Facing Rifts That May Never Heal

The family fallout from identity politics, religion and massive manipulation

Jodi Barnes, PhD
3 min readNov 1, 2020

If you have one or several, you’re not alone. We can dress them up and call them ‘estrangements’ but it doesn’t change the pain that comes with a family member’s refusal to communicate, to block or belittle or even to harass us.

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Jodi Barnes, PhD

Writer and Collaborator-in-Chief of https://www.14wordsforlove.com where small acts of writing, art and conversation create multicultural connections for good.