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hope after sexual assault

consent identity memoir sexual assault shame Women's Empowerment

Life Inside the Trees: Running the Path to Hope in the Wake of My Sexual Assault

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  • January 28, 2019

Fast forward to my early twenties and I found myself in the safety of the trees once more, finding a path to hope in the wake of my sexual assault. I was in grad school, living for the first time on my own and still a long way from home. It was a year and…

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Shame keeps your spirit in darkness

consent domestic violence relationships Sex sexual assault shame

My Prose Poem Called “Shame, You’re No Longer Welcome Here”

  • Posted by ayb
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  • October 18, 2018

Shame is one of those words that sounds exactly like what it evokes. Shit.      Hopelessness.           Assholes.                Myths.                     Embarrassment. Shame is why I didn’t admit to any caring adult in my life…

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