Sezin Devi Koehler's Blog, page 16
December 15, 2015
Moving On After the World Ends: The Dark Truths of HBO’s The Leftovers and Trauma
"And in the exposing of vulnerability, of pain, of such great loss, is the seeking for answers why. Why did this happen? Where did they go now that they're gone? Are they safe? Are they at peace? Why not me? Why did I survive and others didn't? Is there a purpose behind it all?" My 20th piece for HuffPost, published in December 2015.
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December 9, 2015
America Down the Rabbit Hole and Through the Looking Glass
"I never would have imagined the airplane that repatriated me to the United States in 2011 -- after a decade in Europe -- would end up being a less-benign alternate portal down into Alice's rabbit hole where the impossible is possible and the absurd becomes reality." My 19th article for HuffPost, published in December 2015.
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November 18, 2015
Putting Faces On the Immigration Debate: The Cortes Family and Ted Roach’s 120 Days
"At the confluence of draconian American immigration policy, law enforcement entitlement, and good old-fashioned racial profiling we meet Miguel Cortes who, along with his family, is the subject of Ted Roach's new award-winning documentary 120 Days: Undocumented in America." My 18th HuffPost article, published in November 2015.
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October 22, 2015
Jury Duty and the Gun Crime Survivor
"After Wendy's death I had to testify in court three times against her murderers: The first was the preliminary hearing to determine if the case would go to trial. The second was against the woman who pulled the trigger. The third time I testified was against the murderer's accomplice." My 17th article for HuffPost, published in October 2015.
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October 13, 2015
The Gateway Fundamentalism of Kim Davis and Her Supporters
"If we're so quick to respond to stamping out religious fundamentalism and extremism in the rest of the world, then why aren't we doing the same here at home?" My 16th article for HuffPost, published in October 2015.
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October 8, 2015
Rape is Not About Sex: A Notice to Damon Wayans and Everyone Who Still Doesn’t Get It
"Rape is NOT about looks, age, race, gender, nationality, or any other arbitrary cultural signifier that would make one person a more or less desirable victim than another." My 15th HuffPost article, published in October 2015.
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October 5, 2015
Examining the Highly Sensitive Personality — Sensitive: The Untold Story
"Through more than a dozen interviews with a variety of researchers, Sensitive: The Untold Story makes a strong case outlining the physical, physiological, neurological, and emotional differences between the 20% of the highly sensitive population and the 80% who are not." My 14th article for Huffington Post, published in October 2015.
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September 14, 2015
Creative Postpartum and Other News
Finishing a book you've worked on for 6 years doesn't feel as good as you'd think.
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September 9, 2015
The Mainstreaming of Empathy, or How Hannibal Changed My Life
"With an appropriately bloody and dashing full moon finale came the close of three amazing seasons of Bryan Fuller's Hannibal, hands down some of the best television ever made in the history of the medium." My 13th article for Huffington Post, published in September 2015.
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September 4, 2015
These Are the Rules of Trauma Club
"The first rule of Trauma Club is you must talk about Trauma Club." My12th article for Huffington Post, published in September 2015.
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