[New post] The ‘Treasonous’ Teens Living in One Nation Under Guns

Danielle Tcholakian posted: "Teens seem somehow wired for disagreement in their adolescent years. Sometimes this is simply a product of exercising one's personhood, other times it seems connected to a sort of magic of youth that lies, in part, in their relative newness to the culture" New post on Longreads The 'Treasonous' Teens Living in One Nation Under Guns by Danielle Tcholakian Teens seem somehow wired for disagreement in their adolescent years. Sometimes this is simply a product of exercising one's personhood, other times it seems connected to a sort of magic of youth that lies, in part, in their relative newness to the culture. They are old enough to know how to communicate and observe and think critically, but young enough to question the status quo. This is evidenced beautifully in a recent Washington Post profile by Eli Saslow of Wyoming teen Moriah Engdahl, who seeks out every possible way to be the opposite of her father, Alan. Moriah is a student journalist, her father is a media-hating Trump supporter; she supports gay rights, he thinks "that stuff is better off staying hidden." Moriah is the youngest and most headstrong of  Alan's four daughters, and he calls her "the mouthy, hard-headed one" with pride, even though they butt heads— most recently over the issue of gun regulations. Read more of this post Danielle Tcholakian | May 30, 2018 at 12:07 pm | Tags: activism, gun violence, guns, high school, jezebel, Kentucky, teenagers, teens, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wyoming | Categories: Blog Post, Current Events | URL: https://wp.me/p4KhvY-s57 Like Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Longreads. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://longreads.com/2018/05/30/the-treasonous-teens-living-in-one-nation-under-guns/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com