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In addition to physical violence, over 43 million women and 38 million men will experience mental or emotional abuse—name calling, belittling, gaslighting, public shaming—by an intimate ...
The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (first published in 1988, with three subsequent editions, the last being a 20th anniversary edition in 2008) is a self-help book by poet Ellen Bass and Laura Davis that focuses on recovery from child sexual abuse and has been called "controversial and polarizing".
An excerpt of her comments was referenced by the New York Times, [15] [16] and one of her poems was featured in news stories about the #MeToo movement. In March 2019, Zebian's third book, Sparks of Phoenix, [17] was published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. The collection focused on her healing from abuse and progress toward resilience and strength.
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These poems relate to Kaur's sad feeling after a breakup. [11] While speaking about the effects after love is gone, Kaur discusses a break-up to-do list. [9] The last chapter, "the healing," is an attempt to comfort and show women that they should embrace who they are and that they are valuable, no matter what they had to endure. [11]
In the poem “Painted Tongue,” Byas writes: “We twist and turn in the mirror,/ my mother and I becoming each other,/ her bruises and scars passed down,/ family heirlooms that will take/ me ...
Ellen Bass (born June 16, 1947) is an American poet and author. She has won three Pushcart Prizes and a Lambda Literary Award for her 2002 book Mules of Love.She co-authored the 1991 child sexual abuse book The Courage to Heal.
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