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How to Stay in Motion: A Guide to Sustainable Growth
By Chelsea Lamb: There’s a fine edge between ambition and burnout. You want more out of your career, your relationships, maybe even your...
Chelsea Lamb
2 days ago3 min read
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We Should Outgrow ThisÂ
By Isaac Aju: By Oyibo Ugbo - Ou Travels and Tours April 2024, Aba. There has been no light for about two months in this part of Aba ...

Isaac Aju
3 days ago12 min read
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The Emperor's New Clothes and the Close-Mindedness Toward Veganism
By Nancy Arenas: The classic tale of " The Emperor's New Clothes " by Hans Christian Andersen tells the story of an emperor who is...

Nancy Arenas
5 days ago2 min read
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You’re Out of Rhythm: How to Stick With Wellness Without Burning Out
By Kimberly Hayes: Image: Freepik In the endless tug-of-war between ambition and fatigue, wellness goals often fall into the category of...
Kimberly Hayes
May 233 min read
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The Art of Ethical Living: Aligning Your Choices with Your Values
By Nancy Arenas: In a world brimming with challenges—climate change, health crises, and ethical dilemmas—the way we live and eat has...

Nancy Arenas
May 83 min read
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Civics on the Rocks: Is It Supposed to Rain This Weekend?
By Anne Trominski: In case you were unaware, things are a bit crazy in the United States right now. In an era of shocking news stories,...
Anne Trominski
Apr 2536 min read
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Civics on the Rocks: What Makes an Order Executive?
By Anne Trominski: In case you were unaware, things are a bit crazy in the United States right now. In an era of shocking news stories,...
Anne Trominski
Mar 2833 min read
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My First Protest
By Derek May: Photo by Derek May On Tuesday, March 4, 2025, each capital city in all fifty U.S. states held protests to denounce the...

Derek May
Mar 137 min read
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Civics on the Rocks: What's the Civil Service?
By Anne Trominski: In case you were unaware, things are a bit crazy in the United States right now. In an era of shocking news stories,...
Anne Trominski
Feb 2839 min read
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Unrivaled: Elevating Women's Sports by Redefining Women's Basketball
By Derek May: Women’s sports in general, and basketball in particular, has seen an explosion in the last few years. There are those who...

Derek May
Feb 107 min read
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Flapper Press Pushcart Nominees in Writing
By Flapper Press: Flapper Press is proud to announce our nominations for the annual Pushcart Pr ize  in writing! We thought we'd start...
FLAPPER PRESS
Jan 313 min read
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Civics on the Rocks: Now What?
By Anne Trominski: In case you were unaware, things are a bit crazy in the United States right now. In an era of shocking news stories,...
Anne Trominski
Jan 1828 min read
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Yippie Ki Yay! The Most Wholesome DIE HARD Retelling You’ll Ever See Onstage
By Derek May: Last night, my wife and I watched Die Hard . Well, not exactly. We saw a stage performance of the film. Well, not exactly....

Derek May
Dec 21, 20244 min read
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How to Adjust Your Lifestyle to Hearing Loss
By Rena Justine: Living with hearing loss can be challenging. In a Yahoo Life interview , Shari Eberts, co-author of Hear & Beyond: Live...
Rena Justine
Nov 7, 20243 min read
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Flapper Press Announces Its 2024 Best of the Net Nominations in Art
By Flapper Press: Flapper Press is happy to announce our nominations for the Best of the Net  annual competition. This week, we share our...
FLAPPER PRESS
Nov 6, 20244 min read
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Unleashing the Creative Spirit: Ways to Fuel Your Imagination
By Chelsea Lamb: In a world saturated with routine and repetition, finding new ways to ignite your creative spark is essential....
Chelsea Lamb
Oct 25, 20243 min read
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How the Hell Is This Even a Race?
By Derek May: We’re now merely a couple weeks out from determining the future leader of our country, and according to polls, pundits, and...

