We say it all the time in this work: I see you. What we don’t say: being seen can be scary. Terrifying, even. But when we choose the...

Most of the time I find images or textures to underscore some element of a message I want to communicate; today, I searched for a visual...

Feeling all kinds of unsettled this morning. Yesterday was uneventful and reassuring. Spoke with a few long-distance loved ones; spent...

by Anonymous_181113 [Note: After speaking with this survivor at length, I chose to publish this exactly as written, including breaks...

by Heather There were 3 officers within a year and a half time frame that used their position for personal / sexual gain towards me while...

The Word for This II by Jess Ruzz There are things I do not owe. No part of Me is yours to claim; I absolve you of My failures. My body...

by Anonymous_181031 When I was 18 I went to a house party with some coworkers. I got really drunk but had 2 friends from work with me so...

I woke to an Instagram post that read: “Self-Care Is How You Take Your Power Back.” No. NononoNONONO. This misses the point. Not because...

by Anonymous_181027 [Originally written during the September 2018 Kavanaugh confirmation hearings.] Back in the day, I was sexually...

[This is a rare time when I feel I hit "publish" too quickly. Besides a bit of formatting glitchiness, something I usually check before...

by Anonymous_181021 So just a few weeks ago, end of February [at the time of original writing], I was sitting at home in front of the...

“That I was a child, with a body…” This line from my story is echoing today, the source of so many things dysmorphic, disordered,...

by Theresa I am writing this after having watched Dr. Blasey Ford testimony a few weeks ago. It was emotional for me, watching her expose...

by Jasmine If two people are diagnosed with cancer, and person A has stage 1 cancer while person B has stage 3, we still acknowledge...

by Anonymous 181014 [Note: The process between me and my contributors can be deeply personal (and is anonymous unless they wish to handle...

by Anonymous_181011 When I was 15, I went to a party that I had no business being at. I started drinking and was taken advantage of by...

by Anonymous_181009 [Hello, beautiful humans – after speaking at length with the survivor who shared this story, I did some...

by Anonymous_181008 It was the fall of my sophomore year of high school, and I could feel changes in myself, and these changes drove away...

Because I haven’t given Insomnia an open invitation already… this time, the 2 am internal debate had me exploring the boundaries of my...