This week, our editors recommend longreads by Janelle Nanos, Paloma Pacheo, Radley Balko, Claire McNear, and Tad Friend.
childhood sexual abuse
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If My Scars Could Talk
Tega Oghenechovwen contemplates the ways in which acute childhood trauma can infect and compromise relationships later in life.
Posted inCulture, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
To Protect Children from Sexual Abuse, the Catholic Church Must Eliminate the Clergy
One ex-priest shows how the clergy lies at the root of the Catholic Church’s problems.
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Where the Trouble Started
In this personal essay, decades after a childhood sexual assault, Saidee Sonnenberg tries to make sense of what happened.
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Scholar of Mazes: Surviving Childhood Sexual Abuse
“I stepped forward into a darkness that I’m still trying to find my way out of more than 40 years later.”
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Sober Gay Man Seeks…What, Exactly, He’s No Longer Sure
A personal essay in which Breaking the Ruhls author, Larry Ruhl, a survivor of childhood sexual abuse now in recovery, finds himself adrift in the age of hookup apps.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Story
Sober Gay Man Seeks…What, Exactly, He’s No Longer Sure
A survivor of childhood sexual abuse now in recovery, Larry Ruhl finds himself adrift in the age of hookup apps.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction
Sober Gay Man Seeks…What, Exactly, He’s No Longer Sure
A survivor of childhood sexual abuse now in recovery, Larry Ruhl finds himself adrift in the age of hookup apps.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Letters to My Molester: Unraveling a Decade of Childhood Abuse
Karen Durrie examines the feelings of complicity that encouraged her to correspond with her attacker.