A Survivor’s Guide to Talking About Sexual Assault: The Quick List of Do’s and Don’ts

Talking about sexual assault is painful and often re-traumatizing for those of us who have gone through it. You can…

We Were Merely Freshmen

The Parkland students have done something wonderful with social media. But in the hands of most high schoolers, these apps are WMDs.

Military Sexual Trauma and Me.

Researching how the VA failed to recognize veterans’ symptoms of…

In the Beginning…

The Journey of a Journey

On ‘Enough’ : Justifying Pain and Trauma

Author’s note: this entire publication is about a triggering topic, but there are some…

Nowhere to Hide — Parts 1 & 2

Experiencing vulnerability as an open book

What Is Left?

I am exhausted. Tired. Drained.

What’s “Worth It”

As survivors speak up about our pasts, people that love us — or think they do — are…

MRW I realize I’m a statistic

Hint: it can’t be captured in a meme.

Compassion Hurts. (Also crippling impostor-syndrome based anxiety.)

I haven’t published anything since, what, early May? but the “Writing a Survivors Guide: New Story” URL is one of the first that pops up because I’ve started and stopped so many times… wondering if I was really…