Category: Rape Culture

  • Thoughts on the Breaths You Take

    Thoughts on the Breaths You Take

    Content Warning: Stalking and Interpersonal Violence Every year, as a volunteer for a dual domestic violence and sexual assault agency, I complete additional “continuing education” to ensure I am continually developing my skills in trauma-informed care, inclusive advocacy, and various forms of interpersonal violence the agency addresses (particularly domestic and dating violence, sexual violence, stalking,…

  • Thoughts on the Ripples Between Individual and Organizational Abuse

    Thoughts on the Ripples Between Individual and Organizational Abuse

    CW: Sex Abuse, Sex Offenders, Organizational Enabling So, Amish Facebook and TikTok have been in an uproar since late last week, so much of an uproar that I have heard about – even though I am not Amish and I am not on Facebook or TikTok. The uproar centers around one individual, Mahlon Miller of…

  • Thoughts on To a Girl of 11 from Sacred Subjects

    Thoughts on To a Girl of 11 from Sacred Subjects

    CW: child sexual abuse, incest, rape culture For a small book – a booklet, really – To a Girl of Eleven has given me a large number of thoughts, none of them good. For those who are not aware, To a Girl of Eleven is a part of a series of books, The Sacred Subjects,…