Danna BodenheimerFeigning shockI am working hard to not be shocked by what is happening to immigrant children in our country right now. To be shocked is to admit that I…Jun 22, 2018Jun 22, 2018
Danna BodenheimerHistory Has It’s Eyes on UsI wasn’t a great student in grammar school, but I do remember my 7th grade history teacher’s voice perfectly. He reiterated the idea, which…Feb 3, 2017Feb 3, 2017
Danna BodenheimerTrumping our Self StatesThe idea that we exist with a certain multiplicity, meaning that we contain variations of our self within our self, has long given me…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Danna BodenheimerThe Green LadyIt feels like a betrayal to my mother that I loved my grandmother in the way that I did. I usually feel my mother tells me to.Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Danna BodenheimerMy First MemoryI am not sure if my first memory is my own. I am not sure of my memories at all. What are my mother’s words versus my own experiences? I…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Danna BodenheimerAn Enactment with RiceI met Jennifer, the therapist of my life, in 1995. I was a sophomore in college, I had a just come out as a lesbian and I was working hard…Feb 1, 20171Feb 1, 20171
Danna BodenheimerScanned and ReadyFinally, six months after getting the referral, I got myself a mammogram. I had been dreading turning 40 for so long; mostly because I had…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Danna BodenheimerNot My LeaderI knew that I gained some weight since the election. I checked today and the scale, that unforgiving empirical measure, confirmed this for…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Danna BodenheimerOn Turning FortyWhen I was 20 I probably imagined that 40 would feel like real adulthood. I am not sure what I thought that meant, but the notion of real…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017
Danna BodenheimerTerror, Tenderness and TreesI am scared all the time. That is part of the truth of course, but not the whole truth. The whole truth is that I am scared all the time…Feb 1, 2017Feb 1, 2017