Julia Park Tracey

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http://www.juliaparktracey.com

Julia Park Tracey (she/her) is a writer and survivor working in the low Sierras, California. Her poetry has appeared most recently in Soul-Lit, Not Very Quiet, Autumn House Review, Coffee People, and Daphne. Honors include Poet Laureate of Alameda, Calif., California, Frederick C. Fallon Award for poetry, and a San Francisco Foundation Award grant. Her essays have appeared in Huffington Post, Salon, Narratively, Redbook, Paste and more. She is the author of six books.

Articles

May 5th is Silence the Shame Day

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May 5, 2021, is National Silence the Shame Day, a day that aims to end the stigma surrounding mental health. The hope is by...

Review

‘Promising Young Woman’ assault survivor takes revenge

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(Spoilers!) Who is the promising young woman of the film’s title? Is it Cassie? Is it Nina? Is it the dean’s daughter? Is it Madison?...

Dark-haired woman facing ocean on a gray day, seen from behind, for Survivor Lit, a literary magazine for sexual assault survivors.

Poetry

Atlantis

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I made the mistake of telling my therapist about the molestations, the assault, the rapes, and she had the audacity to ask me how I feel, and...

Black and white image of woman whose face cannot be seen, sipping from a mug in a kitchen; her hand is veiny and she seems tense, for Survivor Lit, a literary magazine for sexual assault survivors.

Poetry

A woman’s place

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Into the mouths of babes, the bottomless craw of a needy child; they cluster at my hip, wanting more. Here, I pay and pay for sins I did...

Poetry

#MeToo

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what I mean is, I said no to my ex for the first time. I said no. I said no. I said no fucking way you stupid piece...

Rachel Thompson author, activist, sex abuse chat

Articles

‘No reason for shame’: a survivor speaks up

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Rachel Thompson has, over the years, thought of herself as a survivor more than a victim. “I think I’ve always had that within me [being a survivor]. I literally had to find a way to cope constantly, because I had to.”