Imagine being silenced by your childhood abuser who happened to be someone you once idolized. Someone who happened to be a close family friend, boy…
In the United States, one in five women and one in 71 men will be raped at some point in their lives. 63% of sexual…
“As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape” – Amy…
“No one comes running for young boys who cry rape” – Kevin Kantor, “People You May Know”. Anthony Edwards, an American actor and director, widely…
In her Ted Talk, Barbara Amaya, a sex trafficking survivor, recounted a nightmare in which she ran away from her abusive home in Fairfax, Regina…
When she was a young girl, Danielle (name changed) was recruited into domestic sex trafficking from her long-term foster home. She was only able to…
Often the subject of artistic endeavour, the Rape of Proserpina by 16th-century sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini is nonetheless distinct in its uniquely sympathetic depiction of…
In his spoken word poem, Kevin Kantor describes seeing his rapist being suggested under the ‘people you may know’ section on Facebook. Comparing the shock…
Entered in the 2013 National Poetry Slam, “Sons,” is a spoken word poem by Terisa Siagatonu and Rudy Francisco about the rape trial of two college football stars…
Anatomy of Violence, a film directed by Deepa Mehta, takes viewers on an emotional journey, illustrating how we create perpetrators of violence against women. Mehta…
