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Does It Get Better in Small Schools?
My high school was a small oasis in a largely Republican borough in a largely Democrat city in a mixed state that typically comes up blue. When I say small, I mean that my graduating class consisted of 117 students (after 3 girls became pregnant and either transferred or dropped out). In total, the school consisted of around 500 students. We did not even have our own building, and instead shared it with three other schools, each relegated to their own wing and sharing areas such as the gym, auditorium, and lunch room. Because of this, getting high involvement rates for any after school event was always difficult. During my…
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Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan
Title: Two Boys Kissing Author: David Levithan Original Publication Date: 2013 Original Publisher: Ember Queer Representation: 7 gay male protagonists, 1 of whom is trans, and a chorus of gay men who died from AIDS Page Length: 200 A hauntingly beautiful tale of a community rallying behind two boys attempting to break the world record for the longest continuous kiss. Memorable Quote: “We always underestimate our own participation in magic. That is, we thought of magic as something that existed with or without us. But that’s not true. Things are not magical because they’ve been conjured for us by some outside force. They are magical because we create them, and then deem them so.” Review: After Craig…
