Patriarchy Is at the Root of Nearly All Our Social Ills

A dominance-based social system underpins most inequality, violence, and social dysfunction

Stop being easy to manipulate, and you become difficult to love

Just accept being the villain of their story

Bleeding Quietly in the Corner: The Curse of Emotional Strength in an Age of Displaced Dependency

Some people are not loved so much as utilized. They are not held, they are leaned on.

Nation Clarifies Women Must Be Protected From Sexual Assault Unless One Says She Was Sexually…

WASHINGTON — Following years of urgent national debate over the need to protect women from sexual predators, Americans announced Monday…

The Velveteen Rabbit: A Children’s Story About Becoming Real

A Psychological Allegory of Trauma Recovery, Attachment, and the Journey Toward Authenticity

Hello Susan, I Found Your Estranged Mom. You Don’t Have to Take Her Back, but…

I realize this is not the compassionate opening. I have other qualities.

One Word of Truth Can Shift the Weather

I called her my grandmother, and my body remembered the storm

The Adult Children of “Emotionally Immature” Parents Are Exhausted

There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from realizing you became emotionally responsible for the people who were supposed to…