On Victimhood and Responsibility
On Victimhood and Responsibility Capacity, Power, and the Erasure of Context A response to the way the language of responsibility is used to silence rather than clarify. Twenty years ago, at a time when I was barely holding myself together, the person I trusted most told me to stop acting like…
Unmasking, Slowly
Later-in-life awareness or diagnosis has been on my mind. My own lived experience with late-diagnosed AuDHD is part of this, alongside the newness of unmasking I witness in my work and community. At the start, a sense of urgency can hit hard. Awareness arrives and suddenly feels like a demand —…
Being "Better"
“Better” Feel better, do better, be better. “A word is a small witness, but it carries the trace of how we have learned to see.” — John Berger Recently, someone close to me said they wanted to be “a better person.” My thought was: just be. Not because I don’t believe in growth or…