How Dreams Turned the Roller Coaster Of My Reality Into A TV Pilot
By Nubia DuVall Wilson Missing a flight, packing and unpacking suitcases, going blind and getting lost in a house–what do all of these have in common? They are recurring themes […]
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Contributors
How My Dog Gave Me The Courage To Stand Up Against Sexual Abuse
By Aysha Akhtar, MD, MPH [CW: Sexual abuse] “I want to show you something.” Uncle Talup approached me as soon as I stepped out of the bathroom of our East […]
Contributors
The Weight of Shame For Survivors Of Child Sexual Abuse
By Patricia Eagle [TW: child abuse, sexual abuse] At a critical juncture in my life, I realized that continuing to stay quiet about my experiences of sexual abuse could very […]
Contributors
‘The Night Visitors’ – A New Genre-Bending Thriller With Smart Commentary On Abusive Relationships & Family Trauma
By Carol Goodman A woman and a ten-year-old boy are on a bus driving through the snowy Catskills. They are fleeing an abusive man. They have no money, no other […]
Contributors
Local UK Choir Using Music To Amplify The #MeToo Message For Domestic Violence Survivors
By Fay Turner-Paxton #MeToo, the two little words we all read for days on social media. Those who were previously nervous to disclose became empowered, the oblivious became educated and […]
Contributors
As A Teen Girl I Believe We Must Speak Out Against Rape Culture & Stop It From Being Normalized
By Isabella Piper After the many vast obstacles that women have faced throughout the years, I have abruptly decided to speak out on the behalf of myself and others. As […]
Girl on a Mission
Fmr Kidnap & Abuse Victim Elizabeth Smart On A Mission To Dismantle Harmful Purity Culture
On the surface, the idea of “waiting until marriage” or choosing to wait for the partner you are going to spend the rest of your life with sounds noble. And […]
Interviews
From Fundamental Christianity To Comedy, Brooke Arnold Candidly Shares Her Steps To The Stage
When you look at the most successful female comedians today, they have one thing in common that differentiates them from the rest: they keep it real. More specifically, they aren’t […]
Contributors
How I Turned My Pain Into A Source Of Power After Being Sexually Abused As A Child
By Halima Layeni I am a living proof that anyone can turn things around. From a nadir of emotions in which I struggled with abuse and resentment, I have willed […]
Causes, Celebrities
Lena Dunham Gives Powerful Speech On Sexual Abuse At Variety’s Power Of Women Event
At the recent Power Of Women Luncheon in New York, the annual event thrown by Variety magazine, a number of Hollywood notables were honored specifically for their charitable work. Kim […]
Contributors
How Miss America Saved Me From An Abusive Relationship & A Lifetime Of Victimhood
By Aniska Tonge I’m still afraid. Afraid of what people might think or say. Afraid of sharing too much. I am an avid believer in keeping some things, most things, […]
Contributors, Girl on a Mission
I Was Sexually Abused & Spoke Up About It. Here’s Why You Should Too…
My name is Isabella Grosso and I am a California native who dedicated my life to the biggest passion of my life: the art of dance. I started dancing at […]
Girl on a Mission
“Infidel” Female Eqyptian Rapper Speaking Up For Abused Women
There are a number of stories of rad women in the Middle East who are completely blowing our western perception of Arab women out of the water, and we love […]