Is a Therapist Allowed to Be Attractive? Beauty and style in the clinical encounter

Click Here to Read: Is a Therapist Allowed to Be Attractive? Beauty and style in the clinical encounter by By Sarika Persaud in The American Psychoanalyst on September 17, 2026.

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Liu Wen walks the runway at the Diane von Fürstenberg Spring/Summer 2014 show at New York Fashion Week, September 2013.Image: CHRISTOPHER MACSURAK  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

 

Yiddish’s ‘revival’ points to its resilience as a portable homeland – and a global reach, from Russia to Mexico

Click Here to Read: Yiddish’s ‘revival’ points to its resilience as a portable homeland – and a global reach, from Russia to Mexico to the US by Ilan Stavans on the Converstation website on August 31, 2026.

Yiddish-language advertisement for Joseph Moskowitz’s restaurant (c.1910s).  Image: Scott Rosenthal personal collection Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Regret, superstition, and trauma-bonding: two champions on what it’s really like to play in the World Cup

Click Here to Read: Regret, superstition, and trauma-bonding: two champions on what it’s really like to play in the World Cup: With eight appearances and three World Cup wins between them, soccer legends Abby Wambach and Julie Foudy peel back the curtain on life at the top of the sport Welcome to the Party and Danya Issawi On The Substack Post on
July 16, 2026.