selfhood
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Huntsinger hopes audiences won’t overlook Arthur Harari’s “The Unknown,” an uncanny body-swapping drama starring Léa Seydoux that uses its genre premise to explore questions of identity and selfhood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
For most adults, reading is a private endeavor, intrinsic to selfhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
Through her art and writing, she explores and dissects mental health, selfhood and relationships.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
In the face of so much frenzied curation and compulsory personal branding, how might a modern human maintain some iota of unshared selfhood, a soupçon of Greta Garbo mystique?
From New York Times ● Mar. 9, 2024
We catch this young girl at the dawn of her selfhood.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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