Alt Press: TWLOHA founder Jamie Tworkowski talks new book, movie
Jamie talks about the history of TWLOHA, the "To Write Love on Her Arms" movie, and what people can expect from his first book.
Topic: self-injury
Jamie talks about the history of TWLOHA, the "To Write Love on Her Arms" movie, and what people can expect from his first book.
But the Hebrew word used is “timshel,” which translates to “thou mayest.” And that means there is a choice.
“And that’s the problem with stigma. It means this struggle we face is rarely talked about in the open.”
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People who have tattoos get them for different reasons. For me, they become a solution to a puzzle that keeps me distracted from thoughts of self-harm.
I tell my students there will always be these kinds of people, the people who do not believe what they have to say.
“Those may seem like little things to you, like odd things to be proud of. But the truth is this: Sometimes the little things are big things.”
I used to be so afraid. Now I tend to simply see myself as a work in progress and respect my own evolution.
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“I’ve wondered that for a long time, if maybe the thing I’ve been holding as my story for so long is just a part of my story.”
“When we tell our stories, when we choose to use our voices, we empower others as well as ourselves. We join in the chorus of human experience.”
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