This week, J.p. Lawrence explains why military suicide prevention often fails and how we should be addressing this crisis. Read that and other essays from The Columbia Spectator, The Toast, and more.
"Why Military Suicide Prevention Fails" — BuzzFeed Ideas
An active duty service member dies by suicide nearly every day, and 22 veterans kill themselves each day — yet to combat this problem, the military has soldiers swapping inspirational quotes and looking at slideshows. For BuzzFeed Ideas, J.p. Lawrence, a sergeant at the New York National Guard, explains why it's so hard for a soldier to even utter the word "suicide" and how programs that allow for open, vulnerable discussion actually help. Read his piece at BuzzFeed Ideas.
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"China's Singles Day Is About Sexism and Shame" — Racked
Singles' Day, celebrated by bachelors in China as a way to champion their independence, has become known as the world's largest shopping day — but it turns out, the holiday is one that capitalizes on the pressure China's "leftover women" feel to get married. For Racked, Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore interviewed a handful of scholars and women about the sexism and shame unwed women in China experience on Singles' Day. Read it here.
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"Sex-ability" — The Columbia Spectator
As a woman who has lived her entire life with diplegic cerebral palsy, Rania Abi Rafeh knew she was rebelling against what society accepts as physically and sexually attractive when she created her OkCupid account. In a powerful essay for The Columbia Spectator, she remembers her first ever date with a man and how he rejected her because of her disability. In it, she describes the discrimination she faces but how she's much more than a woman with a disability. Read it at The Columbia Spectator.
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"One Bouquet of Fleeting Beauty, Please" — The New York Times
"People buy flowers when they’re in love, in trouble, drunk, devastated, excited and sometimes for no obvious reason," writes Alisha Gorder, who works at a flower shop in Portland. Describing some of the people she's met and the stories she's heard at work, Gorder writes eloquently on why we send flowers — and why we're so fixated on the impermanent. An excerpt: "Why is it that the placeholders we choose are so fleeting? Hold on to them for too long and you end up with a mess of petals, pollen and foul-smelling water." Read it at The New York Times.
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