Even the most personal changes often have a powerful ripple effect through the lives of our families, friends and colleagues. Jillian, for example, started monitoring the shows her children watch and now limits her fashion magazine subscriptions. Sondra, the woman silenced by her husband’s remarks, has returned to debating politics and religion with her brother-in-law. She’s also passing down her parents’ wonderful legacy of “living out loud and proud” along with tools her daughters can use to effectively deal with the shaming that some people use to keep us quiet. Change can take many
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