Tag: childhood

Growing Up in the Gun Violence Epidemic

Post author By Annie Gibson
Post date March 4, 2022
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Gun violence is a gruesome epidemic that permeates every part of our culture, and growing up with it can be exhausting. The percentage of gun related deaths every year in the U.S. far surpasses those of countries with similar levels of economic development. According to NPR, the United States’ rate of gun violence deaths is more than eight times the rate of Canada, and almost 100 times higher than the United Kingdom.

Tags childhood, death, grief, growing up, impact, justice, loss, trauma, violence

Opinion

Is It Okay to Romanticize Our Past?

Post author By Tania Tobaccowala
Post date July 30, 2021

It is the sadness of these memories not being my reality anymore, but also the joy that I’ve lived such a beautiful life. However, am I looking back at these memories a little too fondly?

Tags childhood, comfort, memories, nostalgia, Politics, psychology, romanticize