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Where: Have All the Safety Pins Gone?

Where: Have All the Safety Pins Gone? WHERE HAVE ALL THE SAFETY PINS GONE? ANGELA JACKSONBROWN 016 was the year of trauma. Prince died. Muhammad Ali died. Harper 2Lee died. The Pulse nightclub shooting occurred. Philando Castile was murdered by police in front of his girlfriend and her four year-old daughter. Donald Trump was elected president. Trauma. One trauma after another. 68 My life has seen its fair share of trauma. I was given up for adoption when I was just a few days old. I was suddenly taken away from the foster family that had taken care of me from the time I was surrendered until I was two years old. I was adopted by two parents, but only one of them loved me—my daddy. I was sexually assaulted by an uncle when I was eleven. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at twenty-six. I was in a loveless marriage for eleven years. Trauma. One trauma after another. But the beauty of my life is that I have always found ways to cope with my trauma. Sometimes the coping was in the form of a book like Maya Angelou’s I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings or Alex Haley’s Roots. Sometimes the coping was in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Where: Have All the Safety Pins Gone?

Jackson-Brown, Angela
Appalachian Review , Volume 48 (3) – Mar 22, 2021
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Abstract

WHERE HAVE ALL THE SAFETY PINS GONE? ANGELA JACKSONBROWN 016 was the year of trauma. Prince died. Muhammad Ali died. Harper 2Lee died. The Pulse nightclub shooting occurred. Philando Castile was murdered by police in front of his girlfriend and her four year-old daughter. Donald Trump was elected president. Trauma. One trauma after another. 68 My life has seen its fair share of trauma. I was given up for adoption when I was just a few days old. I was suddenly taken away from the foster family that had taken care of me from the time I was surrendered until I was two years old. I was adopted by two parents, but only one of them loved me—my daddy. I was sexually assaulted by an uncle when I was eleven. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at twenty-six. I was in a loveless marriage for eleven years. Trauma. One trauma after another. But the beauty of my life is that I have always found ways to cope with my trauma. Sometimes the coping was in the form of a book like Maya Angelou’s I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings or Alex Haley’s Roots. Sometimes the coping was in

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Appalachian Review – University of North Carolina Press

Published: Mar 22, 2021

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