Quiet or Loud: Creative Self-Advocacy with Healthcare Providers
Over the past four years, I've struggled with chronic illness more intensely than I had before. This became much more difficult to manage with increasing symptoms and a lack of support from family and institutions while I was in college, thousands of miles away from...
Coping and Persistence: Trans Voices on Eating Disorder Recovery and State-Sanctioned Hate
Today marks the beginning of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. In the past, we’ve shared statistics about the prevalence of eating disorders in trans communities and perspectives from trans authors on eating disorders. This year, we want to acknowledge the...
Intro to Trauma
What is trauma? Many survivors of sexual assault or intimate partner violence know that we’ve been through something terrible and that it has affected us. Some of us may use the word trauma to describe what happened or the impact. Some may not. Many...