Originally published on Elephant Journal on May 3, 2016 By Christine “Cissy” White. How come when I googled “PTSD” a few weeks back, this is what I got? Where are the women? The children? The civilian men with PTSD? The missing images are striking—and troubling, considering the facts: “Women are…
Originally published on Trigger Points Anthology on November 20, 2015 By Dawn Daum. Introducing Trigger Points Contributor Christine Cissy White, author of Little Girl Riding Shotgun in My Psyche. 1. What was the most surprising thing about becoming a parent? How satisfying it was to be able to meet the…
Originally published on Elephant Journal on November 19, 2015 By Christine “Cissy” White. My cultural pride is shame. My native tongue is a memory I try to scrape clean so mud doesn’t cake out of my mouth. My greatest gift of maternal love is to insist she get no heirloom.…
