Tag Archives: Young People

Chile’s student movement renews protests after negotiations fall apart

By Maya | Published: October 12, 2011
Tweet Chilean student leader Camila Vallejo (Image credit: Aliosha Marquez/AP) For the last several months, Chilean students have been in revolt. They’re demanding “free and equal quality” university education for all, and they’ve launched what’s become the nation’s largest protest movement since the days of Pinochet to get it. Since May, the movement has organized [...]
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10-year-old trans girl on being bullied by adults and accepted by her peers

By Jos | Published: September 15, 2011
TweetI love it when we get to hear from young people about what’s going on in their own lives. Too often, the voices of those most impacted by youth issues are ignored in favor of adults. So I was glad to read the words of a 10-year-old trans girl in England who returned to school [...]
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Not Oprah’s Book Club: Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection

By Maya | Published: August 24, 2011
Tweet Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection by developmental psychologist Niobe Way is a must-read for anyone concerned with the so-called “boy crisis,” anyone who is raising a boy in the U.S., and anyone who doubts that feminism can—and should—improve the lives of boys and men. In this richly-researched book, based on [...]
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New study on young people’s views on abortion

By Maya | Published: June 14, 2011
TweetLast week, the Public Religion Research Institute released a new study focused on millennials’ (18-29 year olds) views on abortion entitled “Committed to Availability, Conflicted About Morality: What the Millennial Generation Tells Us about the Future of the Abortion Debate and the Culture Wars.” One main take-away from the study is that attitudes on abortion [...]
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People in the sex trade respond to GEMS media storm

By Jos | Published: April 25, 2011
TweetAn INCITE! affiliate and collective of radical women of color, queer people of color, and Indigenous people who identify as people in the sex trades has written a compelling response to Rinku Sen’s ColorLines article “The Complexities of Sex Trafficking, and Some Simple Solutions.” I see their piece as addressing the larger media storm around [...]
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