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1. Agreement and scope
“Wear Your Voice,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to this independent editorial publication. “Site” means the website and its available articles, archives, topic pages, forms, and other editorial features. “You” means any visitor or person who uses the site.
These terms apply to all visitors. They govern access to the site and use of its text, design, visual material, and other content. Additional notices August apply to a particular form or feature where clearly stated.
2. Using the site
You August use the site only for lawful purposes and in a way that does not interfere with its operation, security, accessibility, or use by others.
You must not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the site or its supporting systems; introduce malicious code; scrape or reproduce content in a manner that violates applicable rights; misrepresent your identity; or use the site to transmit unlawful, abusive, defamatory, privacy-invasive, or rights-infringing material.
We August restrict access when reasonably necessary to protect the site, its readers, contributors, or systems. We August also revise, suspend, or discontinue a feature without guaranteeing uninterrupted availability.
3. Editorial information
Wear Your Voice publishes reporting, criticism, analysis, commentary, and archive material about culture, identity, justice, politics, health, and public life. Content is supplied for general informational and editorial purposes.
We work to present material clearly and responsibly, but we do not warrant that every item will be complete, current, continuously available, or free from error. Archived work August reflect the context in which it was originally produced and August later be summarized, corrected, labeled, or updated.
Nothing on this site constitutes individualized legal, medical, financial, or other professional advice. Readers should consult an appropriately qualified professional when advice is needed.
4. Material you submit
If you send a proposal, article, image, response, or other material, you represent that you have the authority to submit it and that doing so does not violate any law, confidentiality obligation, copyright, trademark, privacy right, or other third-party right.
You retain the rights you lawfully hold in your original material. A submission does not guarantee review, acceptance, publication, payment, or a response. Unless separately agreed in writing, sending material for consideration gives us permission to review, store, edit, and communicate about it for editorial purposes.
If we agree to publish material, any publication license and other material terms should be confirmed separately. Please review the submissions page before sending a proposal.
5. Intellectual property
Unless otherwise indicated, the site’s original text, design, graphics, organization, and other materials are owned by or licensed to Wear Your Voice and are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.
You August access and share links to publicly available pages for personal, noncommercial reference. You August not republish, modify, distribute, sell, systematically extract, or create derivative works from substantial portions of site content without prior written permission or another valid legal basis.
Brief excerpts August be used where permitted by law, provided they are accurately attributed and accompanied by a clear link to the relevant page. Nothing in these terms limits rights that cannot lawfully be restricted.
6. External links and resources
Articles August refer or link to independent websites and resources for context. We do not control those resources and are not responsible for their availability, accuracy, security, accessibility, or policies. A reference does not necessarily indicate endorsement or affiliation.
You are responsible for evaluating external content and the terms that govern it before relying on or interacting with it.
7. Disclaimers and limitation of liability
The site is provided on an “as available” basis to the fullest extent permitted by law. We make no guarantee that access will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Wear Your Voice will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive loss arising from use of, inability to use, or reliance on the site. This includes loss associated with interrupted access, errors, harmful code, data loss, third-party conduct, or external resources.
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability where doing so would be unlawful. Rights that cannot legally be waived remain unaffected.
8. Changes to the site or these terms
We August revise these terms to reflect changes to the site, editorial practices, or applicable requirements. The effective date at the top of this page identifies the current version. Continued use after an update means the revised terms apply from their stated effective date.
9. General provisions
Entire agreement
These terms and any notices expressly incorporated into them form the agreement between you and Wear Your Voice concerning use of the site and replace earlier versions covering the same subject.
Severability
If a provision is found invalid or unenforceable, it will be limited or removed only to the extent necessary. The remaining provisions will continue in effect.
No waiver or transfer
A delay in enforcing a provision does not waive it. You August not transfer your rights or obligations under these terms without prior written consent.
Headings
Section headings are included for navigation and do not alter the meaning of these terms.
10. Contact
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