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For Moshfegh, pride is replaced by solipsism as the dangerous pleasure that must be overcome. Anne Enright, The New York Review of Books, "Wanting Wrong," 6 July 2020

Her stories often consider our solipsism and short-sightedness, the deviousness of politicians and the destruction of our planet. Emily Bobrow, WSJ, "‘A Children’s Bible’ Review: Didn’t It Rain, Children?," 15 May 2020

But her new images, captured on the edge of a pandemic, also subtly upend that solipsism. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, "The Anxious Hands of New York’s Subway Riders in the Face of the Coronavirus," 14 Mar. 2020

There’s a risk of high-minded solipsism in the genre of art-appreciation memoir, but Ferris is as down-to-earth as his subject. Julian Lucas, Harper's Magazine, "New Books," 30 Mar. 2020

An entirely individual morality, in its vision, is a kind of solipsism doomed to fail. James Poniewozik, New York Times, "‘The Good Place’ and ‘BoJack Horseman’ Took Us to Hell and Back," 29 Jan. 2020

As is often the case when a character starts throwing around charges of solipsism, the same could be said of the movie itself. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Black Bear': Film Review | Sundance 2020," 27 Jan. 2020

The thought leader of the hippie girls is played by that avatar of feminine passive-aggressive flibbertigibbet solipsism, Lena Dunham, the polar opposite of the no-nonsense, two-fisted, self-contained, masculine ideal represented by Cliff. Kyle Smith, National Review, "The Shocking Right-Wing Tinge of Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood," 13 Dec. 2019

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