essays

I Was Called 'Little Black Girl' and Treated Like a Gimmick

Award-winning journalist Maya Golden is opening up about her experiences with sexism and racism throughout her career in sports journalism.

I'm a wife and recovering sex addict. My husband chose to stay after my online affairs.

Maya Golden is an Emmy-nominated multimedia journalist. Her memoir "The Return Trip" is about addiction, perfectionism, and making purpose out of trauma.

Can "stanning” be a form of recovery? Healing and trauma in fandom communities

My fingers could type what my lips had trained themselves to never say. Technology provided my voice.

I Am Rocket: A Reflection on PTSD from a Sexual Trauma Survivor

It seemed crazy to me, as a 30-something, black female that I would identify with the emotional story arc of a foul-mouthed, CGI “vermin.”

Wanda Maximoff, Trauma, and the Power of Dissociation

As I watched Wanda’s anguish and rage transform Westview into a pristine haven, her own oasis, I recognized the hallmarks of dissociative disorders.

The Physical Decomposition of Writing a Memoir

Writing the memoir, I put myself in the position to open the steel enforced vault built around my past with a blow torch and welding hood in the name of authentically telling my story.