Police can’t save children from sexual abuse, but we must
With inadequate responses to CSA and little trust in police among people of color, relying on cops to address an issue like CSA is questionable, at best.
Ayanna Pressley sees power in being a sexual violence survivor, & there’s science to that
For those of us survivors whose bodies revolt, it’s not just that we are experiencing random medicalized dysfunctions. We are reacting to the toxicity surrounding us.
There are no “danger signs” for sexual assault: Lessons from a Hmong survivor
For years, I’ve blamed myself for not being able to identify “danger signs†in the sexual assault situations.
Rape culture tells us it is normal. My body knows this is a lie
Those who resist rape culture’s control allow my body—a queer Black body that has never known rape—to be possible.
Musings on a world without rape: A listicle
Half of my DVD collection would be rendered moot without rape and rape culture.
Fighting a culture of silence around sexuality that breeds child sexual abuse: Interview with The HEAL Project founder Ignacio Rivera.
“Our society’s view on sex is important to understanding, preventing and dealing with child sexual abuse. We live in a hyper-sexual society that exposes sexual imagery but does not talk about it. Sex education in public schools has almost been…
Erykah Badu and why well-meaning rape apologists don’t get a pass.
by Sherronda J. Brown I spent an hour or so reading through Erykah Badu's tweets and mentions from the last few days so that y'all wouldn't have to. There is dissonance between what Badu actually says and what she claims…
Unholy Touches: A Black Church Boy Speaks.
Child sexual abuse has for long been brushed under the rug and/or deemed unimportant for sermonic consideration.
I Looked At A Rapist In The Mirror And Saw Him Smiling Back.
By Hari Ziyad *This piece has been published with permission of the referenced ex-partner. Other relationships may have been slightly altered to protect specific identities.* The first time I was sexually assaulted I must have been 9 or 10 years…
