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.
If the girl thinks love is here every day!, an excerpt from ‘If the...
She'd translate her body back into its own language, if only she could.
‘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.”
Essays in search of identity after cult, abuse
Part memoir, part essay collection, Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing is a fearless book.
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I’m trying to be gentle with myself, but what if I never believe my body when it tells me what happened?
Have the time of your life!*
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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...
