Healing Is Not Linear And Sometimes That’s Not Comforting
Healing is a messy journey, and journeys—sometimes long and unbearable—do always lead to a destination. My favorite album by Beyoncé is Lemonade. A Black Southern gothic masterpiece, the album is an ode to Black women who experience heartbreak, who mourn, who
Sexual Assault Awareness Month: A Wear Your Voice Reading List
Wear Your Voice curated a list of the many pieces we published over the past few years which are fitting reads for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Content Note: discussions of sexual violence, including r/pe, abuse of minors, coercion, and stealthing Survivors
Diane Nguyen’s Weight Gain Is Part Of Her Healing
What a key message for all of us to hear. Weight gain is not inherently a sign of sickness, and can in fact be part of our healing. This essay discusses eating disorders and fatphobia, and contains spoilers for season six
Radically Accepting Myself According to Chani Nicholas
Chani Nicholas takes her empowering words of affirmation to the next level, arming us with the knowledge we need to embody the best versions of ourselves. It didn’t take me long to smash that pre-order button when beloved online astrologer
‘Frozen 2’ is a Lesson on Trauma and Self-Love
Elsa’s arc in Frozen 2 is a beautiful and moving depiction of a trauma survivor finally embracing herself for who she is. This essay contains spoilers for Frozen and Frozen 2 By Roslyn Talusan I walked out of the theatre after Frozen