. Not that long time ago two other universities made the same decision.  Dr. Foster , a profesor of psychology recently commented on this decision : 

 "This doesn’t affect our single-sex status: We are a college that exists to prioritize women’s education and learning, but legally, societally and generationally, there has been a change in the understanding of gender and what makes one female.”

Germaine Greer a feminist, former lecturer very strongly criticized Murray Edwards' decision by claiming that "transgender women are not real women". 

     In my opinion great decision has been made . The world is changing , no one has anything to do with that. Giving transgender women an opportunity to study at the female-only college showed that Cambridge University is a school growing with the world , ready for a change to educate every person who deserves that. I am sure that thanks to Cambridge and two other universities other schools will soon make similar decision. 

BBC Captal

        An article about a new way of planning a work day. People usually plan their work day by writting down all the goals they have to achive, all the things they have to do to feel proud at the end of the day. But more and more people (including productivity experts) started taking about a "not-to-do" list where you are supposed to write down all the anti-goals you have . Why? To make your day much easier to go through . As one of the experts said , people are very often just focusing on the things they HAVE TO DO to be happy ,when the solution can be much easier : try to cut off from your day all the things and actions that can possibly make you less productive! Creating an anti-goal list can help you to change your perspective:
"Goals narrow our focus and motivate us in a specific direction.”

Link:
http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170919-the-power-of-a-not-to-do-list

The New York Times #3

     An article about a woman , Anne McBrearty Giotta who has lost her son at age of 83 . Even though she has been through a lot, the moment when she found out about her child's death will always be her worst memory. For every parent it is natural that their children will live much longer that them. And when it doesn't happen it may cause depression, rupture of a marriage. “You lose a part of yourself,” Ms. Giotta said.
    In my opinion the loss of a child is the worst thing that can happen to anyone. When the older member of a family dies although it is painful we can cope with that , by thinking it is the natural order of things. When someone who is supposed to live longer than us passes away it can upend everything , make us feel unsafe because there is no order, anyone can pass away anytime, make us hate the world because it seems totally unfair.