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ILLUMINATION

·5 days ago

Endless Summer Nights

It’s warm, sunny, and balmy today and it reminds me of my first summer in New Jersey. I remember those endless summers. I was 18 and brand new to the NYC area and brand new to love. Dan and I were incredibly poor, both of us starting over in his…

Memoir

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Endless Summer Nights
Endless Summer Nights
Memoir

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May 6

20 years: The space between being ex-lovers, not being friends, and finding peace…

Where to go from here. — I recently learned that my ex reads my posts. I write about a lot of things, but sometimes, I write about him because there’s so much damage there. I’ve held it in for years. I’ve always been a person who never wants to hurt anyone’s feelings. I suffer guilt really…

Relationships

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20 years: The space between being ex-lovers, not being friends, and finding peace…
20 years: The space between being ex-lovers, not being friends, and finding peace…
Relationships

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ILLUMINATION

·Apr 26

Red Flag #8: If all of his exes are “crazy”…

About six years ago, my ex told his now-wife-then-girlfriend and his best friend that all of his exes (all 7 or so of us) were “shit asses” and “crazy” while I was standing right next to them. We were all at a mutual house party and I was trying to…

Abuse

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Red Flag #8: If all of his exes are “crazy”…
Red Flag #8: If all of his exes are “crazy”…
Abuse

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ILLUMINATION

·Apr 11

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is the reason why you don’t go to therapy

Toxic Positivity is the new trend in therapy and it sucks. — It’s an irony that when we talk about mental health, we express how important listening skills are, yet in therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) seems to do the exact opposite. Being in therapy with a CBT practitioner can be extremely frustrating and it can make you feel unheard. The reason…

Therapy

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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is the reason why you don’t go to therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is the reason why you don’t go to therapy
Therapy

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ILLUMINATION-Curated

·Mar 11

Sometimes, I miss my abusive ex but those feelings are a lie

How trauma bonding masks itself as love and how it returns to haunt you years after breaking free — My dog died on March 7. It was pretty traumatic and not the peaceful passing I would have wished for her. A few days later, I texted my ex to let him know. I hadn’t spoken to him in about two years. We don’t communicate and it’s better that way…

Abuse

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Sometimes, I miss my abusive ex but those feelings are a lie
Sometimes, I miss my abusive ex but those feelings are a lie
Abuse

8 min read


Jan 29

The problem with “Children of the Mist” isn’t Bride Kidnappings. It’s perpetuating prejudices.

You don’t gotta be White to practice White Savior Complex. — .Recently, I was given the opportunity to pre-screen the documentary Children of the Mist and then later on, sit in a Q&A with the filmmaker, Ha Le Diem. This film is being put up for Oscar nomination and has a bit of Oscar buzz. It is “shortlisted” as one of…

Children Of The Mist

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The problem with “Children of the Mist” isn’t Bride Kidnappings. It’s perpetuating prejudices.
The problem with “Children of the Mist” isn’t Bride Kidnappings. It’s perpetuating prejudices.
Children Of The Mist

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Fanfare

·Dec 12, 2022

Jennifer Lawrence: “Nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie (before me)”

A list of amazing action movie ladies that came before JLaw — Recently, Jennifer Lawrence said on Variety’s Actors on Actors segment: “Nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie” before the role of Katniss Everdeen (Hunger Games). I think Angelina Jolie would have some things to say about that statement, considering many of Angie’s movies are…

Jennifer Lawrence

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Jennifer Lawrence: “Nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie (before me)”
Jennifer Lawrence: “Nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie (before me)”
Jennifer Lawrence

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ILLUMINATION

·Dec 9, 2022

Brittney Griner: Free from Russian Penal Colony, but a stupid move by the Biden Administration

Brittney Griner has been freed from Russian detainment, but before you applaud this, let’s break it down. The trade-off for Griner was to give Russia back an international arms dealer — a literal supercriminal who is dangerous to the stability of peace and the balance of power on the global…

Politics

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Brittney Griner: Free from Russian Penal Colony, but a stupid move by the Biden Administration
Brittney Griner: Free from Russian Penal Colony, but a stupid move by the Biden Administration
Politics

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ILLUMINATION

·Oct 30, 2022

I’m fat. I wish Taylor Swift had kept her “fat” scale scene in “Anti-Hero”

This scene isn’t “fatphobia.” — I have body dysmorphia and have had two eating disorders (at different times in my life — one that I’m still struggling with now). At one point, I only ate 600 calories a day. Sometimes less. I also ran 6 miles a day, had a personal trainer 3 times a…

Taylor Swift

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I’m fat. I wish Taylor Swift had kept her “fat” scale scene in “Anti-Hero”
I’m fat. I wish Taylor Swift had kept her “fat” scale scene in “Anti-Hero”
Taylor Swift

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ILLUMINATION

·Oct 18, 2022

My sister’s cult church goes to Mexico every year to “save the Mexicans”

Resurrection Church in Boulder, CO is a cult that recruits college kids — You’re going to hell. In fact, we all are going to hell according to my sister’s church, Resurrection Church in Boulder, Co. If you do not go to their specific church and are their specific type of Christian, then you are going to hell. Good thing I don’t believe in…

Cult

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My sister’s cult church goes to Mexico every year to “save the Mexicans”
My sister’s cult church goes to Mexico every year to “save the Mexicans”
Cult

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