Magic, Meaning, and Madness: Reclaiming Our Power

Madwomen in the Attic is going to be partnering with Herstory Training Institute and the College Consortium and the Coalition for Community Writing in the spring to offer writing workshops, but in the meantime, we would like to invite you to learn about our partnership with Herstory and the CCCW by joining us for a Saturday afternoon literary exploration of the potency of madness through memoir.

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January 8, 2021 0

Nina Marin

Sipping Tea

and smokin weed

and

watering tomatoes

we gon be broke forever

we want that

it scares them Continue reading “Nina Marin” →

April 20, 2020 0

D’Lisa Darluz

My Choice Not to Choose Then

“You and Tyra are more than friends, aren’t you?” My mother sat at the opposite end of the table. Continue reading “D’Lisa Darluz” →

March 16, 2020 0

N/A OPARAH

Sell a bit

If You are reading this it is because I have

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Imagined

and for that

I am not sorry Continue reading “N/A OPARAH” →

November 12, 2018 0

The Therapist and The Two Realities of Power

There is a difference between a ‘fabricative realist’ (one who invents a reality for the purpose of manipulating or holding control over another) and a ‘deluded realist’ (one who believes in the reality that a person with more power convinces them to believe).

Neither fabricative realism nor deluded realism is realist realism: it is a situational realism that forms between two parties in a relationship that is built on a significant power differential, a power differential primarily based on access to information.

A perfect example of this might be found in the traditional therapist-client relationship. Continue reading “The Therapist and The Two Realities of Power” →

September 17, 2018 4

Lisa Carter

Ashes To The East

Francine Bankowski handed the neatly wrapped bundles of cloth to the woman before her—her slender, icy hands trembling—noting her customer’s look of distaste when they touched.

I’m cold and tired, not filthy, Continue reading “Lisa Carter” →

January 15, 2018 0