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Alice Robb

Alice Robb is the author of Don’t Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet.

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June 19, 2024
Alice Robb
The Unexpected Afterlife of Autobiography of a Face
Lucy Grealy’s 1994 bestseller has become part of a larger story of literary friendship and the boundaries between artists and their work.
October 16, 2023
MagazineAlice Robb
Alexei Ratmansky, Ukraine, and the Future of Ballet
The leading choreographer kept art and politics remarkably separate until the invasion of his home country.
February 5, 2015
Alice Robb
In Israeli Divorce, "The Man Has All the Power"
Shlomi and Ronit Elkabetz discuss their critically acclaimed film.
January 30, 2015
Alice Robb
Does Domestic Violence Really Increase on Super Bowl Sunday?
January 8, 2015
Alice Robb
There Is No 'Charlie Hebdo' In America
November 12, 2014
Alice Robb
What Happens When a Math Whiz Grows Up? Depends on if You're a Boy or a Girl
November 7, 2014
Alice Robb
How Is the Most Insecure Ivy League University Also the #1 Party School in America? An Investigation.
October 7, 2014
Alice Robb
Share Your Chocolate. It’ll Make It Taste Better.
October 2, 2014
Alice Robb
How Do You Figure Out if a Mouse Is 'Depressed'?
September 30, 2014
Alice Robb
People Use Fewer First-Person Pronouns As They Get Older
September 27, 2014
Alice Robb
$8 Pizza Tastes Better Than $4 Pizza Even When It's the Same Pizza
September 10, 2014
Alice Robb
Women Who Wear Hijab Can Have a Better Body Image, Study Says
What the hijab tells us about standards of beauty from different parts of the world
September 1, 2014
Alice Robb
Science Does Not Support the 'Rule of Seven' for Relationships
Chris Martin and Jennifer Lawrence are fine
August 28, 2014
Alice Robb
Kids Are Exposed to More Fat Shaming on TV Than Adults
Animated shows are the worst offenders
August 27, 2014
Alice Robb
Short Men Make Better Boyfriends and Husbands
They're less likely to divorce and they do an extra hour of housework each week
August 24, 2014
Alice Robb
Why Does Sad Music Make Us Feel Happy?
August 15, 2014
Alice Robb
Don’t Blame Parkinson’s for Robin Williams’s Suicide
August 12, 2014
Alice Robb
Your Baby's Pacifier Could Be Stunting His Emotional Growth
July 28, 2014
Alice Robb
Why Plane Disasters Won’t Make People Afraid of Flying
July 22, 2014
Alice Robb
Bring Back the Wet Nurse!
A solution for working mothers that has been around for centuries

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