The Politics of Codependence

Hilary Thurston (she/her) identifies as a white settler, cisgender, queer, neurodivergent femme. Hilary is a Mental Health Counsellor, a Ph.D. candidate and a Tarot Card Reader located on the territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples in Toronto, Ontario. Her clinical work in Mental Health and Addictions Services for marginalized communities has informed her doctoral research in Gender, Feminist and Women's Studies at York University. Hilary's research focuses on the intersection of systemic oppression, trauma and attachment in queer communities. She is interested in de-pathologizing experiences of mental health and addiction through the deconstruction of psychopathological discourses and revisionist approaches to genealogy and queer life writing. Hilary has experience writing for both scholarly and general publics. Recently, her academic work has been published in Capacious: Journal for Emerging Affect Inquiry and Academia Letters, and she has been a contributor to local blogs, Edit Seven and She Does The City. Hilary's work reflects a commitment  to trauma-informed and anti-oppressive theory and practice, and promotes interdependence in interpersonal and community relationships.

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