Ever look at your parents'; high school yearbooks and think people looked so much older back then? All of the teenagers look like theyre in their mid-30s and the teachers who are 50 look like theyre 80.When we watch older movies‚ even those from the 1980s‚ the teenagers appear to be a lot older as well. Why is it that they looked so much older? Was life harder? Did people act more mature? Did they spend more time outdoors and less time playing video games? Is it their sense of fashion? Were they all smokers?Educator Michael Stevens‚ who runs the super-popular Vsauce YouTube channel‚ explains the phenomenon in a new video called‚ Did people used to look older? In the video‚ he explains that people in the past appear a lot older due to a phenomenon known as retrospective aging.When we see people in the past‚ they are wearing outdated styles that we associate with older people; therefore‚ we think they have aged rapidly. For example‚ a teenager in the 1950s may have been in fashion while wearing thick Buddy Holly-style glasses.But as people age‚ they tend to cling to the fashion of their youth. So many people of that generation continued to wear the Buddy Holly-style glasses into their 50s. So when younger people see those glasses they see them as old people';s glasses and not a hip kid from the ';50s.So in the photo from the ';50s‚ the teen appears to look a lot older because our perspective has been tainted by time.But it isnt all just an illusion. Stevens also points out that people did age faster back in the day due to differences in nutrition‚ lifestyle and medicine.This article originally appeared on 07.11.22

Software developer Angie Jones'; recent girls trip revealed that America still has a long way to go when it comes to race.To most‚ that';s not surprising. But what';s unique is how the specific experience Jones and her friends went through revealed the pervasive way systemic racism still runs through our culture.Jones is the Senior Director of Developer Relations at Applitools‚ holds 26 patented inventions in the United States of America and Japan‚ and is an IBM Master Inventor.On July 27‚ she tweeted about a flight she took with nine other Black women and they all sat in first class. ";People literally could not process how it was possible‚"; she wrote. ";Staff tried to send us to regular lines. Passengers made snide remarks. One guy even yelled ';are they a higher class of people than I am?!';"; (@) Jones and her friends were the targets of racism that ranged from the seemingly unconscious people who assumed that Black people don';t sit in first class to the blatant those who were seriously bothered that Black people were being treated as having a higher status.It';s interesting that she didn';t mention anyone saying ";good for you"; for succeeding in a world that often holds people of color back. Instead‚ she was greeted with incredulity and jealous rage.There are a lot of white people who can';t stand the idea of a Black person being elevated above them. It';s disturbing that in 2021 there are still some who will admit it publicly.Jones'; tweets inspired a lot of people to share their stories about the racism they';ve experienced while flying first class. (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) (@) Jones'; tweets also angered some people to the point that they denied her story. To which she responded‚ ";To those saying I';m lying‚ you';re a huge part of the problem‚"; she wrote. ";You tell yourself a notable person is lying (for what reason‚ I cannot figure out) before you believe there are actual racists in...America."; (@) One Twitter user came up with the perfect retort to the person who asked‚ ";Are they a higher class of people than I am?!"; (@) This article originally appeared on 07.29.21

In addition to being the star of Marvel franchise ";Thor‚"; actor Chris Hemsworth is also a father-of-three? And it turns out‚ he';s pretty much the coolest dad ever.In a clip from a 2015 interview on ";The Ellen DeGeneres Show‚"; Hemsworth shared an interesting conversation he had with his 4-year-old daughter India.";My daughter';s kind of envious of my boys‚"; Hemsworth told Ellen. ";She came to me the other day‚ and she';s like ';You know‚ Papa‚ I want one of those things that Sasha and Tristan have.'; And I';m like‚ ';What do you mean?'; She said‚ ';You know the things in between their legs that you have.';";Hemsworth said he tried to explain the differences between male and female bodies‚ but his daughter wasn';t having it.";She goes‚ ';I really want one!'; Hemsworth said. ";I';m like‚ ';A penis?'; And she';s like‚ ';I want a penis!';And then‚ Hemsworth had the best possible response. He recalls:She';s four and I';m like‚ ';You know what‚ you can be whatever you want to be.'; And she goes‚ ';Thanks‚ Dad.'; Runs off into the playground and that was it.And then‚ I cannot confirm‚ but I';m pretty sure the Ellen audience did this:Major kudos to Hemsworth for taking a potentially awkward parenting situation and turning it into a lesson about love and acceptance.You can watch the full clip here:This article originally appeared on 08.27.18

I first saw a psychiatrist for my anxiety and depression as a junior in high school.During her evaluation‚ she asked about my coursework. I told her that I had a 4.0 GPA and had filled my schedule with pre-AP and AP classes. A puzzled look crossed her face. She asked about my involvement in extracurricular activities. As I rattled off the long list of groups and organizations I was a part of‚ her frown creased further.Finally‚ she set down her pen and looked at me‚ saying something along the lines of ";You seem to be pretty high-functioning‚ but your anxiety and depression seem pretty severe. Actually‚ it';s teens like you who scare me a lot.";Now I was confused. What was scary about my condition? From the outside‚ I was functioning like a perfectly ";normal"; teenager. In fact‚ I was somewhat of an overachiever.I was working through my mental illnesses and I was succeeding‚ so what was the problem?I left that appointment with a prescription for Lexapro and a question that I would continue to think about for years. The answer didn';t hit me all at once.Instead‚ it came to me every time I heard a suicide story on the news saying‚ ";By all accounts‚ they were living the perfect life.";It came to me as I crumbled under pressure over and over again‚ doing the bare minimum I could to still meet my definition of success.It came to me as I began to share my story and my illness with others‚ and I was met with reactions of ";I had no idea"; and ";I never would have known."; It';s easy to put depression into a box of symptoms.Even though we';re often told that mental illness comes in all shapes and sizes‚ I think we';re still stuck with certain ";stock images"; of mental health in our heads.When we see depression and anxiety in adolescents‚ we see teens struggling to get by in their day-to-day lives. We see grades dropping‚ and we see involvement replaced by isolation. But it doesn';t always look like this.And when we limit our idea of mental illness‚ at-risk people slip through the cracks.We don';t see the student with the 4.0 GPA or the student who';s active in choir and theater or a member of the National Honor Society or the ambitious teen who takes on leadership roles in a religious youth group.No matter how many times we are reminded that mental illness doesn';t discriminate‚ we revert back to a narrow idea of how it should manifest‚ and that is dangerous.Recognizing this danger is what helped me find the answer to my question.Watching person after person myself included slip under the radar of the ";depression detector"; made me realize where that fear comes from. My psychiatrist knew the list of symptoms‚ and she knew I didn';t necessarily fit them. She understood it was the reason that‚ though my struggles with mental illness began at age 12‚ I didn';t come to see her until I was 16.If we keep allowing our perception of what mental illness looks like to dictate how we go about recognizing and treating it‚ we will continue to overlook people who don';t fit the mold.We cannot keep forgetting that there are people out there who‚ though they may not be able to check off every symptom on the list‚ are heavily and negatively affected by their mental illness. If we forget‚ we allow their struggle to continue unnoticed‚ and that is pretty scary.This article was written by Amanda Leventhal and originally appeared on 06.03.16

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