Lately, I’ve been thinking about the ongoing conversations about sexual assault and the expectations people have for survivors after trauma. When a case becomes public, it often elicits differing opinions and misconceptions... Read more »
Note. Some spoilers may follow. The September 2026 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) hosted the world premiere of Prima Facie, a screen adaptation of the Tony Award- and Olivier Award-winning play of... Read more »
Hulu’s new drama Furious bursts with details, violence, quirkiness, and surprise. The show is willing to dive deeply into the world of sex trafficking and the violent, pathological underbelly of a twisted... Read more »
In June 2016, a bus carrying Australian tourists crashed head-on into a local bus in Port Vila, the capital city of the Pacific island country of Vanuatu. Three people in the local... Read more »
On September 1, 2026, 17-year-old Sarah Santiago, a high school student in North Carolina, was charged with murder in the deaths of three people in a mass shooting at a mosque in... Read more »
The recent social discourse around tradwives, or traditional wives, illuminates dimensions of our psyche, including the father complex. The tradwives debate can also pit women against one another by suggesting that being... Read more »
I grew up in a part of Fresno where people did not need clinical language to understand trauma. We called it the hood, the barrio, the trap, or the block. In places... Read more »
Over a year ago, I wrote a post about how trauma is “not just in your head”. Here, I follow it up with corroborating evidence. I’ve dedicated most of my life to... Read more »
New research suggests that for many children, what we call ADHD is actually a complex response to early life stress. By looking at data from 10,869 children, scientists have mapped out a... Read more »
Kalani had always dreamed of being a mother. But once she had children, her own childhood trauma made parenting far harder than she ever expected. Kalani grew up in an abusive household... Read more »