Content note: drug addiction, overdose, eating disorders Last month, I went to the One Pill Can Kill conference, hosted at the school where I teach. I wrote a freelance article about it for the Beaumont Enterprise while one of my journalism students covered it for the school newspaper. READ MORE: Southeast Texas schools lead TexasContinueContinue reading “Fentanyl overdose survivor shares hope at One Pill Can Kill conference”
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Your struggle doesn’t have to own you
Content note: discussion of eating disorders I took these photos almost a year ago now—in late October when I was coming towards the end of a virtual intensive outpatient treatment program. It was the only way I knew of that I could get help for my eating disorder while also working a full-time job andContinueContinue reading “Your struggle doesn’t have to own you”
Help an ex-fundie human trafficking survivor: This single parent + toddler are moving for better healthcare access
Photo: Megan McKinzey Photography We want to help one of our friends reach stability three years after he left an abusive ex-partner with a newborn. In the next month, he needs to relocate to gain better access health care and manage several chronic conditions that often go along with hypermobile Ehler-Danlos Syndrome, which causes frequentContinueContinue reading “Help an ex-fundie human trafficking survivor: This single parent + toddler are moving for better healthcare access”
LIT hosts domestic violence, abuse information event
This article was originally published in The University Press, Lamar University’s student newspaper, on November 1, 2018. Story by Eleanor SkeltonUP contributor Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women, according to statistics from the Texas Council on Family Violence. Almost half of college women reported experiencing abusive behaviors from their partner and oneContinueContinue reading “LIT hosts domestic violence, abuse information event”
‘Passion Play’: AMSET hosts photography exhibit until Nov. 25
This article was originally published in The University Press, Lamar University’s student newspaper, on Oct. 25, 2018. Story by Eleanor SkeltonUP contributor The current exhibit at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas leaves more questions than answers. Deborah Luster’s “Passion Play” doesn’t fall neatly into any specific interpretation, photographer Keith Carter said. “It’s meant to beContinueContinue reading “‘Passion Play’: AMSET hosts photography exhibit until Nov. 25”
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