The Implications of Comparing Rachel Dolezal to being Transgender
There is simply no comparison between culturally appropriating black culture, and being honest about your gender identity.
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Celebrating Mother’s Day When Your Mother Hates You
I find holidays to be the most difficult time for me. When you are separated from your family, especially because they do not accept you, holidays take on a new meaning. They can be lonely, especially if the holiday is specific to celebrating a family member who does not like…
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Video Game Review: Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare for Xbox 360
Plants vs Zombies has always been a game I’ve enjoyed. This doesn’t feel a lot like the original game so many know and love, but it’s definitely worth checking out. I had a blast on these multiplayer campaigns and I’m sure you will, too.
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When Parents Emotionally Blackmail their LGBT Children
It was 2003 when I had the last meaningful conversation with my mother. Our relationship was antagonistic since my birth. In her journal about my early development, she wrote about how disappointed she was that I was not the child she wanted. Unlike my brother, I wasn’t super cuddly with…
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Director, Jonny Campbell, Discusses The Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling, and Adaptation
Director, Jonny Campbell, has been injecting his realistic sensibility into British television, with work such as the Doctor Who episodes, “Vincent and the Doctor” and ‘The Vampires of Venice,” the British version of Shameless, and Ashes to Ashes. His last endeavor, the three-part miniseries, In the Flesh, a new take…
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My Disability Isn’t What “Disables” Me…
is not my actual disability that I find disabling. It is all the other things, around me, like the physical barriers and the monetary barriers, I face.
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My Wheelchair is not Limiting – It is My Freedom
I went into a wheelchair full time when I was 16 years old. I am 34 now, so I’ve been using a wheelchair for over half my life. I could have started using a wheelchair around the age of 12 or 13, when I started losing mobility, but fear kept…
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TV Show Review: Wentworth – Seasons 1 & 2
Wentworth is a take on the prison show you have yet to see! With high levels of drama, enticing storylines, and great acting it is worth the binge watch you will have to have with this series.
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Film Review: Into the Woods is a Decadent Delight
Into The Woods is one of the best movie musicals, to be made, in decades. If all movie musicals were this good, we might see a resurgence in the genre.
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Her Name was Melonie – Another Trans WOC has Committed Suicide
A 19-year-old, transgender, woman of color is the latest transgender teenager to take her own life. We will never forget Melonie Rose #MelonieRose.