Elizabeth

Possibly the fiercest voice ov all of us.

When I Realized My Parents Taught Me to Be A Battered Spouse

CW: child physical abuse, adult domestic violence I have heard people criticize victims of abuse because they didn’t report the abuser to their school counselor or teacher, because they didn’t ask for help, because they didn’t tell their doctor or call the police. I have heard people criticize different Dugger women for standing by their…

When you love someone who is being abused…

This post is in response to what a blog follower felt in response to a poem GwenAnn wrote called “nothing left” but it goes out to the friends and family members who see someone they care about being abused… Abuse is far too complex an issue to address in a few minutes but there are…

Emptiness

I remember going to the beach when I was young and digging deeply into the sand trying to catch the clams that I knew had to be the ones leaving the bubbling hole at the water’s edge. There’s a comfort to existing in the place that is both land and see, standing with my back…

A banana shaped disaster part 2: more toxic positivity

They never actually fixed the underlying issues, they only continued to build, creatively but stupidly, trying to mask and correct the impacts of a poor foundation. GwenAnn So the thing about smiling to your future and just hoping that it is going to smile back at you is that it is a steaming pile of…

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