Resilience is a Scam by Adele Barclay

"I worry we often hold onto the term “resilience” as a way to avert our gaze and not grapple with the omnipresence of trauma—how it’s woven into daily life and how pervasive suffering, oppression, and violence are in our society. I worry that when we focus on resilience we veer towards toxic positivity and repress the uncomfortable and tangible effects of trauma (Barclay, n.p.).