By Jacqueline Glenn Sometimes a shiny pink bag makes all the difference. “Wow! What pretty bags these ladies will get to carry around,” a worker for True North of Columbia exclaimed when I dropped off these care packages. Containing personal care items such as shampoo, dish soap, washcloths, and more, these bags will reach domesticContinue reading “A Service to Survivors”
Category Archives: Domestic Violence
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
It’s taken a while for me to write this. Even anonymously, it is hard to share my story with a world full of strangers. Yet, it is this discomfort that drives me to share my story. It is unfair for there to be a stigma when dealing with the trauma of sexual assault. People canContinue reading “April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month”
A Tale of Two Dads
a.k.a. A Sperm Donor and a Father You always made it seem like having me for the weekend was such an inconvenience, and now I realize that was true because I would take you away from what you really loved: alcohol and drugs. You made my dreams of playing college soccer seem impossible, because youContinue reading “A Tale of Two Dads”
Rage Against the Dying of the Light
Article submitted by AnonymousPoem Excerpts from “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas It was senior year in high school, I was trying to come out of the closet. I just wanted to be accepted. My brother, who was my best friend, wouldn’t accept me unless I had sex with hisContinue reading “Rage Against the Dying of the Light”
In Her Own Words: Domestic Violence
By Esperanza Cafuné You don’t owe anyone your story. You don’t need to be trauma-bounded. You don’t have to explain yourself to anyone. Unless you are ready to share, ready to scream out into the abyss, to proclaim your fear of loss, fear of what you have lost, and fear of what you will loseContinue reading “In Her Own Words: Domestic Violence”
Fight the War Within Foundation © 2020 