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The vulnerability in simpson’s poetry breaks down how healing is an ongoing process, and how part of it is learning to trust and love the body, even the scars. The poem begins with the line, “I stopped reaching out when she locked the door to my bedroom,” and the reader soon sees how simpson makes a key out of the words of the poem. However Medcalf says “we don’t believe that the crocodile industry can ever ensure a good level of animal welfare”. At the level of craft, simpson makes use of the codes of tragedy, polemic, autobiography and the lyric artfully and powerfully. She’s a licensed psychotherapist in private practice in California, and has been featured as a guest expert on numerous TV and radio programs.When it was my turn to deliver a practice lecture — videotaped by the instructor in front of a roomful of others taking the training — my senses went into overdrive. One of these images is “i am crying at the hairdresser’s as my sisters are treated like goddesses, / preened while i am pruned. This succinct and jolting image illustrates the reality of the experiences of two-spirit and other queer Indigenous people that simpson describes so effectively. The opening poem, “sea glass,” has the build-up of a tidal wave, beginning with a "dreamy hot day, / beachside stomach full of fruit, / skin kissed by the sun. After the news reports that week I felt I should take something from the display - I'm working my way through Richard Wagamese's books but wasn't sure how much farther I wanted to go - so I grabbed this one.

Although not all therapists continue therapy after licensure, the majority of us do, and we would certainly seek professional help if we were struggling with a personal issue we couldn’t work through independently. simpson's work has been performed at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (2017) in Peterborough, and in Guelph with the Vancouver Slam Poetry 2018 Team. And while I get it’s supposed to be funny memes it honestly just made me kinda sad cos I realised I’m never going to be okay.

poems written after florence + the machine songs, a band which i love to bits, and greek mythology references. Instead, they move towards capturing the grave reality of marginalized existence with precision and care.

Not only does it make the poems feel current and contemporary, but it also offers a soundtrack for the collection. Many of the poems are a reflection or a response to songs from Lana Del Rey, Amy Winehouse, or Florence and the Machine – all musicians who are queer icons. The report found that 57% of brands assessed have a formal animal welfare policy, a figure that has almost doubled since the inaugural report was published last year. jaye's skilled cutting cleverness communicates the complexities, the pain, and the hope of their experience, and distills into language that is as accessible as it is impactful. The way they hold the reader’s hand amidst their telling of deep trauma does a great service to the reader, while also forcing the reader to engage with the difficult reality of the ways various institutions work together to oppress Indigenous people and their intersecting identities.John Lau, the Dean of Academic Strategy at the London College of Fashion, is critical of the report and the methodology.