We Are Not All Cacti Saving for a Non-Rainy Day.
Every day I would say Hi to her when I went outside. Tell her how beautiful she was. Check if she needed water. Cut away anything dry or dead.
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Why I Didn’t Report: Become Your Story’s Steward Rather Than Its Hostage.
Survivors witness and feel beneath the story... Fragmented, often locked away in an unconscious vault; we banish pain in order to survive it.
To My Abuser: You Need to Know You Didn’t Break Me.
You need to know you didn’t break me. I am stronger than I have ever been. I fight daily to assure that people know their value and their worth.
Hold Your Own Flame and Ignite the Passions of Others.
While you learn to excavate within and subjugate without, you are writing your own spells to manifest a magic that changes the world.
I Invite You to Stand in Sisterhood.
You may have learned to hide your scars, but we witness your physical, your emotional, your psychic struggle, and invite you to share your journey with us.
From Power to Power.
You see, it is not my mission to empower anybody. I cannot help but recognize that the word itself entails that power is being 'given' instead of revealed. I cannot give something that is already the very basis of who you -- who we -- are.
The Day I Turned from a Victim into a Survivor.
I’ve been married since, and have been grateful enough to find husbands who understand that my legs can’t be pinned down.
Happy Sex After Rape: My Search for Pleasure After Trauma.
I am not writing this as a professional sex therapist. While I am trained and certified in various fields of therapy, I am writing this as a woman who has blossomed and is still blossoming after sexual trauma. I am writing this as a woman who is a sexual being, and was a sexual being before she ...
From Victims Of Atrocity To Strong Survivors: Rebuilding Lives Of Kosovar Women.
The lives of these women are shattered. Only their husbands know. Their children still do not. One can only hope that through their courage to share their stories with outsiders, they may at some point dare to speak openly. Until then, a lot has to change in this country for women to rise.
The False Rape Allegation And The Big Bad Boogie Mouse.
If you’ve chosen to have sex, then you’ve taken on a significant responsibility, and that comes with the obligation of honesty. At all costs. Know that. And if being honest puts you in danger, then tell someone, anyone who can help you. Stand beside you. Protect you from their reaction. But ...