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Everything is Wrong With a Culture That Shames a Teacher in Primetime
All I had to do this morning was type “third-grade teacher” into my search bar to find the video below that was shared with me yesterday. It shows the arrest of a third-grade teacher who was suspected of being drunk on the first day of school. It shows her humiliation, her desperation, and her name.…
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An Invitation to Join Us for Dry January Support and Inspiration
Yesterday, while dropping off a Dry January inspiration post on social media, I stumbled over this bit of toxic messaging from America’s icon of domesticity Martha Stewart. To make sure it hit its target audience it was hashtagged #Dryjanuary. It’s normal for late-night talk show hosts and early-morning news crews to joke about Dry January.…
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French Elite Wage a Bullying Campaign Against Dry January – Regardless of Deadly Statistics
Alcohol consumption is no longer accepted – it’s expected. “I’ve always been very resistant to the term peer pressure because I think it’s often a cop out … but when it comes to alcohol what you have is an overarching social pressure (to drink) everywhere – …people feel that a non-drinker judges them. They also…
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Alcohol Related Deaths are up 100% in Twenty years
A headline that I saw a couple of days ago about the rise in alcohol-related deaths in the U.S., Alcohol-related deaths more than doubled in last two decades, came back on my feed today from NPR, U.S. Alcohol-Related Deaths Have Doubled, Study Says. Sadly, I am not surprised by this study because I’ve been watching…