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Attachment theory originated in the 1950s, pioneered by British psychologist John Bowlby. His research led him to propose – contrary to popular belief at the time – that a secure relationship with a caregiver was a vital factor in infant development. https://t.co/GncY7BMfOG

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📘 "Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place," by @AvashiaNeema In this book, Neema asks herself big questions about identity, community and kinship, survival and assimilation and her Appalachian upbringing.

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“I wrote this book for the younger me who was so depressed, felt so isolated, and so trapped. I didn’t know anyone like me, and I really needed that encouragement,” said Jeanna Kadlec, author of the book Heretic. https://t.co/jqCxtQWpjB

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Sunny & Ted is becoming the go-to place for Black and brown holiday ware. Jasmine Williams, a 32-year-old mother of two, started the company with a heartwarming intention: to create a better world through diversity and representation for her sons. https://t.co/Rs0jSkcljJ

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✨George M. Johnson (@IamGMJohnson) is an Award-Winning Non-Binary writer, author, and activist. They authored the New York Times Bestselling memoir "All Boys Aren't Blue," a series of essays chronicling their adolescence growing up as a young Black Queer boy in New Jersey. https://t.co/xtc7hU9YxS

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Fred Gray, 91, built his legendary career at the forefront of battles to end segregation, representing Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin, the victims of the Tuskegee syphilis study, the NAACP, among many others. https://t.co/TuHEP3sFyC

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📘 "My Old Kentucky Home: The Astonishing Life and Reckoning of an Iconic American Song," by @emilybingham1 Bingham charts the surprising and fascinating history of Kentucky's state song as it has evolved and adapted over the course of nearly 200 years.

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✨George M. Johnson (@IamGMJohnson) is an Award-Winning Non-Binary writer, author, and activist. They authored the New York Times Bestselling memoir "All Boys Aren't Blue," a series of essays chronicling their adolescence growing up as a young Black Queer boy in New Jersey. https://t.co/xtc7hU9YxS

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January marks #SpiritualAbuseAwarenessMonth. Reading books like "#ChurchToo" by @emilyjoypoetry and connecting with a therapist are a few of the many resources that can help survivors understand their negative experiences in religion. https://t.co/L3pYC99TDH

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One day after #NationalBlackPoetryDay we celebrated the birthday of Black feminist poet & playwright, Ntozake Shange. She's remembered for classics like “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf” (1976) & “Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo” (1982). https://t.co/Tu0fmUDf0f