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Appalachian Youth Creators
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Appalachian Youth Poetry: bloom
As part of the Appalachian Youth Creators Project, we’re committed not just to young people telling their own…
TikTok and the Appalachian Aesthetic: What the Video Platform Means for the Region
Election memes, bedsheet ghosts and whipped coffee: 2020 was a surreal year for TikTok trends. TikTok — or…
Commentary: Why Small Towns Need Student Journalists
February 26 is Student Press Freedom Day, a national day of awareness for student media that highlights the…
Commentary: Gun Violence Has Defined Gen Z’s School Life. Will the Capitol Breach Change Anything?
School shootings and lockdown drills have been a defining experience for my generation. On social media, countless students…
Commentary: A Coming of Age Reflection on Masculinity, Asexuality in the Mountain South
By all marks, I meet Hank Williams Jr.’s Southern standards in his famous song “A Country Boy Can…
Commentary: I’m a Youth Climate Activist, Not an Environmentalist
Even though I have marched with climate strikes, helped organize protests and advocated for a Green New Deal,…