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Articles and Advice in this area:
- Mikaela Duffy
Storyteller and artist Jo Chiang talks about her adaptation of “The Odyssey” and finding hope in dark times.
- s.e. smith
Bots designed to say yes to everything can’t give you the support you need.
- Sassafras Patterdale
If you’re experiencing homelessness, or finding yourself without a secure place to stay, you don’t have to navigate things on your own.
- Gabrielle Kassel
Easily recognized for their bulbous head and long handle, wand vibrators have been bringing magic, and sensation, to people of all ages since 1968.
- Mikaela Duffy
Kalaya’an (Kala) Mendoza talks with Mikaela Duffy about building chosen family and community.
- Mikaela Duffy
How do you get through each day, bombarded with more and more bad, and envision a better future for yourself and everyone else?
- Sassafras Patterdale
Life feels overwhelming to everyone sometimes, but it feels especially overwhelming when you’re a homeless young person. Here are some tips for plotting your next steps.
- Ellery Weil
Her name was Victoria Woodhull, and while her candidacy was controversial, she was used to it; her life leading up to her run for the presidency had been anything but conventional, and her presidential run may have been one of the least interesting things about her.
- Sara Rowe Mount
I had a close friend who wore an “Abortion is Mean” sweatshirt like a second skin. In my 20s, I came to the conclusion that no, abortion wasn’t mean, and it also definitely wasn’t murder. Restricting pregnant people from obtaining safe abortions was just another way to control them.
- Willow Jackson
I ran a girls group with a group of teens between the ages of 10 and 17 for three years. Here are the ten biggest things I learned.