The Senate Just Passed the First Ever Sexual Assault Survivors’ Protections

Originally published on Elle on May 24, 2016 By MATTIE KAHN. Backed by overwhelming bipartisan support, the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Rights Act was passed in the Senate on Monday. The final vote came to a unanimous 89-0. The bill is the first federal law to outline what basic services victims…

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3 Ways You’ve Been Taught You Can’t Be Trusted – And How Not to Pass That Onto Children

Originally published on Everyday Feminism Magazine on May 21, 2016 by Akilah S. Richards and re-published here with their permission. “To trust children, we must first learn to trust ourselves… and most of us were taught as children that we could not be trusted.” —John Holt Did it matter to…

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When Men Hating You is a Measure of Success

Originally published on LindsayFischer.com on May 20, 2016 By Lindsay Fischer Women like me suffer with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Since May is Mental Health Awareness Month, some of my fellow PTSDers wanted to draw attention to the fact that men and soldiers are not the only ones who deal…

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The Art of Life as a Sculptor

“Quite some time ago this dreamer had been as old as I am young, Ending at the beginning of what unknowingly came to be everything. This curiosity is the committed creators insanity. Discovering pieces of self within the infinite possibilities assembling the puzzles of iron. That are heavy in heart…

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