‘Sorrow’, an 1882 drawing by Vincent van Gogh, depicts a 32-year-old pregnant woman, Clasina Maria Hoornik, who went by the name of Sien. Sien was homeless and had addictions to alcohol and tobacco and was working in prostitution. Van Goh provided her and…
The poem “I got a letter for the devil” by SKAT A is open to interpretation, but could be viewed as expressing the all-consuming nature of mental…
Alexandra Sacks, a reproductive psychiatrist, has a new way of explaining the transition to motherhood, which for some can be a very challenging and discouraging process. She…
Arctic Monkeys‘ track “If You Were There, Beware” is, by common consensus, an account of the predatory and unrelenting nature of the paparazzi. However, one’s immediate impression on hearing it is not of…
Agnes Martin was born in Canada in 1912, and moved to America in 1931, where she began her successful life as a minimalist artist. Over…
Blythe Baird shares a deeply personal and moving spoken-word poem about the difficulties she encounters after recovering from an eating disorder. Although it has been…
In “Living with Social Anxiety”, filmmaker Kat Napiorkowska shows what it is like to have social anxiety. She describes social anxiety as “self-consciousness on steroids”…
The song “Spirits” by Canadian indie folk band The Strumbellas topped the charts this past summer. However, it’s underlying message of having uncontrollable and unwarranted…
Danielle Hark is a freelance photographer, photo editor and mental health writer. During a depressive episode in 2012, she found photography to be a powerful…
Chrystos is a Menominee self-educated writer and two-spirited activist. Chrystos’ work examines themes of feminism, sexual orientation, social justice, and Native rights. In her poem…
