reread objectively:

In Kate, a “hardcore liberal feminist” with a Ph.D. in history, he found a “fellow traveler” of the world’s philosophical terrain, he said. She had an easy, inherent joy, but she could also throw her weight around in conversations about geopolitics: “A rare kind of somebody.”

Kate:

- “hardcore liberal feminist”

- with a Ph.D. in history,

- easy, inherent joy,

- could also throw her weight around in conversations about geopolitics

- “A rare kind of somebody.”

i mean, i bet she can help herself, i bet she does have discipline, i bet she is aware of time, place, occasion, priority, it actually isnt effortless to have easy inherent joy that's a choice