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Six Creative Ways Artists Can Improve Communities

By Laura Zabel — 2015

In cities around the globe, there is an exciting movement afoot to share ideas and models that help connect artists more deeply with their communities.

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Coming Out Stories From Young Black Creatives

With Pride Month here—this year coinciding with the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement after the killings of George Floyd and other Black victims of excessive police force, and racist attacks—WWD asked a few young Black creatives to share their coming out experiences.

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Victor Vaughns, Jr.
2020
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Latinx Actor Vico Ortiz Talks Coming Out Non-Binary, Breaking Down Gendered Barriers

“In Latin America, there’s been a great deal of progress around gay and lesbian identities,” Ortiz says. “But with being transgender and non-binary, a lot of people are still unsure what it all means and I believe it’s connected to the words we use.”

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Lamar Dawson
2021
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Today’s Queer Latinx Representation on TV Is Everything I Needed Growing Up

In the late ’90s, television was my greatest source of comfort—the place were I went to to find versions of myself reflected back at me. The only queer woman I ever saw on screen, however, was Ellen Degeneres.

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Priscilla Blossom
2019
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Cover Star Lil Nas X’s Road to Becoming Montero

The ever-viral artist discusses his meteoric rise and the pressures of being a Black gay musician on a global stage.

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Tre'vell Anderson
2021
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What Does it Mean to Be Creative at the End of the World?

A few months and many deaths ago, I woke up exhausted, again. Every morning, I felt like I was rebuilding myself from the ground up. Waking up was hard. Getting to my desk to write was hard. Taking care of my body was hard. Remembering the point of it all was hard.

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Saeed Jones
2021
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The Disguises We Wear Every Day

Hiding your feelings can be freeing. But eventually you have to take off the mask.

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Arthur C. Brooks
2021
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How climate action and wellbeing go hand-in-hand in Bilbao

In the latest in our series of articles leading up to COP26, Mayor of Bilbao, Juan Mari Aburto, tells SmartCitiesWorld how the city council is building wellbeing metrics into its sustainability and climate action plans for the long term.

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Luke Antoniou
2021
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Is It Self-Care, or Is It Capitalism?

So many of the little rituals I have each day—like my makeup or skincare routine—do help soothe and/or rejuvenate me. For me, any type of solo practiced routine is good. But I’ve learned that self-care does not, and cannot, sustain me. And I believe that this may be the case for many of you.

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Ijeoma Oluo
2021
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The Psychosocial Side of Cancer

A cancer diagnosis brings a wealth of psychological challenges. In fact, adults living with cancer have a six-time higher risk for psychological disability than those not living with cancer.

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Suzanne M. Miller
2020
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When Your Spouse Has Cancer

Includes Frequently Asked Questions about how to communicate and cope.

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Stanford Medicine
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