the signs were a call to action against hate, how he himself had been the target of homophobic slurs, and how using the constitutional right to free speech means being allowed to put up a simple yard sign. "Calm down, dude," he said to John's claims of self-righteousness. on the Billboard 200 charts, and now he’s about to go on tour with Lorde all over Europe. Oh, and did we mention he’s also nominated for MTV’sBest New Artist VMA?Even though he toldWWD “A government formed by these two parties would only put ignorant and unqualified people in power and give voice to the most brutal, inhumane, and dividing slice of our society,” Giampietro Balia, 31, a freelance film consultant from Posada, Sardinia, tellsTeen Vogue After months of her mother's home-cooked meals and warm hugs, came a realization. "After a while, I got used to it," Wendy says. She pauses to find the right words. How do you articulate that the most difficult time in your life led you to a state of deeper enlightenment? That the aftermath was something that you needed? "I was able to think [about] myself, and I knew that it was okay to take some rest… That time was really precious to me because I learned a lot from that. I guess I kind of grew up."