Name: Roxane Gay: Confessions...
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Description: Some of my transgressions are more flagrant. If a woman wants to take her husband's name, that is her choice, and it is not my place to judge. If a woman chooses to stay home to raise her children, I embrace that choice, too. The problem is not that she makes herself economically vulnerable in that choice;

Michael Leunig

If the nose has become a deeply disillusioned and grief-stricken organ in the modern world, then what of the ear? The poor little ear - such an innocent, intelligent and sensitive creature; in these times of such flagrant sonic brutality, the sense within the ear has much to contend with.

Australian Cartoonist

Stephen Kinzer

In fairness, Latin America's elected civilian leaders have made progress in some areas. They have brought their countries back to international respectability, curbed flagrant human rights violations, and sought to build democratic political institutions.

American Author

Julian Assange

When Enron collapsed, through court processes, thousands and thousands of emails came out that were internal, and it provided a window into how the whole company was managed. It was all the little decisions that supported the flagrant violations.

Australian Activist

Matthew Walker

What is dreaming, and what happens, and are there any real benefits to dreaming? Well, to take a step back, I think it's important to note that dreaming essentially is a time when we all become flagrantly psychotic.

English Scientist

Samuel Hopkins

If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it is indeed folly to put ourselves to any trouble and expense in order to free them.

American Clergyman

Preet Bharara

We have witnessed the most educated, successful, and monied professionals in the country put their companies - not to mention their own liberty - at risk by engaging in flagrant and foolhardy illegal conduct.

American Public Servant

Percy Bysshe Shelley

When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all comment is superfluous - or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.

English Poet

Dominic Raab

While we have some of the toughest anti-discrimination laws in the world, we are blind to some of the most flagrant discrimination - against men.

British Politician

John Shadegg

Putting a stop to internet gambling is a necessary reform that targets flagrant violations of state and federal laws.

American Politician

Katherine Ryan

The representation of women in hip-hop has long been so flagrantly unkind.

Canadian Comedian

Flagrant is used to express strong disapproval, often about behavior that is morally wrong or offensive.

Strong Negative

Often used in legal contexts, flagrant can describe actions that obviously violate laws or rules.

Legal Context

Flagrant is the opposite of subtle; it highlights something unmistakably bad or conspicuous.

Not Subtle

 Some of my transgressions are more flagrant. If a woman wants to take her husband's name, that is her choice, and it is not my place to judge. If a woman chooses to stay home to raise her children, I embrace that choice, too. The problem is not that she makes herself economically vulnerable in that choice;

Roxane Gay: Confessions...

 signers of the Convention yet many of their citizens show flagrant disregard for the agreement and there's been little enforcement by the respective governments along the border more bears are kept in tiny cages awaiting the day

Grisly Wildlife Trade...

 Her tapestry was almost alive, filled with movement and lustrous colors that winked triumphantly. When Athena saw Arachne's undeniably better and flagrantly subversive work, she flew into a rage and turned on the human weaver.

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