My body is not a joke

Kirsten Keels | July 3, 2020

While casually scrolling Facebook (for the hundredth time that day), I noticed a meme about looking like a busted can of biscuits when it comes time to go back to work, to go to the

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You Catch More Flies With Honey

Savon Bardell | June 26, 2020

After discussing my last article detailing the performative allyship that happens on social media, my editor told me that while my article was precise and interesting, it was not as forward as he had expected.

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Mother with Black Son

Mother of Black Sons

Sheila LeGrand, LMHC | June 19, 2020

Last Memorial Day, while most were celebrating the holiday with a well-needed break from COVID-confinement, I announced to my children that they would be catching up on all the assignments that remained missing on their

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This isn’t normal

Julia Chaffers | June 12, 2020

A tweet went around this week saying that if you don’t come out of quarantine with a new skill or more knowledge, “you didn’t ever lack the time, you lacked the discipline.” It was a

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Panic and propriety

Tommy Schacht | June 5, 2020

“What we need in the world is manners … I think that if, instead of preaching brotherly love, we preached good manners, we might get a little further. It sounds less righteous and more practical.”

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Speaking of Mental Health, Part 2

Sheila LeGrand, LMHC | May 29, 2020

The efficacy of psychotherapy as treatment for a wide variety of conditions is well-established.  It is also a natural partner, along with psychopharmacology, in the treatment of serious mental illness and addiction.  Still, lots of

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Graduating Jobless

Jacqueline Horn | May 22, 2020

I graduated from Cornell with a bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering in 2016. Not only did I graduate without a job offer, but I never even had an interview. I certainly applied to

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On navigating isolation, together

Caroline Spertus | May 15, 2020

Carl Jung defines an extroverted attitude as “a standpoint characterized by an outward flowing of personal energy — an interest in events, in people and things, a relationship with them and a dependence on them.”

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Humility: We Need It Now More Than Ever

Brenda Stockdale | May 8, 2020

When was the last time your child sulked when you asked her to take out the garbage? How loudly did your son complain when his sibling took the last cookie? Does your daughter regularly ignore

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