It was spring break. The normal northern weather of chilly Massachusetts was starting to shed its winter layers and adorn its flip flops and shorts. I had been staying on my university campus as any typical freshman would, hopping from one friend’s dorm to another, making memories that you remember forever. Amidst the parties, late …
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Autism Awareness Month The month of April was great! It was the start of better weather, spring break, flowers blooming, and trees growing their leaves back. April was also Autism Awareness month. I happen to be someone who lives with someone on the spectrum. My 11 year old brother was diagnosed with Autism when he …
Transitioning, Hormones and Discovering My Trans Identity You know that moment in the coming of age movie where the girl embraces her features? Where the slightly crooked nature of her smile brings her laughter? Where she no longer finds her curves something worthy to be hidden but rather something to show off? When she in …
Take a look at any coin. You will see that it has two different and usually opposing sides. These sides are known as the obverse and reverse. More commonly, people refer to them as the head and the tail. They are two sides of one coin. A new type of coin, cryptocurrency, continues to emerge. …
“It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives,” said Justice Samuel Alito in a leaked initial draft of the opinion of the supreme court on the overturning of Roe vs Wade. The overturning of the long held landmark case would mean that abortion rights–a person’s …
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On social media, and throughout society, we’ve been discussing mental health. Throughout this conversation, various topics have come up. Specifically, a topic that comes up all too often in our therapy sessions is our relationship with our Mother. Mother’s day will be arriving soon and it is seen as a time for celebrating all that …
On March 27, 2022, Chris Rock while hosting the Academy Awards made a joke surrounding actress Jada Pinkett Smith’s baldness, likening her to the 1997 protagonist G.I Jane. Rock, in front of a group of peers, famous actors, celebrities, and the millions of folks watching at home stated “Jada I love you. GI Jane 2…can’t …
Tyler, the Creator has always been a trendsetter. From his provocative beginnings as the eccentric, foul-mouthed musical backbone of the Odd Future collective to his unstoppable run of one mixtape and six albums in only twelve years – in which he’s won two Grammys for consecutive projects and produced all but one song –Tyler has always had …
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I arrived at about 4:05 p.m., already a few minutes late, at the corner of Maryland Avenue SW, peeking around each corner to find a sufficient parking spot. Frustrated, I drove around in circles, rather squares, to find a parking space that didn’t have one of those famous confusing parking signs that allow for 2-hour …
Only a little time has passed since the infamous slapping or should I say assault of Chris Rock by Will Smith. Like Rock, I am still trying to process what I and millions of others witnessed on that infamous night at the Oscars. My mind is still stuck on the moment toward the end of …
