memoir

Because the way we talk about illness and disability matters

The Barhos dreamed of a family with lots of children and joy. When civil war broke out in Syria, they fled for the safety of Canada. They loved their new lives—until unspeakable tragedy struck.

There is no one way to grieve. Some need to cocoon, others to yell. Erin Davis talks about how she needed to remember how to laugh and how to breathe.

I had been trying to get pregnant for two and half years. Everything about me just felt wrong. My angry, frustrated, heartbroken experience at an infertility support group.

Women are hitting, smashing and barrelling through contact sports like roller derby like never before. Drawn to the thrill and camaraderie, they’re finding that consensual violence is its own kind of therapy.