Violence UnSilenced

Mary

maggie, dammit — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:01:48 +0000

I read a survivor’s story of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of another boy… and I cried. Not for this particular woman. She’s strong. She’s a survivor. She has chosen the path towards healing…and even though that path may take a lifetime it will be a lifetime of growth and positive...

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Chibi Jeebs

maggie, dammit — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:38:58 +0000

Note: This post was originally written in January 2010 and appeared on Chibi’s personal blog. # Jenn of Princess Prose has been writing a very educational and thought-provoking series on relationships. Part 4 hit particularly close to home because it involves trust. Recently I wrote about...

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Sandi

maggie, dammit — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:00:18 +0000

Thankfully, I’ve never been the victim of abuse or domestic violence. But I was someone who disregarded another woman’s cries for help. I dismissed her as promiscuous and unstable. It wasn’t until a more “respectable” victim came forward that I finally believed the...

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Jill

maggie, dammit — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:00:42 +0000

When I was eleven years old my parents sent me to a new sitter. It was supposed to be fun, because my best friend was going too. I wish I could tell you all sorts of details. Not that the details are fun or nice, or polite. But all the same I wish I could [...]

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Jennifer

maggie, dammit — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:00:28 +0000

It only happened once and it was a long time ago. I was just a kid. He was too, but he was older. I flinched at his touch and he said, “This is what mommies and daddies do.” Then he told me not to tell. I didn’t. I became obsessed with masturbation after that. So [...]

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Audrey

maggie, dammit — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:00:18 +0000

[TRIGGER WARNING: What follows is a detailed brutal account of rape and violence. Please protect yourself accordingly.] I remember the spit on my face as he screamed, his face just far enough away from mine for our noses not to touch. He pulled away and thumped my forehead, daring me to respond,...

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Kimberly

maggie, dammit — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:26:18 +0000

It has taken me a very long time to tell the details of my rape. Twenty-three years, in fact. My husband is the only one I have ever fully told. But I can not live with the silence anymore. It is eating me up inside. I was thirteen and babysitting for a family friend. My [...]

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Bee

maggie, dammit — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:00:40 +0000

It has been two years, ten months, and nineteen days. I am incapable sometimes of even thinking that, because there are days when I refuse to acknowledge it at all. Because of the events surrounding it and the way the few people I chose to tell reacted, for a very, very long time I chose [...]

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Nora

maggie, dammit — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:02:18 +0000

This unfortunately is not my only story of abuse. Somehow what my ex-boyfriend did to me shadows what my other perpetrators did to me. I think it is because I chose to speak and out and report it, but the aftermath of reporting it exacerbated the trauma for me. However, I am slowly starting to [...]

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Amy

maggie, dammit — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:00:13 +0000

Scene: Athens, near the OU campus, some random apartment complex silly enough to rent to a freshman (freshman were and probably are still required to live in – or at least pay for in some manner – a dorm room). My freshman year (’98-’99ish). Long story (hopefully) short, I...

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