Flyer, “Bring Your Grief and Rage About AIDS to a Political Funeral in Washington, D.C.” October 11, 1992. Several years ago, I was asked to give a presentation for World AIDS Day while working as a sexual health educator at a youth center. Popular histories of AIDS activism were in vogue, such as David…
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Little House in the Hood: Save the Bees, call me Mel
Cover Image: Self-Portrait by Melissa Maldonado-Salcedo 2020. Melissa Maldonado-Salcedo // What’s in a Name? I was born in the 1980s, an era filled with excess. Perhaps this is the reason I have always struggled with moderation. My generation was defined by drugs, MTV, and Melissas. From grade school to high school, I was one of a few…
“I Get It!”: Tracking Socio-cognitive Development in Children Through Their Sense of Humor
James Belarde// “The size of a man’s understanding can be justly measured by his mirth.” -Samuel Johnson “what did the doctor say to the platypus? sir you are in quite a pickle.” Scratching your head at that joke? Then try this one with a built-in explanation: “there was two fish in a tank and one…