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Child Witness Thoughts on Sharing Experiences of Violence as an Adult
Child Witness Thoughts on Sharing Experiences of Violence as an Adult Being a child witness of violence can change how you talk about your experiences of violence. CONTENT WARNING: Contains reference to childhood trauma, abuse, and violence against women. NOTE FROM NICOLE: For the past six months, we have been working with Trent University student
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Why am I a Feminist?
Why am I a Feminist? ‘Still I Rise’ is a poem by poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou. Why am I a feminist? I’m a feminist because I believe that all people deserve equal rights, equal access, and equal opportunity. I’m also a feminist because we’ve not yet created a world where every child
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Hitting the Messy Middle
Hitting the Messy Middle I’m stuck in the messy middle of editing the smallest steps! Image © Valentyn So if you don’t already know, I am an emerging documentary filmmaker. the smallest steps is my first feature and as such, I have found myself growing a lot with this project. I’ve also been experiencing some
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Have you heard about the spoon theory?
The other day at work, I attended a virtual Lunch & Learn hosted by a colleague. The discussion was about “Mental Health & Stress” – a timely topic given the ever-present stress brought upon us by the pandemic, among other things. The presenter, Dr. Rim Khazall, came equipped with a neuroscience background and a spunky
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It’s okay to take a mental health day
It’s okay to take a mental health day Well, day 6 of 2021, and I’m already taking a mental health day. I feel compelled to make this my first post of the year because, while I know the concept of mental health days is gaining traction, it also feels a bit weird when, as I
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Burnt out? How we’ve revived our activist energy
Burnt out? How we revived our activist energy 2020 has been a hard year. It’s been especially hard with respect to maintaining one’s energy for activist efforts. Have you noticed that? We here on the documentary certainly have! We started working to build our social media presence for the smallest steps way back in March
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BIG NEWS!!
BIG NEWS!!! We have two big pieces of very exciting news! Through COVID we have continued to move this project forward, and our hard work has paid off! We are excited to announce that we have been short-listed for the Roy W. Dean grant offered by From the Heart Productions! AND, we have WON our
Wondering if anything you’re doing to help matters?
Wondering if anything you’re doing to help matters? Image by Danielle Cooke, used with permission This month I was considering what to write for the blog when this beautifully written post about the small efforts towards change arrived in my inbox. I contacted the author, Jennifer Louden, who has graciously granted her permission for us
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Trending Google Searches – 2010s
Trending Google Searches – 2010s ©Simon, Pixabay Today, my partner sent me this video depicting the ‘Top Trending Google Searches in every US state throughout the 2010s’. Give it a watch. Tell me what you notice. My first thought after carefully watching the full eleven-minute video was: “this is why we still have violence against
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