Danielle Corcione
Journalist, photographer
politics, technology, social justice, personal finance, business, food, music, books
PROJECTS
Teen Vogue
Marijuana in the 2018 Midterms: A State-by-State Guide
"While there is plenty of scientific research out there pointing to the plant’s many medicinal benefits, both conservative and liberal critics of cannabis, and regulated medical-marijuana programs argue the plant is addictive, impairs driving, is a gateway substance to harder illicit drugs, is a bad influence for minors, and even poses serious health risks."
Teen Vogue
Matthew Shepard's Murder Helped Inspire the Most Comprehensive Hate Crime Legislation in U.S. History
"The incident sparked national attention and outrage."
leafly.com
America’s War on Drugs Has Been Racist for a Century
"To understand the history of cannabis in the United States, it’s crucial to examine immigration."
Teen Vogue
Bra Burning as a Feminist Ritual, Debunked
"This fabricated narrative dates back 50 years to a women’s-liberation demonstration, organized by a small group called New York Radical Women, outside of the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 7, 1968."
VICE
'BoJack Horseman' Helped Me Grapple with the Death of an Abusive Parent
"Season five grapples with the complexity of grieving a traumatized and traumatizing parent--the now deceased Beatrice, BoJack’s mother, suffered from trauma, but also contributed to traumatizing BoJack, so he is forced to confront how he will process the loss of an imperfect parent."
dotandline.net
How ‘BoJack’ Season 5 Humanizes Opioid Addiction
"Whether he’s BoJack the horse or BoJack the actor, he’s still a BoJack suffering from addiction."
bigbudsmag.com
Tsk Tsk, Musk: SpaceX Billionaire Cops Blunt-Force Flak
"In the meantime, as Musk continues to staff up Tesla in the wake of high-profile resignations, we’re just curious as to whether he accepts job applications from formerly incarcerated applicants with prior cannabis charges and convictions."
bigbudsmag.com
Bulldozer Death Of PA Grower Allegedly Caught Cultivating 10 Plants Ruled An Accident
"While there’s a big difference between growing on public property versus the privacy of your own home, especially in a state with restricted grow laws like Pennsylvania, the death of a grower — especially a death so violent — is inexcusable."
bigbudsmag.com
The Trump Administration’s War On Weed Has A Secret Committee To Take Down Cannabis
"While sources reveal that the committee has complained of what they believe to be an unfair, one-sided bias in cannabis research that favors the plant, those same committee members are still primarily concerned with showing cannabis in a negative light, which can snowball into a completely new generation of anti-pot propaganda."
bigbudsmag.com
Today Is International Overdose Awareness Day — So What’s Cannabis Doing To Help?
"And as opioid-related deaths have increased over the past few decades, we know that this policing tactic isn’t working; it has simply not been successful in preventing overdoses."
rewire.news
‘Blue Lives Matter’ Supporters Marched in Philadelphia While Police Brutalized Counter-Protesters
“I said something along the lines, ‘You’re tearing out my vagina.’ He looked at me, said, ‘Does that hurt?’ yanked them again, and pushed me forward into the bus.”
Teen Vogue
How to Use Gender-Neutral Words
"Gender-inclusive language isn’t typically something you learn in school, but its use is incredibly important to make life easier for nonbinary peers."
Teen Vogue
For Those in Grief, Talking to a Dead Loved One Is Good for Mental Health
"If you’ve ever found yourself having a conversation with someone you love who has passed away, don’t worry. "
Teen Vogue
How the Democratic National Convention Has Been Protested Against in the Last 50 Years
“'The Chicago police were acting under orders, and they said it outright again and again.'”
HelloGiggles
I became a college marijuana activist to find friends who smoked weed, but got an education on social injustice instead
"Throughout college, even while I learned all of this, many of my peers dismissed our organization as the 'pot club' and never took it seriously."