![Film Review: Miele](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/08/alessandro.film_.Feature-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Valeria Golino’s 2013 Italian drama Miele (translation: Honey) follows the not-so-sweet life of Irene (Jasmine Trinca), a medical school dropout who helps euthanize terminally ill…
![One Hundred Names for Love](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/08/5247ee765d9f0-470x140.jpg?x81652)
One Hundred Names for Love is an often-poetic book by Diane Ackerman about how she coped with her husband’s stroke and loss of language. The memoir covers her…
![Grief](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/08/tears_httpbloggingonthebrightside-wordpress-com20120808heaven-knows-we-need-never-be-ashamed-of-our-tears-for-they-are-rain-upon-the-blinding-dust-of-earth-overlying-our-hard-hearts-i-wa-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Andrea Bayer of the Metropolitan Museum of Art has compiled a very personal slideshow presentation on grief. She talks about the role grief plays in…
![Book Review: “Drop the Worry Ball”](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/08/Heather.overparenting.Feature-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Parents are inundated with conflicting advice on how to raise their children. Pediatrician William Sears’ attachment parenting couldn’t be more different from the approach taken…
![Polly](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/08/Frederick-Frieseke-American-painter-1874-1939-Bird-in-a-Cage-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Nirvana’s song “Polly” is about a 14-year-old girl who was kidnapped after attending their concert in Tacoma, Washington. The man who abducted her, Gerald Friend, raped…
![Anxiety Group](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/08/34777-hi-SocialAnxietyDisorder1-2-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Catalina Ferro’s poetry slam “Anxiety Group” is an excellent portrayal of how the stress of everyday life can contribute to an almost ceaseless state of…
![‘Pro-Ana’ Websites Encourage Anorexia](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/08/Anjali-Proana-Feature1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In 2013, 17-year old Grainne Binns came forward to the Daily Mail with her story of having anorexia nervosa, an eating disorder defined by a…
![The Miscarriage](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/08/woman-sad-miscarriage-grief-470x140.jpg?x81652)
This poem by Amit Majmudar showcases the pain and confusion felt by mothers who experience a miscarriage, as well as how some try to deal with their…
![ReMoved](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/08/650903-2048x1365-470x140.jpg?x81652)
This video by Nataniel Matanick shows a girl’s experience in the foster care system and the importance of support for the foster parents. Providing education and…
![Romani People Haunted by Stigma](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2014/08/Pavan.Roma_.Feature1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
The rise of ultra-nationalism and authoritarianism in Hungary has been accompanied by an increase in hostility and violence toward its Romani civilians. The occupation of…