In 1996, a frustrated screenwriter got a fellowship in Italy. Twenty years later, Beyoncé released "Lemonade." Content warning: This episode includes a mention of suicide. Support us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/IfBooksPodWhere to find us: Twitter Peter's other podcast, 5-4 Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase Sources: Rebecca Solnit’s “A Paradise Built in Hell” Kelly Link's "White Cat, Black Dog" The Half-Century in Bullshit: On Peter Bogdanovich’s “Paper Moon” and Robert Greene’s “The 48 Laws of Power” A Book of Anecdotes, 1957The Little Brown Book Of Anecdotes Fear Nothing: Self-Fashioning and Social Mobility in 50 Cent’s The 50th Law The fear of conflict leads people to systematically avoid potentially valuable zero-sum situations The Immigration Dilemma You Can Win But I Can't Lose If you rise, I fall: Equality is prevented by the misperception that it harms advantaged groups Zero-Sum Thinking and the Roots of U.S. Political Divides A Genesis of Conflict: The Zero-Sum Mindset Forbes Winslow’s Physic and Physicians The role of masculinity in men's help-seeking for depression: A systematic review The Strange, Sad Story of Joe Orton, His Lover, and 72 Stolen Library Books A Failure Of Initiative New Orleans reaches settlements for police shootings after Hurricane Katrina Post-Katrina, White Vigilantes Shot African-Americans With Impunity Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!