Writing My Mind

Authenticity

Interrogating the Cost of Silence and Finding My Voice

Melanie Brooks MSc, MFA on October 27, 2023

A Personal Perspective: Sharing my story allowed me to become my true self

A Personal Perspective: Sharing my story allowed me to become my true self

Grief

A Gift for My Dad, 28 Father's Days After His Death

Melanie Brooks MSc, MFA on June 18, 2023

A Personal Perspective: How giving something of myself honors his lasting impact.

A Personal Perspective: How giving something of myself honors his lasting impact.

Attention

Why Wearing a Red Ribbon Still Matters This World AIDS Day

Melanie Brooks MSc, MFA on November 30, 2022

Personal Perspective: I wear my ribbon as a reminder that AIDS is still here and that each the millions of stories in its 40-year history deserves equal attention.

Personal Perspective: I wear my ribbon as a reminder that AIDS is still here and that each the millions of stories in its 40-year history deserves equal attention.

Grief

The Surprising Comfort of an Unsent Father's Day Card

Melanie Brooks MSc, MFA on June 17, 2021

I carry this card like a talisman to remind me that despite what came later, there was a time when that idyllic father-daughter dance was real.

I carry this card like a talisman to remind me that despite what came later, there was a time when that idyllic father-daughter dance was real.

Online Therapy

In This Pandemic, I Miss the Refuge of My Therapist's Office

Melanie Brooks MSc, MFA on October 26, 2020

Learning how to embody and feel sheltered in the virtual platforms, too, means renegotiating what intimacy feels like and redefining our parameters of trust.

Learning how to embody and feel sheltered in the virtual platforms, too, means renegotiating what intimacy feels like and redefining our parameters of trust.