Derek May
Oct 24, 20249 min read
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Flapper Press Announces Its Best of the Net Nominations in Non-Fiction
By Flapper Press: Flapper Press is happy to announce our nominations for the 2024 Best of the Net annual competition. This week, we...
FLAPPER PRESS
Oct 23, 20243 min read
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Those Horrible & Misleading Anti-Trans Ads
By Elizabeth Gracen: Except for the incessant text messages asking for donations, I consider myself lucky to not have been hit with a...
Elizabeth Gracen
Oct 22, 20243 min read
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Neighborly Know-How: Making a Difference Where It Matters
By Kimberly Hayes: Making a difference in your local community starts with committing to change. Every small action contributes to the...
Kimberly Hayes
Oct 9, 20243 min read
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The Rise of AI: Transforming Our World with Intelligence and Caution
By Jon Cohen: Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an invisible helper in our modern world, silently transforming how we live, work,...

Jon Cohen
Sep 12, 20244 min read
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Connected
By Elizabeth Gracen: I don’t know why I thought I wouldn’t watch the Democratic National Convention (DNC) last week. Maybe it’s because...
Elizabeth Gracen
Aug 29, 20244 min read
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BIG3 Basketball: The Biggest League You’ve Never Heard Of
By Derek May: I love professional basketball. I’ve bled Silver & Black for my San Antonio Spurs since my parents first got season tickets...

Derek May
Aug 16, 20248 min read
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Civics on the Rocks: Episode 1—What Is Civics?
By Anne Trominski: In case you were unaware, things are a bit crazy in the United States right now. In an era of shocking news stories,...
Anne Trominski
Jul 18, 202416 min read
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North to Alaska, a Travel Guide: Part 2—Sea-ing Is Believing
By Derek May: Welcome back! With preparations made and the virtues of an Alaskan land tour covered in Part 1, we’re ready to set sail!...

Derek May
Jun 20, 202414 min read
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4 Lifestyle Changes to Support Weight Management
By Rena Justine: America struggles with weight management. Healthline reports that 30.7% of adults in the country are overweight, while...
Rena Justine
Jun 18, 20244 min read
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North to Alaska, a Travel Guide: Part 1—Prep and Land(Tour)ing
By Derek May: There are many ways to reach our 49th U.S. state: plane, train, car, dogsled. There are even more reasons to visit:...

