Growing up the oldest of four, and the only female, I was constantly reined in by both parents on my looks, clothing, actions, etc. And that still didn’t stop the sexual abuse or the foul-mouthed offers and ogling stares.

Adolescence is awkward enough without the constant self-vigilance necessary to “control” the actions of…

BYU Has a Rape Problem

Yesterday (April 7, 2016), Brigham Young University held a rape awareness conference, according to BYU’s own publication, The Daily Universe. The Universe’s reporter seems to have missed the disruption of the conference’s Q&A segment, per this Reddit post:

Amen! And thanks for writing both pieces. This was clear in your 1st piece. Maybe people don’t want to comprehend what they do not want to hear. Defensiveness, ignorance, fear…nothing is more important than the lives and souls of human beings. Be adults. Do the harder thing.

Why Erykah Badu’s Respectability Politics Aren’t the Problem

Have you been watching the storm of backlash that Queen of Woke, Erykah Badu, is getting from her tweets about girls’ skirts and men’s tendencies? In case you haven’t, read the series of tweets here.

When There’s Smoke

(There are a lot of stories that will come out of my time at NMR. I’d been waiting until my year-long NDA after my termination was safely a distant memory, but after [WARNING] April’s post, I’m gonna tell this story and will get to some of the other stuff at a later time. Needless to say, all…

This had me by the neck for 23 years.

I understand. I am angry too. I am sure I’m not the only girl this has happened to either. It was 23 years ago… It had me by the neck.

Do you know that? It had me by the neck! I couldn’t write it. For 23 years. I could barely speak it.