I’ve had a chat with Alana who is looking to write an article about this topic and hoping to speak to folks with lived experience. I don’t know her personally so this isn’t an endorsement, but her values sound aligned with my own around raising awareness in a manner that humanises and holds space for the diversity of experience so I’ve offered to reach out through my networks for her. Here’s her intro:

I am writing an article on plurality and plural pride. The story will look at plurality against the backdrop of pervasive prejudice and poor understanding of dissociation, especially among mental health professionals. I also plan to discuss internal family systems, a therapeutic modality that normalises the existence of parts, to suggest shifts in on how plurality is understood. 

The story has not yet been commissioned- I am in the process of writing a proposal.

I am a journalist and registered psychologist.

I hope to speak to people who identify as plural. I am interested in how parts are experienced. I am also interested in the experience of stigma.

I hope to use names in the story.

I have included my contact details below. For anyone who is interested, I’d be happy to chat informally before you decide whether or not to take part in the story. If you do decide to take part, I would show you what I write about you and seek your approval before I submit the story.

I have pasted below links to some of my article. The articles are fairly old. (I am returning to writing after some time.)

Best, Alana Rosenbaum

0412 806 475 alanarosenbaum@me.com

• https://www.smh.com.au/national/x-20151215-glnsdw.html
• https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2014/august/1406815200/alana-rosenbaum/women-papua-new-guinea%E2%80%99s-village-courts#mtr
• https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2015/jun/18/shepparton-australia-victoria-unemployment-video
• https://www.smh.com.au/national/when-two-tribes-go-to-war-20140624-3aqv2.html