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Thanks for signing up! Check your inbox for a welcome email. Email required. By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Notice and European users agree to the data transfer policy. The latest. And I'll probably try to get better at brooding in really soft light. I like to ponder. I think this is going to help me become more inward and mysterious.
And I'm looking forward to that. He said he had to read the email twice when he received the news, and his first reaction was "Oooh, get ready for outrage. But of course, there is no outrage because Paul Rudd is a perfect choice. Nailed it, People. And just to add one more fun bit to the mix, watch Stephen Colbert put Paul Rudd through a rigorous audition process to see if he was worthy of being named Sexiest Man Alive:.
Thank you, People, for finally acknowledging the obvious. And thanks for the crushforlife hashtag that speaks for all of us. As a kid, Jamel Holmes knew he wanted to be a teacher. He would spend rainy days giving spelling tests and playing math games with other children in his apartment building in New York's South Bronx. But throughout elementary school, Holmes never had a teacher who looked like him.
It wasn't until seventh grade that he had his first Black male teacher—Mr. In some ways, he was lucky. Teachers of color make a difference, which is why education nonprofit DonorsChoose has teamed up with The Allstate Foundation to support them. An analysis published in Education Next also found that Black teachers tend to have higher expectations of Black students, which contributes to greater success. Diversity in teaching helps white students, too. Educational laboratory REL Northwest found that white students with non-white teachers develop better problem-solving and critical thinking skills, expand their range of creativity and social and emotional skills, and increase their sense of civic engagement.
A joint initiative from DonorsChoose and The Allstate Foundation offers individuals and groups opportunities to help bridge racial gaps in the classroom. For one, The Allstate Foundation will match all donations to teachers of color who are using DonorsChoose to crowdfund projects for the first time. DonorsChoose has also partnered with The Allstate Foundation to launch a Racial Justice and Representation category on the site, making it easy for donors to help fund classroom projects focused on increasing diversity in curricula and creating a more inclusive environment.
From buying books written by diverse authors to providing materials for anti-racism education, donors can directly support teachers working toward racial equity. By creating this new category on DonorsChoose, we want to support these students and give voice to their teachers, tapping their frontline wisdom.
You can see those projects here. Jamel Holmes did grow up to become a teacher. He earned a master's degree and now teaches special education for sixth graders at East Bronx Academy for the Future, the same school he attended. Holmes uses DonorsChoose to help his students get what they need both inside and outside school. He has crowdfunded technology tools for his classroom as well as personal care items for his students.
He drives through the Bronx to give school supplies, clothing, laundry essentials and food to kids whose families are in need, and even takes students to get free haircuts.
He wants to be a role model students can turn to. Courtesy of Jamel Holmes. Schools are charged with providing a safe, nurturing and equitable environment for students and teachers.
Supporting educators who are trying to create that environment by helping fund their racial equity projects is a good place to start. In the midst of grief, we find ourselves doing odd things. Though our efforts will never result in bringing a lost loved one back, we'll do anything to feel as though they are even a fraction closer to us.
Even if that means leaving a voicemail we know will never be heard. Doing an innocent spring cleaning on her phone, one woman discovered she had hundreds of voicemails left by a stranger, all the same person.
Unbeknown to her, she had been receiving these messages since July In the video, which now has more than 3 million views, the caption reads: "All the voicemails consist of 'I miss you' and 'I hope you're okay' and long pauses and what sounds to be soft crying?
Seconds later, we discover that the messages came from an older woman who lost her husband, and that since , she had been calling his number which is not his number anymore to let him know she still misses him. The phone revealed she had consistently rang multiple times a day. One of the voicemail clips plays, and we hear "It's just me, you've been on my mind. I'll catch you later, bye. The TikTok user, unsure of what to do, asked for advice in the comments section, writing "should I answer her calls or maybe just let her keep leaving voicemails—this might be her way of coping.
As many shared their own experiences, it became clear that this coping strategy is quite common. Feeling like a loved one is still just a phone call away somehow makes the pain a bit more bearable.
One person commented: "I'm still paying my dad's phone bill 1. He's been gone 2. One of the things we lose when a loved one dies is the chance for real conversation. So many things get left unsaid. We can look at old photographs, sure, but never again will we be able to ask "How was your day?
These are the moments that seem to die as well. So it's no wonder we cling onto something as simple as a phone number, if it means that we get to really share how important someone was.
And still is. The TikTok user decided to follow the advice, and let the woman hold onto the small piece of comfort by allowing her to keep calling. It's a small act of kindness that clearly means the world to someone else. Imagine how different the world would be if cis-gendered men had the ability to give birth?
Would the state of Texas attempt to ban abortions after six weeks or would they be available on-demand? Would we live in a country without mandatory paid maternity leave? How much more affordable would childcare be? Would there be a tax on period products? How would we treat people experiencing period pain? A few brave men decided to see what life was like for people who have periods in a funny but enlightening video that's gone viral on TikTok.
In a video posted by Benz Trap House that has over 1. Period simulators are essentially the same as labor simulators. They're called transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation TENS machines that are designed to relieve pain. But when turned up a notch can create intense, debilitating discomfort.
The group took a semi-scientific approach to the experiment with a woman acting as a control subject. At the beginning of the video, she attaches the simulator to an area near her ovaries and turns it up to ten, the highest setting.
In the clip, the group looks impressed as she endures the extreme setting without showing any discomfort. The boys tried a period simulator fyp foryou foryoupage funny periodcramps periodsimulator viral. When the first guy attempted to wear the period simulator he was shocked by the discomfort.
At one point in the video, the period simulator is attached to a woman and a man at the same time. When the device is turned on, the guy is in extreme pain while the woman stands still, claiming the feelings created by the machine are "not even as bad as a cramp. A lot of people who menstruate felt validated after seeing the guys experience their first period.
One of the most popular comments was from Candyce, who said: "I'm convinced if men could get pregnant they'd have abortion clinics on every corner and paid maternity leave the whole pregnancy. Another commenter, S DeMarco, pointed out that women have to go through an entire day in pain without a break. Shellz took reality up a notch. And period poops. And bloating. And the feeling of blood leaving you.
And the nausea," she wrote.
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