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Tag Archives: suicide
Contagious Emotions and Branding the Bully
And again. After being away for so friggin long I wondered if I could find my way back to this blog and, harder for me, writing it without finding every reason not to: needing a shower, walking a dog I … Continue reading →
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Tagged bully, Dan Savage, Disney, happy, homosexuality, It Gets Better Project, loneliness, marriage, Mathew Shepard, queer, self help, smile, suicide, The Slope
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It’s Not Getting Better for Lonely Young Lesbians
Hi all! I’ve been fortunate enough to be asked to be a guest blogger this week for Fedcan (The Canadian Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences) at: http://blog.fedcan.ca/ I’m alongside some great scholars and thinkers like Bobby Noble, Doreen Fumia and … Continue reading →
Posted in activism, bullying, dan savage, lesbianism, loneliness, queer politics, queerness, sexuality, social justice, social politics, suicide
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Tagged Autostraddle, Chantal Dube, homophobia, It Gets Better, Jamie Hubley, Jeanine Blanchette, loneliness, Orangeville, Ottawa, Perez Hilton, Shaquille Wisdom, suicide
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No Glee for Queer teens
65. Sorry I’ve been a tad slack. I’m apologizing to myself, my inner-guilty narcissist, Jesus (not the big One, the “false icon” on my subway who perpetually asks me for smokes even though he always has one hanging out of … Continue reading →
Posted in activism, bullying, humour, lesbianism, loneliness, popular culture, queer politics, queerness, sexuality, social justice, suicide
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Tagged 90210, Blaine, bromance, Degrassi TNG, Entertainment Weekly, Glee, homophobia, Jamie Hubley, Kurt, Rick Mercer, suicide, tolerance
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The Globe and Mail
What a beginning to my day. I have spent the morning cheating on you thesis and on you, blog. I’ve been hiding in a corner of the cafe I frequent watching as people read the recent issue of The Globe … Continue reading →
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Tagged Freud, gay, homophobia, miracles, old testament, repression, suicide, The Globe and Mail, The Witness Protection Program
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It’s Not Getting Better
In the Saturday, September 24th issue of Globe Focus entitled: “We’re Not Going to Sit in Silence,” Erin Anderssen explores teen suicide from the point of view of the victims’ families and friends. What follows is a heart wrenching series … Continue reading →
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Tagged depression, queer, suicide, The Globe and Mail, The Trevor Project, toronto, youth
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