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| Summer Boismier’s fight against censorship began in her classroom, when she covered her bookshelf in red tape that bore the words “Books the state didn’t want you to read.” |
| Summer Boismier didn’t set out to be a teacher, and certainly not a “trouble-making” one. But over the past couple of years, as conservative states have enacted legislative restrictions on access to books in public schools, trouble making became an opportunity to take a stand. And take a stand, she did. |
| Boismier, who had been teaching English in Oklahoma for nearly a decade, drew national attention (and vitriol) back in 2022 for covering part of her classroom bookshelf in red tape that bore the words “Books the state didn’t want you to read.” |
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| More and more families are trying to scrape by — by trying to do it all. |
| There are times in parenting where you just feel kind of useless. You can’t carry the baby, take a late-night breastfeeding shift, or absorb any of the pain and discomfort of childbirth. |
| Sometimes the best you can do is to try to take care of your partner. |
| That’s what brought user u/DietyBeta to the AskParents subreddit with a well-meaning question. |
| “My wife watches our 1yo, works, and is 12 week pregnant. How can I make her daily life easier while I’m away at work?” |
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| “Allow the body to be the guide.” |
| Death is the last great mystery that all of us face. We don’t know when we will go or can really be sure what comes next. So there’s understandably a lot of fear and uncertainty that most of us feel around death, whether we’re thinking about ourselves or a loved one. |
| That’s why Julie McFadden’s work is so important. As a palliative care nurse in the Los Angeles area, who has seen over a hundred people die, her TikTok videos shed light on the process to make us all a bit more comfortable with the inevitable. |
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| How we sit says a lot. |
| Many of the most seemingly mundane of activities can reflect deeper aspects of our psyche—be it how we use our body language, or even what side of the bed we sleep on. |
| Even the way we sit on the couch can uncover clues to our personality, according to psychologist Dr Rebekah Wanic. |
| As reported by The Mirror, Dr. Wanic partnered with Sofa Club to analyze five common couch sitting positions and determine likely character traits associated with each one—from a need for control to complete laissez faire-ness, and everywhere in between. |
| Curious as to what your go-to move says about you? Read on. |
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