Category Archives: self injury
Rituals / Fat Oppression and Fat Oppression as a Tool of Sexism (excerpts from Persephone’s Passion, written in 2004)
my last post got me to thinking about my relationship with disordered eating and fatphobia over the years. as i’ve mentioned previously i’ve had various forms of disordered eating throughout my life. as a teenager it often manifested as a … Continue reading
dear clementine of 2002
you are not crazy. i know the feelings inside of you are so huge and so much and that no one is taking responsibility for the abuse you’ve experienced and you don’t know right from wrong anymore. your intense emotions … Continue reading
Filed under bicycles, coming out, crazy, guitar, incest, letters, queer, self injury, self love, skateboarding, teenage clementine, toronto, trauma
my experiences with psoriasis
in 2005, when i was eighteen i had finally started to think of myself as beautiful. i had stopped shaving my armpits and had accepted that this made me feel sexier. i dyed my hair the bright red that it … Continue reading
Filed under body love, critical disability, DIY, health, medical, pictures, psoriasis, self injury, self love, sexuality, toplessness
psychsurvivor (an excerpt from the upcoming licking stars off ceilings 22/negative nancy 3)
(since i just shared my seventeen year old self’s reflections on my experiences in psych wards, i thought i would share something i wrote more recently, that’s going in the next issue of my zine, licking stars off ceilings. this … Continue reading
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my experience with psychiatry (written in 2004)
(this is another dated piece for the teenage clementine section. it was written in 2004 and is about my experiences with psych wards. i want to write more about this stuff but i am still forming my thoughts. for now … Continue reading
Filed under bisexuality, crazy, incest, psychsurvivor, queer, self injury, teenage clementine, trauma, violence, youthdale
Coming Out Means Telling You This
(since i am being reflective on my past and how far i have come over the years, i thought i would share with you a very dated piece of writing. this is my coming out story, written when i was … Continue reading
Filed under bisexuality, coming out, creative writing, incest, queer, self injury, teenage clementine, violence