Derek May
Jun 8, 202413 min read
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Step-by-Step Guide to Organizing Your First Charity Walk Fundraiser
By Kimberly Hayes: Kimberly Hayes writes for The Gen Z Collective— which serves, documents, and supports Generation Z and the...
Kimberly Hayes
May 10, 20243 min read
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4 Tips for Staying on Top of Your Eye Health
By Rena Justine: Â Image credit: freepik Good vision is an integral aspect of wellness, being that the eyes are used across various...
Rena Justine
Apr 23, 20244 min read
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Happy Women's History Month
By Elizabeth Gracen: "National Women’s History Month honors the successes and sacrifices of U.S. women. It dates to March 8, 1857, when...
Elizabeth Gracen
Mar 29, 20245 min read
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The Taste of Starvation
By Tom Squitieri: Thirty-one March fifths ago, I finally got hit. The humanitarian aid truck I was riding in to the Sarajevo airport was...
Tom Squitieri
Mar 26, 20243 min read
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All Movies Are Art—Even the Bad Ones—Despite What Nearly Every Filmmaker and Film Critic May Tell You
By Alex Manugian: In 2019, Martin Scorsese gave an interview to Empire magazine in which he differentiated between movie franchises like...
Alex Manugian
Mar 25, 20249 min read
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Achieving Career Success without Compromising Personal Life: Tips for Busy Professionals
By Kimberly Hayes: As a busy professional, it is common to feel stressed, overwhelmed, and burnt out. Often, the long hours and the...
Kimberly Hayes
Mar 12, 20244 min read
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Lost in the Fog: Finding Ways Out of Stress
By Kimberly Hayes: The Gen Z Collective serves, documents, and supports Generation Z and the organizations by, for, and about them....
Kimberly Hayes
Jan 18, 20244 min read
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Flapper Press Poetry Café Series: My Favorite Poetry—Shakespeare's Sonnet 130
By Flapper Press Poetry Café: The Flapper Press Poetry Café continues a new series of articles about favorite lines of poetry and the...
FLAPPER PRESS
Jan 16, 20242 min read
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The Old Geezer Returns
By Tom Squitieri: The Press Club bar closes early now, to the regret of many of the dwindling number of old timers. The younger members...
Tom Squitieri
Jan 5, 20245 min read
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Concert Film Trilogy—Part Two: "Stop Making Sense"
By Elizabeth Gracen: Three unique concert films from musical artists—each distinctive and unique, representative of the deep and wide...
Elizabeth Gracen
Dec 22, 20234 min read
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Flapper Press Poetry Café Series: My Favorite Poetry—T. S. Eliot
By Flapper Press Poetry Café: The Flapper Press Poetry Café continues a new series of articles about favorite lines of poetry and the...
Flapper Press Poetry Café
Dec 21, 20233 min read
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A Day at the Circus: A Look at Cirque du Soleil's BAZZAR
By Anne Trominski: I love a circus. The dazzling colors, bright lights, outrageous costumes, amazing feats of acrobatics, and...
Anne Trominski
Dec 19, 20236 min read
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Concert Film Trilogy—Part One: "The Eras Tour"
By Elizabeth Gracen: How lucky am I to have had front-row seats to some of the biggest concerts that hit the stage in 2023? I didn’t have...
Elizabeth Gracen
Dec 8, 20236 min read
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Dragging Up Memories: Jim Bailey, Judy Garland, and a Fascinated 10-Year-Old Fan
By Ron Standridge: I can’t remember the first time I was exposed to the concept of drag as entertainment. Growing up, I have fond...
Ron Standridge
Nov 10, 20234 min read
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The Changing Landscape of Social Media
By Jon Cohen: The world of social media is constantly evolving, with new platforms emerging and old ones changing their focus. In the...

Jon Cohen
Oct 30, 20236 min read
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A Day at Austin City Limits 2023
By Derek May: They say everything’s bigger in Texas for good reason. I’ve lived here long enough to see that true of our food, our...

Derek May
Oct 13, 202310 min read
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On Bringing My Child to Malawi—Some Morning Musings
By Gillian Kessler: Note: In 2017, inspired by the incredible years of work her father had done in Malawi, Gillian Kessler and her...
Gillian Kessler
Sep 15, 20239 min read
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An Evening with Sondheim
By Elizabeth Gracen: Sondheim. Patti LuPone. Hot summer night. The Hollywood Bowl. Did I mention Patti LuPone? I’m a true-blue fangirl of...
Elizabeth Gracen
Aug 31, 20233 min read
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A Case for Physical Media
By Derek May: Change is inevitable, that’s simply a fact of life. But it’s also painful (a fact that’s harder to swallow). Some changes...

Derek May
Aug 29, 20237 min read
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Flapper Press Poetry Café Series: My Favorite Poetry—Mary Oliver
By Flapper Press Poetry Café: The Flapper Press Poetry Café continues a new series of articles about favorite lines of poetry and the...
FLAPPER PRESS
Aug 18, 20232 min read
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The Secret to Writing Great Lyrics
By Rena Justine: It’s one thing to know how to play an instrument and compose music, but it’s another to master the art of songwriting....
Rena Justine
Aug 15, 20233 min read
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Back to Vegas for the 2023 WNBA All-Star Game
By Derek May: I have an unsettling relationship with Las Vegas. My memories of living there in the early 1990s recall a city defiantly...

Derek May
Aug 10, 20239 min read
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Risky Business: The No-Win Scenario of Entertainment Economics
By Derek May: Hollywood seems to be striking out. You can take that at face value in reference to the two major ongoing strikes by the...

Derek May
Aug 4, 20237 min read
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