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Posted: February 19, 2024
This weekend I read A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid. It’s described as “an atmospheric tale of self-discovery…with a focus on the struggles of women in a patriarchal society.” It was a well done book and towards the end is this quote, “You don’t…
Posted: February 11, 2024
As Mikki Kendall writes in her book, Hood Feminism, “White privilege knows no gender. And while it makes no promises of a perfect life, free from any hard work or strife, it does make some things easier in a society where race has always mattered.”…
Posted: January 28, 2024
I was listening to the podcast My Favorite Murder (episode 405) the other day and heard this really important quote by Paula Yoo, “You can have compassion, but compassion is no mutually exclusive from justice. At the end of the day, now that I know…
Posted: January 21, 2024
In her book, Ignite Me, Tahereh Mafi writes, “Words are like seeds, I think, planted in our hearts at a tender age. They take root in us as we grow, settling deep into our souls. The good words plant well. They flourish and find homes…
Posted: January 21, 2024
Since we are in the new year it’s always a good time to remind you about the toxicity of diet culture and our society’s obsession with thinness. This is from Annie Goldsmith’s “Diet Culture and the Double Bind” in Perspectives of Dissociative Identity Response: Ethical,…
Posted: December 31, 2023
It’s a struggle as a trauma therapist to always know when/if to post about current events. It’s not because I am oblivious, don’t have an opinion or am afraid to share my opinion. It’s because I know how flooded social media can become around things…