The Session by Curtis Bass
The Session “So, are you ready to tell me about it?” Actually, I wasn’t. I would prefer to never talk about it. But it had come up in our...
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Dancers Workshop by David e. Moreno
Dancers Workshop When I studied with the experimental dance pioneer Anna Halpirn, she was dancing with a colostomy bag. I was 20; she was...
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In Silent Shadows by Laura Howard
In Silent Shadows Increasing in intensity Nightmares and Screams because the Instigator will not Let up Enclosing and Never stopping with...
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My Father's Eyes by Andrea Leeb Balelo
My Father's Eyes “That dress really brings out the color of your eyes,” the sales girl told me as I stepped out of the dressing room. It...
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Inside the Silence: Art by Sonia Gil & Text by Mark Blickley
Inside the Silence Laying naked in this bed on my back, I tilt my head, and I look down with so much pain in my face. This is the third...
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Dissociation
Dissociation You are the master of your own reality. What you see, hear, feel, what you know is all based on what you believe is the...
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It's Not About the Flowers
It's Not About the Flowers I grieve for my battered garden bed. But it’s not about the flowers. We recently experienced a destructive...
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Only a Pebble Between Us
Only a Pebble Between Us I was walking my border collie through town today in the furnace of the noon sun, heading to the park just past...
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What Does a Survivor Look Like?
What Does a Survivor Look Like? I'm standing in front of my mirror, a pile of clothes at my feet. I look at my reflection and try to look...
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How We Forget
How We Forget Mary Anne pulled the bologna and off brand butter from the fridge, wielding the squeaking refrigerator door with the heel...
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Surviving Childhood Sex Abuse
Surviving Childhood Sex Abuse Freshman year of high school, as I was about to use the restroom in the main building, a vision hit me so...
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Rewatching, Retelling, Reclaiming: The Drama Queens Podcast
Rewatching, Retelling, Reclaiming: The Drama Queens Podcast In November 2022, in real time, I listened to three womxn—Hilarie Burton...
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How to Burn Down a Tree Fort
Joan Clare You are not a pyromaniac. You are merely an extremely unhappy 12-year-old girl who gets her hands on a real book of witchcraft...
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My Sister's Brother
Clay Jones “Would you PLEASE set the table!” Mom laughed with a smile. That was our job. I got water for four and my sis Becky, four...
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Every 68 Seconds
Tayler Simon Every 68 seconds someone in this country is sexually assaulted. This, of course, is a conservative number, since so many...
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