Could also carry large knives and openly chew tobacco in school. It wasn’t unheard of for guys to have a shotgun in a gun rack in their trucks, parked at school. We had Latin as an option and could drop math in Grade 10! Also in the « good old days »: we could smoke in class at Carleton, at the movies and on airplanes.- ??Jacques Leger?? April 24, 2022 We also had cadet training and a shooting range in the basement of the school. We had a smoking room IN our high school. We made clay ashtrays as gifts for Mother's Day.whether moms smoked or not!?- Mark April 24, 2022 We used to tell time by how many cigarettes she had in her ashtray.- rbe April 24, 2022 Also, my biology teacher smoked in the classroom. Here are a few responses that’ll show today’s kids just how crazy life used to be in the '70s and '80s. While others explained that life was perilous for a kid, whether it was the school playground equipment or questionable car seats.
How would a child of today react if their third grade teacher lit up a heater in the middle of math class?ĭan Wuori, senior director of early learning at the Hunt Institute, tweeted that his high school had a smoking area “for the kids.” He then asked his followers to share “something you experienced as a kid that would blow your children’s minds.”Ī lot of folks responded with stories of how ubiquitous smoking was when they were in school.
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This sea change in public opinion about smoking means there are fewer places where smoking is deemed acceptable.īut in the early '80s, you could smoke on a bus, on a plane, in a movie theater, in restaurants, in the classroom and even in hospitals. In 1965, 42.4% of Americans smoked and now, it’s just 12.5%. But it’s so important to have that representation of just, ‘oh, yeah, that’s one thing about me, but it’s not everything about me.’”Īnother big difference between now and life in the '70s and '80s has been public attitudes toward smoking cigarettes. It’s important for us to have those stories of coming out, and sad stories or triumphant stories. Stalter added, “One of my favorite things about ‘Hacks’ is that there are all these queer characters and it’s just who they are. Even though is evolving, and there is a lot more now than when I was growing up, there are some nights when I’m googling gay movies, just dying to see something where I feel represented.
In an interview with The Advocate, she shared, “I light up when I see a gay character or a queer character. The actress-who has been open about expressing her own bisexual identity as a previously avid churchgoer from the Midwest-understands the importance of normalizing and celebrating queer joy. Stalter has stumbled on her own brand of advocacy through her funny videos. The Urban List recommends checking to see if a company’s support is both measurable (having outcomes) and year-round, as well as if it addresses community issues, speaks up to impact anti-LGBTQI+ policy and legislation, and offers paid opportunities to the company's queer employees. Of course, there are plenty of companies that authentically participate in allyship. The underlying motto, as Stalter puts it, is “we think that gay people are okay. One of the more damaging aspects of rainbow-washing is that it often misleads people into thinking that they are helping to empower a marginalized community, when in actuality they are only helping corporations profit. This is a perfect example of how brands suddenly use rainbow colors or imagery to advertise rather than advocate, otherwise known as rainbow-washing. She then spews out “Hunky dory more like honky whore-y mama werk shake your thang sissy twerk doctor girl yassify that hoe,” before donning some rainbow-colored sunglasses.