She kept feeling something brush across her arm, light and tickling, like a hair. But every time, there was nothing there. She typed in "phantom feeling arm," and added - inevitably, given this was the 2020s and she was in her late 30s - "perimenopause." There it was: paresthesia, "a harmless but unsettling sensation like pins-and-needles... caused by fluctuating estrogen affecting the central nervous system and nerve signals."
The irony of being lectured for 'insularity' during an anti-discrimination workshop highlights the unawareness of those leading the training, showcasing a disconnect in understanding.
The exhibition features a large map of San Francisco that identifies 35 city street names and 10 statues and monuments that commemorate historical figures involved in the genocide of American Indians.
"My grandma was four when she was brought [to Stewart], and she was raised in violence by the matrons. She never had an opportunity to learn parenting skills from her parents. That experience, in my family at least, was the start of violence, alcoholism, and generational trauma. I have relatives who still will not step foot out here because our grandma was abused on a regular basis."
For example, although my kids learned about the Holocaust in school, visiting museums and gas chambers in Auschwitz elevated their understanding of it and taught them even more about the horrific genocide.
