I Threatened to Kill a Kid in My Sixth Grade Class

The first time I ever texted a boy, it was to defend myself against his sexual harassment

Judith Slaying Holofernes (Artemisia Gentileschi)

On Christmas Day, 2009 I received my first cell phone: a turquoise flip phone with 1GB of space for music (I listened almost exclusively to Taylor Swift and Hannah Montana). I was one of the last kids in my sixth grade class to get a phone, so to say I was ecstatic that Christmas morning…