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Tackle Football Birthday Party

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A boy who loves Barbies is terrified at the thought of playing tackle football. 

Tags Childhood Gender Friendship Coming out Adolescence Acceptance Mental health Shame Thought-provoking Serious Nostalgic Bittersweet Grateful

Storyteller

Julian Goldhagen

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Mother, Mommy, Mama, Mom

Recorded Date

April 7, 2014

“I was a very girly little kid, which is what people told me back then.”

Photo by Jason Falchook
Julian Goldhagen

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