One summer college weekend, I drove out to the Hamptons with my friend Barbara, in her car, to stay in a rental near the beach.

by Emily Rita Roche Emily Rita Roche is a Las Vegas native currently transplanted in evergreen Ashland, Oregon. She holds a BFA in...

by Kelsey Coletta Kelsey Coletta is a Rhode Island based licensed clinical therapist. She is a graduate of both Rhode Island College and...

by Cara-Julie Kather Cara-Julie Kather is a feminist theorist and writer. She writes to move through worlds of violence: to understand...

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...

Dancers Workshop When I studied with the experimental dance pioneer Anna Halpirn, she was dancing with a colostomy bag. I was 20; she was...

In Silent Shadows Increasing in intensity Nightmares and Screams because the Instigator will not Let up Enclosing and Never stopping with...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

How We Forget Mary Anne pulled the bologna and off brand butter from the fridge, wielding the squeaking refrigerator door with the heel...

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...

Rewatching, Retelling, Reclaiming: The Drama Queens Podcast In November 2022, in real time, I listened to three womxn—Hilarie Burton...