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The Shoeless Banshee: Meanderings Beyond the Pale

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December 2019

December 12, 2019

Trauma Survivors Have Had It With Hallmark-esque Christmas Stories

  Content warning: discussion includes domestic violence, PTSD, gun violence, and stalking. . . ....

November 2019

November 22, 2019

Remembering My Sister I Never Met

  ***Content Warning: Child Loss***   This spring, I spent way too much time with...

November 11, 2019

Tattoos, Symbols, and Personal Significance

Two days ago I celebrated my 25th birthday. To mark this important milestone, I finally...

April 2019

April 03, 2019

Spring, Lent, and Mental Illness

Crocus budding in snow. Source: pxhere   Editor's note: My good friend Maiasson sent me...

March 2019

March 23, 2019

When They Tell You To “Be Another St. Monica”

  Yesterday I wrote about speaking up as a survivor of domestic violence in a...

March 23, 2019

In Defense of Our Right to Raw and Uncomfortable Honesty: Why Abuse Survivors Speak Out

I’ve been thinking recently about trauma. And about writing. And about writing publicly about trauma...

March 06, 2019

Anger and Grief: Letting Emotions In

Grief. Source: Wikipedia Commons   Once, in trauma therapy last year, my counselor mentioned to...

January 2019

January 14, 2019

Through the Looking Glass

    My mom and I were just discussing the bizarre crises of identity this...

July 2018

July 25, 2018

Debt-Ridden, Non-Virgin, and Tatted

  ***Trigger Warning--Self-Harm***   My first tattoo was my golden birthday present to myself (when...

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