I go from student, to writer, to teacher, to podcaster, to very amateur cartoonist.” When I ask how she navigates all of her projects and responsibilities, Raskin tells me, “I think one of the things that enables me to do all of that is just organizing my time and being able to leave one project - and even one field - behind. She has an Instagram, Emotional Support Lady, featuring hand-drawn cartoons about mental health and self-care, and a podcast, “Just Between Us,” with Jewish co-host Gabby Dunn she blogs for her Patreon and has a second book coming out in April, “ Overthinking About You: Navigating Romantic Relationships When You Have Anxiety, OCD, and/or Depression.” She also spent last year teaching at USC Film School. However, her success as a Jewish woman in content creation, education and advocacy is impossible to ignore. Raskin’s perspective on coping with trauma feels very Jewish, yet aside from the occasional joke, her work is not really rooted in her Judaism. I don’t welcome trauma I don’t think that you need trauma to be a fully-formed, wonderful person, but I do think you can be really proud of yourself for how you handle trauma. “Whereas I feel like I can take the approach that every bad thing means I’m bad or I’m worthless or I should give up, instead, I try to see every bad thing or difficult time as something I can be proud of myself for continuing past, and that I can take lessons from.
“With each difficult experience that you go through, it’s further proof that you can survive that,” Raskin tells me over Zoom at the end of 2021.
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