Melissa Lorraine survived a sexual assault after getting into a car she thought was an Uber ride she had ordered. She found a way to slowly heal by performing exercises she now teaches in classes for inmates in correctional facilities.
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Hideous Men
In a stunning excerpt from her memoir, What Do We Need Men For?: A Modest Proposal, E. Jean Carroll recalls being sexually assaulted by numerous men, and outright raped in the mid-’90s in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room by Donald Trump.
Posted inNonfiction
How the Cosby Story Finally Went Viral — And Why It Took So Long
A journalist who reported on the accusations long before they went viral wonders, “What kind of profession am I in, where stories have no logical reason for unfolding?”
Posted inCrime, Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
How One Artist Publicly Dealt With the Aftermath of Her Rape
For one woman, holding her employer accountable meant painting the story of her rape on a billboard above a busy LA freeway.
Posted inArts & Culture, Crime, Culture, Current Events, Events, Reading List
What to Read After ‘Leaving Neverland’
A list of longreads to make sense of ‘Leaving Neverland.’
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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.
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Elegy in Times Square
A personal essay in which Lily Burana, a former teenage peep show girl, looks back on a queer love story that began in New York’s notorious red-light district.
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A Woman Becomes a Nightingale
An illustrated essay in which Carolita Johnson reviews the ugly history of rape being weaponized — and politicized — as a means of silencing women.
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Essays & Criticism
Speak Truth to Power
We must speak truth to the power of all that threatens to keep women and girls silent in the face of sexual violence.
Posted inBooks, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Story
Speak Truth to Power
We must speak truth to the power of all that threatens to keep women and girls silent in the face of sexual violence.