Oct 10, 2019 | Jean Cozier, Nightingale, Prose, Uncategorized
The theme of reclaiming is examined with a wider lens in this piece by Jean Cozier, the founder of Awakenings. She writes about the Eastland tragedy that occured in Chicago — specifically, the near-forgotten women on the ship and the ways they suffered due to...Oct 10, 2019 | J. Askew, Nightingale, Prose, Uncategorized
J. Askew’s poetic piece on recovery imagines her yellow bruises as canaries, and magical realism provides a pathway to love of a body that has been through trauma. When these bruises transform into birds — separate living beings to be loved, cherished, and...Sep 26, 2019 | Memoir, Nightingale, Prose, Truth Found Me in the Trauma, Truth Found Me in the Trauma, Uncategorized
Nothing can change the truth, and this is a beautiful source of solace for Mary-Elizabeth Meagher. Other survivors’ stories about sexual violence helped Meagher come to terms with her own trauma, and as she relates this experience to her audience, she uncovers a...Sep 26, 2019 | Mary-Elizabeth Meagher, Memoir, Nightingale, Prose, Treatment or Trauma? I Wasn't Sure. But Now I Am., Uncategorized
“Harrassment and assault can happen anywhere.” This reminder in Mary-Elizabeth Meagher’s piece is accompanied by powerful self-reflection. Healing isn’t easy, and Meagher takes us through the long, winding thought process of recovery with...Aug 29, 2019 | Barbara Edema, Nightingale, Uncategorized
Rev. Dr. Barbara Edema reframes the concept of gaining back what was “lost” in trauma in a way that allows for new gentleness and self-compassion. The piece touches on the valid difficulties of reclamation as a survivor, and also the true inherent...Aug 15, 2019 | Kim Conrey, Nightingale, Prose, Uncategorized
Kim Conrey examines sexual violence in the context of the social systems we’re raised in that so often perpetuate it. Conrey bravely shares her story of experiencing assault and also retrospectively acknowledges the beliefs her female peers had been taught that...