Zuzu Grimm’s Love: A Treatise
A lyrical, magical realism short story I wrote in 2004 about love, loss, trauma, and healing.
Tag: PTSD
Born Liminal: The Internal and External Displacement of a Third Culture Kid Experience
An essay I wrote in 2016 about not being able to fly after a TCK lifetime of airplane travel.
Let’s Talk About What a Trauma Trigger Actually Is
The overuse of “triggered” incorrectly is worsening mental health crises for people with PTSD.
“Stranger Things 2” is a Working Example of Allyship
“In spite of this being a terrifying monster story and a cautionary tale about messing with the very fabric of our time and space, Stranger Things 2 was far more life-affirming and by the end worlds less bleak than its predecessor.” For Wear Your Voice Mag, November 2017.
13 Reasons Why “13 Reasons Why” is Dangerously Problematic
“It was supposed to be a show to get people talking about teen suicide, bullying, sexual assault and more. It was supposed to open and encourage dialogue between generations and demystify how insidious cyber- and other kinds of bullying can be in the age of social media. ’13 Reasons Why’ had many ambitious goals. Here are 13 reasons why it fails at every single one of them.” For Wear Your Voice Mag, April 2017.