What We Are
Frances LorenzI like to write about mental health, trauma, relationships, work, meaning-making, and social dynamics, often through the lens of my own experiences and feelings.
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You can be both wronged and wrong
TL;DR People tend to treat abuse victims as angels, liars, or total mysteries. I think each is a way of not taking victims seriously as people. In this post, I try to explain why some of the most confusing behaviors that come out of abuse,...
No true victims
If you follow Bay Area rationalist / AI safety discourse on X, this past week may have been demoralizing. It may also have been triggering. There was the Survival and Flourishing Fund decision to withdraw the remainder of a promised grant t...
Static and nothing
This is a continuation of my essay series; I’ve previously written Self-blame, Anger, and Validation and Fear. This essay is about dissociation. TW: I discuss rape
Part I: Like many victims, I knew the person who raped me. I spoke with him...
The very best possibilities
When we were 19, my now fiance downloaded an app that could automatically record our calls. Really, she just wanted the beginning “hellos” and the final “I love yous” for our one-year anniversary video. Of course, she forgot the app existed...
No one is going to save the EA brand
Manifund has announced that it hired Caroline Ellison, who pleaded guilty to charges relating to the FTX fraud and served time for it. She started a work trial in July, went full-time in August, and worked under a pseudonym until the announ...
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