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SorryWatch takes apart apologies of all sorts. We praise the good ones (and discuss what makes them good) and fling metaphorical monkey poop at the bad ones (using savage words and holding them up to ridicule). All in a helpful spirit. We examine the research on apology, discuss important historical apologies -- that's some skywriting from Australia's National Sorry Day in our banner -- and take on apologies in pop culture. We welcome your apology-related pointers, questions, dilemmas and suggestions for shaming.Apology Tip Line
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Category Archives: Performative Utterance
Apologize to your mother
(It turns out Snarly and Sumac have slightly different apology approaches, as you’ll see.) Here at SorryWatch we are grieved and intrigued* to find that not everyone agrees about the goodness of good apologies. There are many reasons for this … Continue reading
Posted in Forcible Apologies, Performative Utterance, The Mechanics of Apology, Youth apologizes
Tagged Deborah Anna Luepnitz, forced apologies, Irène Némirovsky, Leeds, ritual humiliation, Saint Gemma's, Schopenhauer's Porcupines, Sinsinawa Dominicans, The Wine of Solitude, you know what you did and it was so awful I can't repeat it plus I don't remember
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making kids apologize (cuppa comme ci comme ca)
Lots of viral buzz about a post, on a blog called cuppacocoa, from a teacher named JoEllen, about how she makes her class apologize. Some of her ideas work for me; some emphatically don’t. Let’s discuss!
Posted in Dear SorryWatch, Performative Utterance, Personal Apologies, Religious Apologies, Social Media Apologies, Uncategorized, Youth apologizes
Tagged blog, children, cuppacocoa, Erica Brown, forcing kids to apologize, JoEllen, kids, Maimonides, Michael Wex, my children are being raised by wolves, parenting, preschoolers are feral, Rambam, schmucks
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Feeling matrimonial
Jean Quan, mayor of Oakland, California, keeps being forced to have difficult conversations about using her cell phone while driving. Or not. Most recently, Quan’s car was involved in a fender-bender. The other driver said Quan, talking on a cell … Continue reading
Posted in Automotive Apologies, Bad Apologies, Performative Utterance
Tagged bet, blessing, cell phones, driving while phoning, Esau, Genesis, Isaac, Jacob, Jean Quan, Katherine Catmull, KRON-TV, Mike Godwin, naming, Oakland California, oath, performative utterance, promise, Stanley Roberts, vow, we all revere mayors
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