Culture

How things like sex, gender and relationships have been throughout, exist in and are presented by the larger world has a big impact on how they are for each of us, all on our own. Whether we’re talking about right, law and policy; specific cultural or community history, beliefs or norms; bias, inequity or privilege within the wider world – anything from our family, to our school, state or the globe, that’s what you’ll find here.

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  • Heather Corinna
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What to know about disability rights and access under the Trump Administration.

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  • Heather Corinna
  • s.e. smith

This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults . When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’― Fred Rogers • Stand up for other…

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  • Heather Corinna
  • s.e. smith

This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults . FOR THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE During the first Trump Administration, the president signed a series of executive orders targeting Muslims and refugees, and we can expect…

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  • Heather Corinna
  • s.e. smith

This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults . Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action ―…

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  • Heather Corinna
  • s.e. smith

This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults . The current social and political climate for those who are LGBTQA+, especially youth, can feel really scary. We know from the previous Trump administration, as well as the Trump campaign…

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  • Heather Corinna
  • s.e. smith

This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults . Just like with family or intimate partner violence, political leaders who enable, support or themselves engage in harassment embolden citizens to do the same. In addition, it is likely…

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  • Heather Corinna
  • s.e. smith

This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults . FOR THOSE IN ABUSIVE OR CONTROLLING INTIMATE OR FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS Get out ASAP if you can. When we think something, we get more secure and bold in that thinking when we feel supported…

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  • Heather Corinna
  • s.e. smith

This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults. On the outside, babies, you’ve got a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies: ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’ ― Kurt Vonnegut 1) Take a minute (or even better…

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  • Heather Corinna
  • s.e. smith

This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults. Because love is an act of courage, not of fear, love is a commitment to others. No matter where the oppressed are found, the act of love is commitment to their cause — the cause of…

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  • Heather Corinna
  • s.e. smith

This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults . People of all ages across the United States are very concerned about the impact of the Trump administration on access to healthcare, as the federal government provides billions of dollars…