It is a disservice when we only measure violence or catastrophe only in death tolls. Take war for example.
People are killed, and I don't say that lightly, but there are other living survivors with wounds that will never scab over. Think amputees and people coping with PTSD.
People are killed, and I don't say that lightly, but there are other living survivors with wounds that will never scab over. Think amputees and people coping with PTSD.
People suffering hearing loss from explosions. Impaired or loss of vision from flying debris. Heightened paranoia. Infections. There is a variety of shit that is short of death that goes unaccounted for by mainstream media.
It was until years ago that I realized that every time I see a daily toll of Chicago shootings, it's very much possible the city's disabled population grows. You don't read that part.
I think one of the ways violence is normalized is by power overlooking, reducing, and simplifying the myriad effects of harm and not seeking to amplify survivors of it.
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