Category Archives: Anger

End the Backlog

  The new End the Backlog.org:  The rape kit backlog is one of the most shocking demonstrations of how we regard the crime of sexual assault in our society. Rape kit testing can bring justice, often an integral part of a … Continue reading

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Project Unbreakable

I was randomly listening to different videos on YouTube. At the end of one song, a link came up for this video about a young woman, Grace Brown, who created a photography project that took on a life way beyond … Continue reading

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Dangerous Counsel

I met with an author and therapist who is well known for her work with trauma victims. I wanted to talk to her about writing, speaking, school, my work as a child advocate, and my future. She had interviewed me to understand my story. She kept changing the … Continue reading

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Exasperating Questions

I find in the aftermath of a tragedy people have many more questions than the victim has answers for. In fact, people have many more questions than a traumatized mind can handle. In my case they had many more questions … Continue reading

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Shattered Life

I awoke yesterday morning to a flood of intrusive thoughts and physical flashbacks. It is abhorant to feel the malevolent perpetrator. It disgusts and nauseates me, makes my skin crawl as though infested with toxic slime that cannot be rubbed off. My anger escalates … Continue reading

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