Ryan From ‘Promising Young Woman’ Fucked Me Up
Watching Promising Young Woman felt like taking a fork in my fist and then jabbing it into my right temple. The film left me bleeding for days.
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To Read In Case I Am Ever Murdered By a Man
Here is where you can find evidence of motive and intent so that no one tries to erase the role of misogyny in my death.
Read MoreWhat The Bold Type Gets Right — and Wrong — About Social Media Abuse
The Freeform series gave us a ground-breaking depiction of online abuse, but it’s far from perfect.
Read MoreBook Review: Roadhouse Blues by Malin James
Malin James weaves something hot and unrelenting out of her experiences as a survivor to create fiction that pulses with dark life.
Read MoreAn Open Letter to the Bachelor In Paradise Producers, From an Abuse Survivor
You failed the women of this franchise, and you failed the survivors of Intimate Partner Violence who watch your shows.
Read MoreBACHELORELLA: JoJo’s Season of The Bachelorette Is Terrible. We Are All Terrible.
Let’s be real: this season sucks.
Read MoreMaybe He Doesn’t Hit You
Maybe he doesn’t hit you but he collects your infractions and lines them up on his desk like so many surgical knives.
Read MoreWhy I Don’t Call Herpes a “Gift”
We need to make space for nuance as the conversation about STIs becomes more than the occasional personal essay on a lady blog.
Read MoreHow News Genius Silences Writers
The very loss of control that boxed me into writing just for my site has been exacerbated by a tool originally built to annotate hip hop lyrics.
Read MoreYou Don’t Need to Forgive People Who Hurt You
You do not need to forgive people who have been abusive to you. You do not need to rise above them, or make peace with them, or even pity them. You need to do whatever is best for you.
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