May 5th is Silence the Shame Day
May 5, 2021, is National Silence the Shame Day, a day that aims to end the stigma surrounding mental health. The hope is by having conversations and bringing awareness about mental health and wellness...
Survivor Lit names managing editrix
Survivor Lit is thrilled to announce a new managing editor—ahem, editrix at the helm. Julia Park Tracey has some 40 years in newspaper and magazine publishing under her belt, including founding a weekly award-winning...
Survivor Lit’s founder to appear on SAAM panel
Founder and executive director of Survivor Lit Kirsten Ott Palladino (she/her) will join a panel of literary arts organizations that support sexual assault survivors.
‘No reason for shame’: a survivor speaks up
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.”
Writing about my abuser, healing and hard-earned magic
I made a deal with myself: if my dad was too painful to write about, I would stop, knowing my healing wasn’t complete.
Award-winning writer Michelle Bowdler on her new book ‘Is Rape a Crime?,’ a testament...
In her new book, a longlist contender for this year’s National Book Award in nonfiction, Michelle Bowdler explains how a violent home invasion and sexual assault led her to investigate the lack of investigation into sex crimes.
Finding pleasure after violation
Those who’ve been victimized need to demand genital joy as a birthright.
‘This Is My Body’ explores the confines of faith, fidelity and femininity
During Dezen Hammon's service to the church, she's challenged with offenses ranging from sexism to sexual assault, and outside of these specific insults to her body and heart, her yearning for something more fulfilling compels her to him, the mystery man she is considering doing more with—and realizing she might have an addiction to sex and love.
Male fragility is holding the #metoo movement back
Naming harm is a crucial step in the process, but I’m starting to think the shaming is counterproductive—in part because it doesn’t seem to work.
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Have the time of your life!*
*Common side effects may include but are not limited to: harassment, stalking, getting drugged, passing out in...
To the fathers who do not abuse their daughters
On my street I am witness to the young men who carry the pink-flowered backpacks of little girls, who...
