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The wrongs that make me write: Subtitle included for search optimization, I guess
The time after the worst of times: Recovering hope and meaning after trauma
Community care and the wind in our sails: Gift of the Black Pearl
The slow practice of recovery: I hope, you hope
Trauma bangs: A little off the end
Tainted love: Domestic abuse, imperial violence, and patterns of control
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Grimace, you’re on candid camera: Fight unconstitutional surveillance in your town [free template!]
Political burnout and creative motivation: It’s not you, it’s everything
Reporting party: Evidence in the hand
The Mediocre Black Woman podcast: For the ones who grew up too soon
Take my breath away: Dat asthma
In five years time: The luxury of looking ahead
Recovery that doesn’t suck: Reading guide
Falling apart (but make it art): Trauma recovery by design
Nobody wants to talk about your abuse: Surviving without the heroic ending
Take a break (or else): Hyperproductivity won’t get us to the finish line
Abusive systems built by abusive men aren’t made to hold them: Bozo in the Ozarks
Misinformation loves company: A favorite trauma response turned act of resistance
Project management for laundry?: Lighten your load with this simple subtask method
The Orange Rock method?: Laughing at dictators is bad for his health
St. Louis tornadoes show need for grassroots disaster response: Show me mutual aid
Jay and silencing Bob: Freedom of expression and political Dogma
But… How are you, really?: Dropping the act so we can scream together a little bit
Moral noncompliance: Let history remember us as a problem for the bigots
Procrastinating productively: Hyperfocus as a distraction from coping
Accessible activism: Low bandwidth edition
It’s always something: Respite for the chronically unlucky
The hazy intersection of vulnerability and visibility in writing: The uncomfortable necessity of promoting my trauma
Don’t look at me: Traumatized, over-productive, and exhausted
The last day with my best friend: Nothing but a puppy
Staying soft in a harsh world (out of spite): Community Police Officer Smiley
It took years to understand that being a victim wasn’t my fault: No one deserves to have their will taken from them
The luxury of preventive healthcare: Insurance came through for once, and naturally I’m suspicious
The final straws: Excerpts on hope, helpers, and finding freedom
What 100 articles on Medium taught me about writing: Getting it wrong so you can get it right(er)
You just got a “raise” and you’re furious: How to lose a dedicated employee
Good victim: (She seems fine to me)
The most sincere promise he ever made: Confiding my (first) assault in the wrong man kept me silent for years
Taste buds: Love languages and kitchen floors
4 helpful firearms safety reminders for my abusive ex: (To no one’s surprise, he was a cop)
7 reasons my narcissist accused me of cheating: An exhausting, but non-exhaustive, list
Potential energy: Objects at restless
Ain’t no lie: I am bi, bi, bi (even when I’m with a guy)
Wander, lust: Imagine trailing off…
Stuck on the puzzle: In search of the full picture
"Life savings” has never been more literal: The arduous journey from financial abuse to financial feminism
A survivor’s year of talking smacks on the internet: 🎂 A little treat to celebrate 🎂
Overturned convictions, broken systems, and an abuser’s response to #MeToo: Ain’t no arrest for the wicked
Honeymoon phase: Facades of bliss and the cycle of violence
Know thy shelf, heal thy shelf: Violence, hyper-independence, and delusions of home improvement grandeur
Rare glimpse into a survivor’s diary shortly after escape: Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020
Are you afraid of the podcast: Overcoming social anxiety to build community
Cocked guns & cocktails: The Easter egg hunt no one wanted
3 more inspiring reads for the CPTSD mind: Trauma recovery book club (part II)
4 thoughtful reads for the CPTSD mind: Trauma recovery book club
Breaking free of the booby trap: Bras are obsolete and they can stay gone
More tales of gender discrimination from a former cop: Profiled by the fashion police
4 ways my CPTSD brain is annoying as hell today: Trauma can manifest in distressing somatic symptoms such as heart palpitations, chronic soreness, and headaches
Talking about abuse is uncomfortable as hell: And I’m going to keep making it weird
Women safeguarding women: The power of female community in times of uncertainty
Screaming into the void: I decidedly do not accept your apology
Give me back my girlhood, it was mine first: Abuse-surviving Swifties and community
Trauma makes it hard to consistently write: Writing is one of my favorite things, so why is it so hard to actually do it?
My doctor lied so she could deny my contraception: Fighting for bodily autonomy in a post-Roe world
Stripped teas: Remembering when we were new
The annoying trauma response born of narcissistic abuse: Overexplaning, explained
How “Come as You Are” got my motor running post-truma: Pumping the accelerator
Baby, you’re a firework: Explosive and dangerous, especially around alcohol
We both reached for the gun: Fighting to stay alive in my own home
Senses and sensibility: Coping with triggers associated with trauma
Memories of before: A moment of youthful serenity
Demolishing the deadly silence of abuse: Fighting forward