bullying
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Recently, the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why has created what I wish were helpful conversations on my Facebook feed. But, more often than not, the people who are posting are educators of middle and high school students in small towns. The reasons why I have those sorts of educators on my feed are simple—I
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When I was a girl, I suffered from a medical condition that made it impossible for me to maintain control of my bladder. I had a major surgery just before my tenth birthday that corrected this issue, but up until then, I was tortured by classmates and neighbors. I was less than ten years old,
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When I was younger I used to write late at night often. I was a single mother, trying to raise a child and finish college and figure out life all at once. The late nights and the early mornings were the times I could write without taking time away from my little girl. Early mornings
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I am shocked and amazed at times with the way that threats and insults have become commonplace, and even overwhelm the encouragements and niceties that society once held in high regard. Americans are assholes. It just keeps on coming up as a truth in my experience. I can’t deny it anymore. I was online and
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