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Tag: Social Justice

Fostering Dignity: How Tyranny Creates People-Pleasing Behavior

Sometimes, you’re just someone who has nothing to say. The avoidant personality type is marked by extreme shyness, fear of … More

Mee Too, Mental Health, Mental Illness, People Pleasing, Psychology, Social Justice, Trauma

Mohamedou Talks The Mauritanian, Closing Guantanamo Bay — HipHop XXIV

On episode 90, we welcome author Mohamedou Ould Slahi to recount his imprisonment in Guantanamo Bay and working on the … More

Guantanamo Bay, Human Rights, Mental Health, Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Podcast, Politics, Social Justice, The Mauritanian

The Perils of American Exceptionalism: Review of The Mauritanian — HipHop XXIV

I’ve never been too frightened of horror movies because most of them aren’t realistic. The ones that terrify me are. … More

Guantanamo Bay, Human Rights, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Growth, Social Justice, The Mauritanian

Questions to Heaven – A Poem about Heroes

While sitting, I pine Reflecting on those lost in time With so many questions swirling in my mind I wonder … More

Courage, Equality, JFK, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Moral Courage, Poem, Poetry, RFK, Social Justice

Growing Up With No Restraints: The Toxic Mentality of Boys Will Be Boys

I grew up in a hyper-masculine culture in which I was expected to tow the line and accept the reality … More

Believe Women, BelieveSurvivors, Brett Kavanugh, Emotional Abuse, Feminism, Gender, Mental Health, Narcissism, Patriarchy, Sexism, Social Justice
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