![Close-up silhouette of a woman wearing a face shield conducting metal work, with sparks in the foreground.](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2022/03/chris-ralston-AGhXDA_l8KI-unsplash-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“You have to have thick skin.” Joanne (name changed) is a woman and an apprentice in a male-dominated trade union. She has already experienced many…
![Ted talk, intersex, binary, gender, mental health, support, shame, prejudice, harm, detriment](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2020/09/CCD740EF-D49D-4E0F-987F-956FA483F82F-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
This Ted Talk by Susannah Temko talks about the shame and prejudice associated with the intersex community. Drawing from her own experiences Temko explains how…
![Trauma, Gender, Racism, Poetry, Violence, Systemic, Sexualization, Harassment, Spoken Word, Culture](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2020/07/11E492B0-D163-48CF-8775-910EE1215DDE-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
In the spoken word poem “White Men Say Weird Things to Me” posted to Button Poetry’s YouTube channel, Ebony Stewart discusses the sexualization and harassment…
![Banning ‘Bossy’ to Change Attitudes Toward Female Leadership](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/08/CM2-_-Feature-Cropped2-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Is there something wrong with the word ‘bossy’? In October 2015, actor Jennifer Lawrence wrote a personal essay about the wage gap in Hollywood and,…
![Refugee System Perpetuates Trauma for LGBTQ Asylum Seekers](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/05/Feature2-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Until recently, Montgomry Danton was living on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, where his status as a gay man put him at daily risk…
![Distinct ADHD Symptoms in Girls Result in Under-diagnosis](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2013/08/66572e0e0d3d02249107e543b56dd399-470x140.jpg?x81652)
When my daughter was diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in the first grade, I was devastated. I didn’t see a hyperactive, impulsive child…