Author

Angelica Werth

Angelica is a fellow and programs manager at Objective Standard Institute, an associate editor and regular contributor to The Objective Standard, and an Ayn Rand Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. Her roles at OSI include developing courses, teaching writing and editing, mentoring junior fellows, and managing the Junior Fellowship and Intellectual Accelerator Programs. A voracious reader and lover of fiction, Angelica writes and makes videos about philosophic ideas as they manifest in fiction. Read her articles on her Substack, Fictionosophy, and watch her videos on her YouTube channel.

Art & Culture

“Emma” by Jane Austen

Angelica Werth

As Emma discovers that the way to love people is to encourage their independence, she builds a life that’s not only delightful on the surface, but deeply fulfilling.

1 min Dec 11, 2024

Art & Culture

“The Testaments” by Margaret Atwood

Angelica Werth

This spinoff to The Handmaid’s Tale, set in the same tyrannical theocracy (the Republic of Gilead), alternates between the perspectives of three very different women. Aunt Lydia, the only character who’s in...

1 min Oct 7, 2024