Sentences with phrase «uncomfortable truths about»

Stan Cox, the author of Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air - Conditioned World (and Finding New Ways To Get Through the Summer), looks at the implications of the spread of air conditioning across the developing world.

Sean O'Hagan: The Saatchi Gallery's messy, sprawling Out of Focus show reveals uncomfortable truths about the current state of photography

«Abdessemed's provocative works confront uncomfortable truths about ourselves that challenge us to think critically about humanity, diversity, culture and idealism, and his visit will offer a unique learning opportunity for our students.»

Though, if you do hear some uncomfortable truths about your favourite console during this article (which you undoubtedly will), please remember that shooting the messenger just makes you the bad guy.

Uncomfortable truths about his past rise up from this haunting investigation, truths that force him to reinterpret the events of the notorious Reasoner case from years before.

In Jackson's compassionate sixth novel, Someone Else's Love Story, her heroine Shandi has to do just that, even as she uncovers some uncomfortable truths about her life and meets the equally wounded, but less resiliant, William.

This years» survey does however reveal some uncomfortable truths about the state of language learning in England.

Jones» eerie story of a moon base worker who discovers uncomfortable truths about himself during a three year solo mission certainly achieved that.

In Get Out, Peele hides uncomfortable truths about race inside the Trojan horse of a crowd - pleasing thriller.

It bypasses the easiest targets to get at subtler, more uncomfortable truths about racism.

With her radio show, she reveals uncomfortable truths about the ways in which blacks and whites interact.

Not only that, it's also a social satire and within its caper hijinks are some uncomfortable truths about whiteness.

Pam Grady: Ostensibly the story of an actress facing uncomfortable truths about aging head - on when she agrees to play a role in a revival of the play that made her famous, Clouds of Sils Maria is more intriguing in its exploration of the relationship between Juliette Binoche's star and the personal assistant (a dazzling Kristen Stewart in her Cesar Award - winning performance) she expects to fill her every needs — including the lonely void at the center of her life.

Constructed as a puzzle or mystery, Snap cuts back and forth between several different timelines to reveal disturbing, often uncomfortable truths about the complex relationships between several different generations of an Irish family.

To the extent that Bacevich tells uncomfortable truths about the ambiguities, including moral ambiguities, that brought us to our present circumstance in the Middle East, his argument is to be welcomed.

You really were of zero help to her cause when it came for an observer like me, and in fact you made it harder for me to do the very thing you want all of us to do, which is to be open to hard and uncomfortable truths about people we either know, or used to admire.

Perhaps where film represents an aspiration, games reflect an uncomfortable truth about real life — that it might be a disadvantage to be a woman.

It seemed that Kosinski, an assistant professor at Stanford's graduate business school who had previously gained some notoriety for establishing that AI could predict someone's personality based on 50 Facebook Likes, had done it again; he'd brought some uncomfortable truth about technology to bear.

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Lee also said families needed to face up to «uncomfortable» truths about the demands of looking after elderly parents or grandparents, rather than expecting the state to care for them.

I was a little uncomfortable with my own statement about «when truth gets neglected in the name of love» for I have often seen love get neglected in the name of truth, which is also quite damaging.

But it can turn into self - delusion when it keeps us from being honest with ourselves about uncomfortable truths that might compel us to change.

And it is the truth which traditional talk about the last things has served to emphasize, however uncomfortable it may be and however men may have sought to evade it.

U idiot bigot she brought up jesus in a discussion about santa and said «I mean jesus was a white man too but you know its like we have he was a historical figure I mean thats a verifiable fact...» I watched the whole interview too if u like her so much why did nt u listen to her «just because it makes you uncomfortable doesn't mean you can just change it...» she did say those words so edited or not she proposed a lie as the truth jesus was as white as any middle eastern person is

It's an uncomfortable fact that raises more questions than answers, but it's the truth, so there's not much we can do about it.

Whilst I agree with many of the comments about Sanchez the uncomfortable truth is that he is the joint top scorer.

The remarks by Blears, who takes pride in delivering uncomfortable truths to the Labour party, marks the most significant intervention by a member of the cabinet following private briefings about the leadership ambitions of some ministers.

The uncomfortable truth is that a lagging shoulder area can never go unnoticed, so you need to stop whining about genetics and start building it ASAP.

The truth is, I've always heard such horror stories from other gals about how uncomfortable they are, so I was always leery about investing in such a shoe.

What's the point of going out with anyone if you can't speak the truth or if something about them is making you uncomfortable.

The «couple falling apart in paradise» genre is a rich one: from Voyage to Italy to Certified Copy and Before Midnight, there seems to be something about the old world wonders of Europe that provokes romantic resentments and uncomfortable truths.

As the truth emerges, Alike's home situation grows increasingly uncomfortable, between her Bible - thumping mother and her police officer father (Charles Parnell) who doesn't like the rumors he's heard about his daughter down at the local liquor store.

And though charters have taken to putting a good face on things by comparing themselves to their local district schools, which is fair, the truth about quality is uncomfortable.

Incredible in life, perhaps the most disturbing truth of all about Diane Kaplan Devries» work is the uncomfortable fact that so many elected officials, often led by so - called Democrats, immorally and unethically sought to throw up barriers to stop Diane's critical effort to make sure that Connecticut's children got the education they needed, while ensuring that Connecticut's middle income property taxpayers were treated more fairly.

Starting on Halloween and extending for about the next 48 hours, Thanks for the Trouble explores how Parker's unexpected encounter with Zelda, and her fearless willingness to tell the truth no matter how uncomfortable it is, allows him to open his eyes to a world he's been largely blind to since his father died.

It is as though, in picking apart the facets of a tree or a passing haze, he might find some truth about himself: an uncomfortable vision of our faculties» union in art.

Those words of wisdom captured a very uncomfortable truth of the state of the world: nowadays «not knowing» can not be an excused for inaction since we are constantly being bombarded with information from all fronts, including information about climate change and climate justice.

No matter what there was not to like about Jesse, one always felt that he at least was making an effort to expose uncomfortable truths.

«The uncomfortable truth is that many of these activists are passionate about their cause to the point of zealotry.