Imagine a house that’s falling apart. There’s a crack in the foundation, holes in the roof, mold on the walls, faulty electrical wiring, and general gross stuff everywhere. There is no one action that will make the house safe to live in. In fact, some of the problems...
I recently attended two bystander intervention trainings by Right To Be, a program out of New York. The first training in this series of three was on being a bystander to interrupt islamophobic violence, which I was unfortunately not able to attend. The second and...
During Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), many organizations share statistics about how sexual violence impacts different communities. We’ve done this in the past, and there are good reasons to share this kind of data. Understanding the scope of the problem can...
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...
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...
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...
