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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 a cab, letter from human resources stating...

Eight of Cups

I keep seeing him, in gardenia scented dreams. he’s trying to talk to me, but either I’m too dumb to understand him, or he is speaking...

Seven of Swords

that smiling wink when he was drunk on soju, the flush of his face—giddiness that made me feel I was drunk myself. the encouraging way he taught me how...

A good sport

Don’t mean to brag, but I am a triathlete of some repute. My #metoo moment happened on one of my first races as part...

A Local Man Celebrates International Women’s Day with a Series of...

Seven women have been sexually assaulted in five days on the canal path that runs by my house. I hear this news and I want to dress...

Scarlet

Pain flows through a crimson tide. Pressure of the cold steel knife. Cutting. Biting. Picture perfect, masking sadness with makeup. Pauses, only to bid him goodbye. Parting ways...

[Blood] Sodden Anguish/Deathbed Red (Fall 2017 Mood Board)

sodden anguish infiltrates interrogates fabric dips              dyes flesh scarlet towels   rags    already adorn the floor             design inspo              autumn shade auburn burgundy           the hues of after      sapphire runs obscure  ...

Stupid Milk

curdle in within myself like some homespun kiss of death spoiled milk                          shriveled biochemical bitch shadows on skin become tombs why am I still here when there are poisons...

Lessons on Assault    

When they told me, I politely dismissed myself from my classroom and knelt over the toilet. They said she got mixed up with the wrong crowd— wrong boy. I tried not...

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The acknowledgement

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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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*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

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On my street I am witness to the young men who carry the pink-flowered backpacks of little girls, who...