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It is also nonprescriptive: The definitions of identity and feminism on display are loose and varied, as are the approaches to art and climate-focused activism.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2023

It’s over in 3 minutes 20 seconds; it has the nonprescriptive wisdom of something that’s been transmitted down a few centuries.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2014