Her family has deep roots in New Hampshire. But to protect her trans daughter they had to leave. www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2024...
In a new book, Abi Maxwell describes how anti-trans sentiment from her neighbors and elected officials pushed her family away.
I really want people to understand that this is just as awful and upsetting and invasive for a trans girl as it would be for a cis girl under the same scrutiny. Because when it happens to cis girls/women people get upset, but when it’s an actual trans girl somehow it’s “complicated.” It’s not.
He is so talented. Periodically I go back and watch the "Iceberg that hit the Titanic" bit and realize all over again that he was good from the get-go. Also love that in channeling Moo Deng channeling Chappell Roan, he also got to say how fame has affected him too.
I've never seen this documentary but I grew up in Westerly, RI and stories of the Hurricane of '38 were all around when I was growing up. The idea that Project 2025 would jeopardize NOAA and the National Weather Service makes me so angry.
As a teacher, I think about this all the time. I would love to be part of a PD session using this a jumping-off point.
My grandmother taking me to the movie theater for the first time. We saw Annie and when FDR came onscreen, she leaned over and whispered "That's who was president when I was a little girl." I'm a history teacher now.
A super important moment in my teaching career was when I was able to discern the difference between "venting about a situation and releasing stress" and "reliving the situation and keeping myself in the same headspace." Turns out I was reliving a lot more than I was releasing.
Oh yeah - I’m fully into Part Two now and I knew Trump would appear but I was not expecting the Gulf War connections. Wow.
Yes! I feel like I've been saying that educators and students cannot solve all of America's problems and in fact, it is ludicrous to expect them to do so, for my entire career! (21 years and counting)