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Chanel Miller’s Know My Name: An Unflinching Truth (Book Review)
Chanel Miller’s memoir, Know My Name, is the most powerful memoir I’ve read. Not only is her story so important and vulnerable, she wrote it phenomenally. Her victim statement, released in 2016 by BuzzFeed and reprinted by other major news sources, reached a wide audience. It was viewed by eleven million people within four days,…
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Free Period Products in Schools May Becomes a Reality for Minnesota
Minnesota is expected to pass a bill that would put free period products in school bathrooms. This aims to aid period poverty by making necessities, like pads and tampons, accessible for students. Teens have been prominent in making change for this movement. Period poverty is a public health concern that affects many students. For some,…
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Period Poverty and Gender
Period Poverty is not having access to affordable period products such as pads and tampons. Sometimes kids will miss school due to not being able to properly take care of themselves during menstruation. Periods have been extremely stigmatized. Most people feel uncomfortable talking about them, and won’t advocate for themselves when they need help relating…
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Conversations with People Who Hate Me: Conversation, Empathy, Shame, and Snowflakes
Dylan Marron is the host of the podcast and the author of the book Conversations With People Who Hate Me. He has made many videos, including The Unboxing Series and Sitting In Bathrooms With Trans People. He has his own TED Talk: Empathy Is Not Endorsement. Dylan continues to present activism in unique and effective…
Bram the Bookworm 