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The Amish Project—without the Amish

The Amish Project is a sentimental fictionalization of a tragedy. In 2006, a shooter entered a school in the Amish community of Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. He held ten girls hostage and shot eight of them, killing five. The Amish responded with forgiveness, reaching...

Ruined: Don’t look away

War is fought on women’s bodies. That truth is at the heart of Lynn Nottage’s Ruined. Nottage sets Ruined during the war in Congo, which was officially over in 2002 but continues to rage. The action unfolds in Mama Nadi’s roadside canteen and brothel. Government and...