what i write:

In my academic work I wrote about the epistemic dimensions of gender-based violence, how this epistemic violence is enacted in our society, and the micro-level work done by practitioners and survivors themselves to restore their agency and subjectivity and ultimately redress this violence. These days in my work as a practitioner I mostly write client records, presentations, reports, risk assessments, referrals, emails, meeting notes - though I still take any opportunity to write reflectively about work.

why i write:

I write to discover, as a reflective process to make sense of the injustices I see in my work, my reaction, the dynamics of power in support work. I also write as a kind of rebellious activity, to represent what and how I’m wrestling with issues of abuse and inequality through practice, and because as a teenager I was told I wasn’t good at writing.

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