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February 1, 2019 Confluence

Anti-Bullying Programs Aren’t Working and This is Why

Reading Time: 2 minutes Words mean what we make them mean. Words mean different things to different people. We get to decide what words mean to us. Someone may attempt to insult us, but WE get to decide whether those words will or will not insult us.

This is true power. This is what kids want to learn. We all seem to be in agreement that kids deserve to feel protected. But they don’t want to feel like they need someone to do the job for them. Kids want to know how to protect themselves.

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January 30, 2019 Confluence

‘Good and Mad’ Author Rebecca Traister on Women’s Anger as a Political Force

Reading Time: < 1 minute Award-winning author Rebecca Traister says women’s anger isn’t ‘ugly’ or ‘hysterical’ — it’s valid and necessary

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January 23, 2019 Confluence

Kamala Harris Birther Conspiracy Raised Days After She Announces Her Presidential Campaign

Reading Time: < 1 minute A candidate of color is running for president again, so *naturally* the baseless birther conspiracies are back about Sen. Kamala Harris (she was born in California, btw)

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January 22, 2019 Confluence

New York Times: Along the U.S.- Mexico Border

Reading Time: 11 minutes As the president fights to build a wall between the United States and Mexico, the journalists Azam Ahmed and Meridith Kohut are driving along the approximately 1,900-mile border and sending dispatches.
Goods flow freely. People?
That’s another story.

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January 4, 2019 Confluence

McSweeneys: I DON’T HATE WOMEN CANDIDATES — I JUST HATED HILLARY AND COINCIDENTALLY I’M STARTING TO HATE ELIZABETH WARREN

Reading Time: 3 minutes Bring it on, ladies! I’d love to see a female President. Just not Hillary Clinton. Or Elizabeth Warren. I am totally open to all other women leaders, but I have to admit that Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar are beginning to make me angry and I’m not sure why yet, but I know the reason will become clear soon, and I’m also wondering what they might look like if someone photoshopped their heads onto the bodies of prisoners and put them behind bars.

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December 21, 2018 Confluence

Miley Cyrus Updates “Santa Baby” for 2018 with Mark Ronson and Jimmy Fallon

Reading Time: < 1 minute Miley Cyrus changes some questionable lyrics to the holiday classic “Santa Baby” to better represent 2018, while Jimmy and Mark Ronson try to keep up.

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December 14, 2018 Confluence

Cyntoia Brown: Sex Trafficking VICTIM. Must Serve 51 YEARS Before She’s Eligible For Release.

Reading Time: < 1 minute The System FAILS Sex Trafficking Victims But FAVORS Rich Sexual Predators.

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December 12, 2018 Confluence

WaPo: How Donald Trump appeals to men secretly insecure about their manhood

Reading Time: 4 minutes Research shows that many men feel pressure to look and behave in stereotypically masculine ways — or risk losing their status as “real men.” Masculine expectations are socialized from early childhood and can motivate men to embrace traditional male behaviors while avoiding even the hint of femininity. This unforgiving standard of maleness makes some men worry that they’re falling short. These men are said to experience “fragile masculinity.”

The political process provides a way that fragile men can reaffirm their masculinity. By supporting tough politicians and policies, men can reassure others (and themselves) of their own manliness. For example, sociologist Robb Willer has shown that men whose sense of masculinity was threatened increased their support for aggressive foreign policy.

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November 16, 2018 Confluence

GOP Jesus

Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s not the Jesus you learned about in Sunday School.

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November 14, 2018 Confluence

Make a Difference this Holiday Season

Reading Time: 3 minutes This holiday season, you have the power to change children’s lives for the better.

Working in 190 countries and territories, UNICEF is focused on putting children first with programs in health care and immunizations, safe water and sanitation, nutrition, education, emergency relief and more.

From UNICEF Market products to items available from partners, UNICEF USA makes it possible to give gifts that make a difference in children’s lives around the world.