Posts Tagged ‘healing’
Don’t Forget to “Just Breathe”
In this series, Brittany shared some of her favorite mindfulness practices. We’ve highlighted three of our favorite tips from Just Breathe…
Read MoreWe Need to Talk About Cosby: Breaking Through the Noise of Rape Culture
Last week, We Need to Talk About Cosby, a revelatory four-part docuseries, debuted on Showtime. It is the latest in a series of film and television projects to take on rape culture… The documentary does the important and difficult work of explaining Bill Cosby’s notable contributions to art and media without shying away from the truth we know about Cosby now: that he is a serial rapist and predator whose abuses span decades.
Read MoreThe Depression Came (Comic) by Anna Nguyen
The American Psychiatric Association notes that BIPOC adults generally have a harder time locating and receiving mental health services, having found that 48% of whites received mental health services, compared with 31% of Blacks and Hispanics, and 22% of Asians in 2015. This is something comic artists, Anna Nguyen is well aware of and explores…
Read MoreVIDEO: Indigenous communities can’t defeat colonialism without fighting anti-Blackness
Blackness was and is considered expensive, yet indigeneity was and is not.
Read MoreCOVID-19 & the response to it shows how dangerously inaccessible safety nets are for people with disabilities
We were clearly not prepared for a pandemic, but the system in place has never made things easy for disabled people.
Read MoreVIDEO: The Stress of the Pandemic is Gendered. Our Response Has to Be, Too
This is just to say that this pandemic has heightened forms of violence that have existed before, and have especially increased for many, especially women and GNC individuals.
Read MoreA Black woman navigates outrage over continued anti-Black state violence alongside the pandemic’s mental health challenges
Ultimately, we rely on community care.
Read MoreVIDEO: Connecting with my ancestors showed me that healing is possible, even in a pandemic
With the guidance and wisdom of my ancestors and that of a supportive group of friends, my mother, and sister, I feel and know I am a better person than before.
Read MoreSexual Assault Awareness Month: A Wear Your Voice Reading List
Wear Your Voice curated a list of the many pieces they have published over the past few years which are fitting for Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
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