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I Thought Coming Out To My Mom Would Bring Us Closer. Then I Received Something Shocking In The Mail.

Nov 6, 2024 | huffpost.com | Kelli Dunham

When I came out to my mom, she ripped up my birth certificate and sent it to me. I sat in my therapistâs office, holding the shreds, muttering, âI canât believe how passive-aggressive my mom is being.â My therapist paused, looked at me and said, âI wonder. Is this more in the category of âaggressive-aggressiveâ?âI was very new to therapy and, apparently, very new to the concept of passive-aggression.
GROWING UP | Kirkus Reviews

Aug 12, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Rachel Greener |Kelli Dunham |Laura Tallardy |Matthew Syed

A guide to the ins and outs of maturation. Greener and Owen’s book covers physical and emotional changes, friendship, self-care, and digital citizenship and safety. Written in second person, the text addresses young readers directly, inviting them to consider their own experiences.
People Ask Me Why I Bother Engaging With Evangelicals Online. The Answer Is Surprisingly Simple.

Jun 27, 2024 | yahoo.com | Kelli Dunham

The author today. Photo Courtesy of Kelli DunhamI’ve lived many lives. This includes an enthusiastic (and very earnest) half-dozen years of my adolescence and young adulthood as an energetic Daytona Beach, Florida-dwelling born-again Christian. I participated in activities such as going to church four times a week, asking strangers on the bus if they had accepted Jesus Christ as their personal savior, and giving out Gospel tracts on the beach.
Feline Ponzi Scheme

Jan 23, 2024 | kellidunham.substack.com | Kelli Dunham

A certain prestigious alternative comedy festival has rejected me yearly for over a decade. Is prestigious + alternative comedy = an oxymoron? Anyway. It occurred to me that perhaps this ex-nun genderqueer comedy business is a bit of an acquired taste. Or at least a very specific one. So I’ve been searching for a show topic with a wider appeal. What could be better, I thought, than making off-off-off-off-off Broadwaytheater about the internet's favorite animal, cats?
North Dakota task force creates guide for parents, caregivers to discuss child sex abuse with kids

Jan 17, 2024 | jamestownsun.com | April Baumgarten |Kelli Dunham

NORTH DAKOTA CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION GUIDE FOR CAREGIVERSGuidance for parents, caregivers, foster parents, and guardians to prevent child sexual abuse. TABLE OF CONTENTSI. Overview ........................................................................................................................ 2 a) What is Child Sexual Abuse? ......................................................................................
Seven Tips For Dealing With Religious Shame

Nov 18, 2023 | kellidunham.substack.com | Kelli Dunham

When I was performing in Edinburgh this year, I pleaded with (oops, I mean flyered) someone sitting outside of CC Blooms to come to the show. That's the whole Edinburgh jam, arguing with folks to go to your performance instead of the drag queen on roller skates juggling chainsaws musical extravaganza at a bar across the street.
Ashes to Ashes, Trust to Trust

Nov 13, 2023 | opensecretsmag.substack.com | Kelli Dunham

Comedian Kelli Dunham, whose latest shows is Second Helping: Two Dead Lovers Dead Funny; photo by Lauren DukesI’m not embarrassed by any of my tattoos even though by all rights I should be since they range in character from dubious (a combat boot-clad rabbit wielding a labrys) to nerdy (a diagrammed sentence on my forearm) to downright corny (a turquoise smiling dolphin jumping over some waves).
IT'S NOT BRAGGING IF IT'S TRUE

May 2, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Zaila Avant-garde |Raina Telgemeier |Kelli Dunham |Laura Tallardy

HOW TO BE AWESOME AT LIFE by Zaila Avant-garde ‧ Avant-garde, who in 2021 became the first African American winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, offers guidance to readers eager to follow their own dreams. Though the author’s many achievements—among them two basketball-related Guinness World Records and being named SportsKid 2021 of the year by Sports Illustrated Kids—may look effortless, she stresses that it’s been hard work.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT VAGINAS

Feb 28, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Cece Bell |Kelli Dunham |Laura Tallardy

AN IMPORTANT BOOK ABOUT VULVAS, PERIODS, PUBERTY, AND SEX! by Allison K. Rodgers ; illustrated by Annika Le Large ‧ An illustrated book about vaginas and the bodies that have them. In an ideal world, young people would freely access accurate information about bodies, including those with vaginas.