Risa
Risa has a Masters and Bachelors degree in Social Work. She is a Mental Health Therapist who has worked in child abuse prevention, adoption, domestic violence and sexual assault trauma recovery. She is a mother of 4 and in her spare time she is a voracious reader, snarker, and subversive cross-stitcher.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
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Trigger warning for mentions of sexual assault, rape, and abuse.
I'm a mental health therapist in Utah and treat many survivors of first and second-hand...
You’ve No Power Here
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There is a pivotal moment in "The Wizard of Oz" when in Munchkinland Glinda is protecting Dorothy from the Wicked Witch of the West and...
In memoriam: Rebecca van Uitert and Jason Howell
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It is with great sadness that the Exponent II memorializes a woman of great stature and her husband. Rebecca van Uitert and her husband,...
In Memoriam: bell hooks
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bell hooks, largely regarded as the Mother of Black Feminism, died yesterday at the age of 69. We at The Exponent II feel it's...
Nice is different than good
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a song in their hymn book called Do what is Right. The chorus reminds us...
God sent you a life raft
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I don't remember if it is a parable or an old satirical cartoon, but there is the story of a drowning man caught in...
The Story is Not About How We Left
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At this April's Bi-annual General Conference for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Russell M. Nelson made some curious statements about...
Ma’Khia Bryant – Say Her Name
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On April 20, 2021, 20 minutes before the Derek Chauvin verdict was read (guilty on all 3 counts), police officers in Columbus, Ohio shot...