By Alexa Rodriguez
Mar 10, 2021
Going on a first date is often nerve-racking. But going on a first-date during the pandemic can be
especially so.
On top of all the usual things to worry about like, if they like you and if you like them now you also have to deal with certain challenges, such as whether you should meet virtually or in person.
“These are less-than-ideal circumstances to meet strangers, to put your best foot forward, to enter situations with, at times, forced positivity,” says Sabrina Romanoff, PsyD, a clinical psychologist in New York City.
It’s tough to feel fun and flirty during these unprecedented times, she adds.
By Alexa Rodriguez
Mar 10, 2021
Going on a first date is often nerve-racking. But going on a first-date during the pandemic can be
especially so.
On top of all the usual things to worry about like, if they like you and if you like them now you also have to deal with certain challenges, such as whether you should meet virtually or in person.
“These are less-than-ideal circumstances to meet strangers, to put your best foot forward, to enter situations with, at times, forced positivity,” says Sabrina Romanoff, PsyD, a clinical psychologist in New York City.
It’s tough to feel fun and flirty during these unprecedented times, she adds.
On top: Laura Calderon and William Brewer. On bottom, from left: Sherri Winters, Andrea Rediger, Tiffani Saunders and Ann Strahle. Campaigns for Ball-Chatham s school board are underway. The six candidates gathered virtually March 4 for a forum in advance of the April 6 election. There are four seats up for election. According to 2020 figures from the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), of about 4,750 students in the public school district in Chatham, 77.8% are white, 7.4% are of two or more races, 5.6% are Black, 5.2% are Asian and 4% are Hispanic. Meanwhile, 100% of teachers are white. Much of the forum discussed inclusion and teaching in culturally competent ways.
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Political Dispute Over Transgender Rights Focuses On Youth Sports Danbury High School sophomore Alanna Smith at the Connecticut State Capitol on Feb, 12, 2020. Smith is among three girls who sued to block a state policy that allows transgender athletes to compete in girls sports.
Pat Eaton-Robb/AP
March 11, 2021
There was an impassioned debate in the South Dakota State Senate this week over a proposed bill that would restrict transgender female students from participating in female sports.
Legislators supporting the bill framed their arguments around fairness. HB 1217 makes sure women s sports in South Dakota stays fair by prohibiting biological males, no matter how they identify, from competing in female sports, said Republican state Sen. Maggie Sutton.