It is with heavy hearts that we must announce the closure of the Fearless She Wrote publication. We (Jessica, Maggie and Gillian) started this community in April 2019 as survivors of sexual assault who had been silenced for years, and were finally ready to tell our stories and speak our truths. …

Submissions close on August 24th, 2021. — Happy Summer, Fearless Community! In case you haven’t heard, Medium has introduced the Medium Writer’s Challenge with $100k worth of prizes up for grabs. The deadline for challenge submissions is August 24th. There’s still time to participate. Here at Fearless, we are a community dedicated to sharing the stories of those who have been…

Monthly Newsletter, December 2, 2020 — Happy December! We’ve finally arrived in the last month of 2020 — and what a year it was. Australia suffered through crippling fires, donald trump was impeached, and harvey weinstein was convicted of rape. George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor were murdered by police officers, and waves of protests swept the…

Monthly Newsletter, October 8, 2020 — Happy October, Fearless readers and writers. Hopefully, you’ve been able to make the transition successfully from summer to fall and have been enjoying the new season. We appreciate our writers and their willingness to share their vulnerability and strength with us here at Fearless, and as such, our editorial team wants to be equally transparent. …

Monthly Newsletter, September 1, 2020 — Welcome to September, Fearless readers and writers. We hope that you’ve been able to enjoy your summer months. We’ve been incredibly busy here at Fearless, and have some new updates to share with you. Our editorial team has begun calling themselves “The Beat Up Crew.” You may have noticed that we did not put out a newsletter last month. …

Monthly Newsletter, July 8, 2020 — Fearless readers and writers — it’s July. How? How is it already July? And yet, here we are — moving both quickly and slowly (somehow at both speeds, simultaneously), into the summer months. We’ve managed to remain busy here at Fearless, reading and publishing your incredible stories, and also working on a couple of other projects. We’ve been working on our podcast, Fearless She Spoke!

(Links to petitions, fundraisers, and resources) — Instead of publishing stories from our Fearless writers today, June 2, 2020, our publication will be silent, here on Medium and on social media. The voices of Black people everywhere need to be heard — and not just today or while the hashtag #blackouttuesday is still trending. On this #blackouttuesday…

Monthly Newsletter, April 1, 2020 — Hello to all of our Fearless readers and writers! First and foremost, we want to wish you happiness and health in this very tumultuous time. We know that the month of March was globally a month of stress and anxiety, and it doesn’t appear that our social distancing practices can lessen during the month of April. First, we want…