Empty Seats at the Oscars. A Fight Renewed Each Morning.
There were five nominees for Best Actor in 2006. These famous names represent millions less known.
Topic: suicide
Seven Billion and Growing.
"But for all of the heartbreak you and I have felt, we have to breathe and realize—we are surviving."
To Write Love on Her Arms
Ten years ago, TWLOHA came into existence as a story. This month we’re looking back on the last decade, and we would love for you to join us.
We Don’t Need to be Perfect
"We live in a society that values perfection and holds it up as something attainable, but it’s time we break free from that way of thinking."
The Beautiful Life
"I’d take bad days in recovery over the crappy days at the hands of the eating disorder any day."
We Gon’ Be Alright
"i dedicate this to those of us who ache in the dark."
TWLOHA Turns 10
"We'll look back and we'll be thankful and we'll also look ahead. And we're definitely going to celebrate. Because if one person chose to stay alive, that is worth a celebration."
An Open Letter to Black Women About Mental Health
"As a black woman who has come face-to-face with my own mental health struggles, I understand that it is not easy."
A Rookie Again
"When your profession lists strength and bravery as job requirements, there isn’t much space left for vulnerability."
To Whom It May Concern
"If you’re in pain today, you’re not the only one. And that doesn’t minimize the suffering either one of us has to endure, but we’re both in pain and alive together."
I Am Not Going Anywhere
"As I struggled day-by-day, moment-by-moment with self-injury, she would say, 'I’m not going anywhere.'"
For When You Think Your Existence Doesn’t Matter
“And eventually you will learn to love the body that loves you back, for it’s the only thing that’s been with you your whole life.”
