In addition to honoring Jennifer Aniston with the People’s Icon Award and Gwen Stefani with the Fashion Icon Award, the People’s Choice Awards celebrated the best in TV, music and pop culture on Sunday, November 10.(Strassberg, US Weekly)
Read MoreIt is normal and customary to identify Pope Francis’ conservative critics as “traditionalists.” But much of what they say is a far cry from Catholic tradition — not least their criticism of the pope itself. We need a new way to identify them. (Silk, Religion News Service)
Read MoreIn conversation after conversation, adolescent girls describe themselves as particularly vulnerable to the banes of our increasingly digital culture, with many of them struggling to manage the constant connectedness of social media, their rising levels of anxiety and the intense emotions that have always been central to adolescence. (Pipher & Gilliam, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreUnknown numbers of teenagers are allowed to begin gender-reassignment therapies, only to change their minds — by which time the physical effects can already be permanent. Andrew Sullivan meets women who have ‘detransitioned’. (Walker, The Times)
Read MoreThough platforms bar child sexual abuse imagery on the web, criminals are exploiting gaps. Victims are caught in a living nightmare, confronting images again and again. (Keller & Dance, The New York Times)
Read MoreJauchler is one of a growing number of death doulas who provide both spiritual guidance and logistical support for those facing the end of life. The name is an adaptation from the more commonly known birth doula profession — rather than facilitating birth, death doulas support a person whose life is coming to a close. (Beech, Religion News Service)
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