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ALS and other Neurological Patients Find their Voices
Our voices contribute to our unique identities. For some who struggle with neurological conditions like ALS, their voices are undermined and spoken through computer devices. With a reflection of this, it is easy to consider that many individuals take their abilities […]
Revisiting Christen Reighter — Women Continue to Redefine their Roles Within Society (Part 2 of 2)
With reproductive rights at the forefront of the political conversation in the United States at the moment, Culturs Magazine recently looked back at Christen Reighter’s 2016 TED Talk where she spoke about being denied a tubal ligation procedure to prevent […]
Wearable Technologies To Help Calm Your Breathing
When you feel stressed, one thing that happens during this response is that your breathing becomes rapid and shallow. Your body’s ancient defense mechanisms are activated and becomes prepared for “fight or flight” – to run, to attack, or to […]
Revisiting Christen Reighter — Is It ‘Selfish’ to Not Want Children? (Part 1 of 2)
With reproductive rights at the forefront of the political conversation in the United States at the moment, it might be worth going back to a TED Talk from 2016, where Christen Reighter was denied a tubal ligation procedure to prevent […]
Hidden Diversity
In today’s society, there are fewer children growing up in traditional monocultural environments. This offers the idea that new opportunities from this new way of living can help our globalizing world expand and diversify people’s worldviews. Individuals who find themselves […]
Breaking Down the Walls of Traditions
In some cultures, traditions are sacred because they hold meaning to the origin of that culture. In those traditions, they celebrate, mourn or eradicate any element that may dismantle the set structures. Sometimes in these traditions, religion resides heavily along […]
Vegetarianism: For Some Not Just a Practice, but a Religion
Some cultures chose vegetarianism based not solely on heritage but also their beliefs about humanity and moral strength. For example, Mahatma Gandhi, an active voice for the Hindu religion, once said, “I do feel the spiritual progress does demand at […]
Media Ideologies that Depict our Identities
The media has a large influence on the way we structure and even live out our lives, according to Brad Kaye, a media and communications scholar. As behaviors are performed within media texts, we encode those in our long-term memory. […]