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Heather Corinna (born April 18, 1970) is an author, activist, and Internet publisher with a focus on progressive, affirming sexuality. Corinna is a self-described "queer, rabblerousing, polymath". Corinna is non-binary,, uses they/them pronouns, and has advocated for accepting the diverse forms of a sexual experience and avoiding "expertitis". Biography Corinna was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Chicago and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Corinna suffered sexual assault at age 12, and was homeless by age 16. Corinna has written about the role that sexual assault and other violence experienced as a youth have played in motivating their later art and activism. Corinna is a 1986 graduate of the Chicago Academy for the Arts, studying music, creative writing, and art. They also attended Shimer College, then located in Waukegan, majoring in Humanities. Later, Corinna worked for several years as an early childhood educator. After working in education with developmentally ...
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Hanne Blank
Hanne Blank, also known as Hanne Blank Boyd, is an American historian, writer, and editor. Her written works include ''Virgin: The Untouched History'', ''Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality'', and ''The Unapologetic Fat Girl's Guide to Exercise and Other Incendiary Acts''. Biography Hanne Blank was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, Northampton, Massachusetts and grew up in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area. She is a classically trained musician and a formally educated historian.Seher biography page from her official web site As a musician, she was a Fellow of the Boston University Tanglewood Institute and was the 1991 recipient of the George Whitefield Chadwick medal for work as a proponent of contemporary art music upon graduating from New England Conservatory.Seher biography page from her official web site. She received the Ph.D. in History from Emory University. Her first book, ''Big Big Love: A Sourcebook for People of Size and Those Who Love The ...
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Menopause
Menopause, also known as the climacteric, is the time when Menstruation, menstrual periods permanently stop, marking the end of the Human reproduction, reproductive stage for the female human. It typically occurs between the ages of 45 and 55, although the exact timing can vary. Menopause is usually a natural change related to a decrease in circulating blood estrogen levels. It can occur earlier in those who smoke tobacco. Other causes include surgery that removes both ovaries, some types of chemotherapy, or anything that leads to a decrease in hormone levels. At the physiological level, menopause happens because of a decrease in the ovaries' production of the hormones estrogen and progesterone. While typically not needed, measuring hormone levels in the blood or urine can confirm a diagnosis. Menopause is the opposite of menarche, the time when periods start. In the years before menopause, a woman's periods typically become irregular, which means that periods may be longer ...
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Educators From Illinois
A teacher, also called a schoolteacher or formally an educator, is a person who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence, or virtue, via the practice of teaching. ''Informally'' the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. when showing a colleague how to perform a specific task). In some countries, teaching young people of school age may be carried out in an informal setting, such as within the family (homeschooling), rather than in a formal setting such as a school or college. Some other professions may involve a significant amount of teaching (e.g. youth worker, pastor). In most countries, ''formal'' teaching of students is usually carried out by paid professional teachers. This article focuses on those who are ''employed'', as their main role, to teach others in a ''formal'' education context, such as at a school or other place of ''initial'' formal education or training. Duties and functions A teacher's role may vary among cultures. Teachers may provi ...
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Shimer College Alumni
Shimer is an American surname of German origin. Shimer may refer to: *Shimer College, a liberal arts college in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States * Shimer, Pennsylvania, a populated place in Northampton County, Pennsylvania People with the surname Shimer *Brian Shimer, bobsledder *Frances Shimer, founder of the Mount Carroll Seminary *Henry Shimer, entomologist and faculty at Mount Carroll Seminary *Robert Shimer Robert Shimer (born August 21, 1968) is an American macroeconomist and labor economist who currently holds the George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College at the University of Chicago. From 2018 through 2024 ...
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LGBTQ People From Illinois
LGBTQ people are individuals who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning. Many variants of the initialism are used; LGBTQIA+ people incorporates intersex, asexual, aromantic, agender, and other individuals. The group is generally conceived as broadly encompassing all individuals who are part of a sexual or gender minority, including all sexual orientations, romantic orientations, gender identities, and sex characteristics that are not heterosexual, heteroromantic, cisgender, or endosex, respectively. Scope and terminology A broad array of sexual and gender minority identities are usually included in who is considered LGBTQ. The term ''gender, sexual, and romantic minorities'' is sometimes used as an alternative umbrella term for this group. Groups that make up the larger group of LGBTQ people include: * People with a sexual orientation that is non-heterosexual, including lesbians, gay men, bisexual people, and asexual people * People who are trans ...
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American Bisexual Writers
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ...
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Writers From Chicago
A writer is a person who uses writing, written words in different writing styles, List of writing genres, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain. Writers may develop different forms of writing such as novels, Short story, short stories, monographs, Travel literature, travelogues, Play (theatre), plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as reports, educational material, and Article (publishing), news articles that may be of interest to the Public, general public. Writers' works are nowadays published across a wide range of Mass media, media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well, often contribute significantly to the Culture, cultural content of a society. The term "writer" is also used elsewhere in the arts and music, such as songwriter or a screenwriter, but also a stand-alone "writer" typically refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition ...
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Living People
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