DEAR TEENAGERS,

I wish I knew myself before I was clouded by the male gaze. I wish I had seen her before the scrutiny, before the appeal, before she was...

When I was in kindergarten (5 years old), we did partner reading every other day. we would split up into pairs and go around the room to...

When I was 11, my dad had found a girlfriend who had two sons. At the time the youngest was 14 and the oldest was 15. A few weeks after...

I was sexually assaulted by a family friend when I was 6. He made me promise to never tell anyone. I never did. I was sexually assaulted...

When I was 16, I was in an extremely abusive relationship. Before I start, I would like to give some context. The relationship I had...

Well, it happened. After years of tolerating comments about my body, adult men sexualizing it, and a mother whose state of mind caused...

I was 17, and my sister's husband ruined my life forever. He sexually assaulted me multiple times. On February 24, at 1:30 AM, I tried to...

In June of 2019 during the time the trains were shut down I got a ride from my aunt's husband- but there were many instances where I felt...

When I first realized what had come to pass, I had just barely begun to awaken, still well within the purgatory realm between...

I had been in a car with drunk drivers before, but this was the first time I ever had a real gut feeling. My inner voice was speaking to...

I just wanted to take my dog out for a walk. Half an hour of just relaxing with the nice warm weather with the cool breeze every so...

I had been dating him for almost 4 months. I thought we were in love. We had been having sex for two of those months because I trusted...

I was 16. A virgin. He was a year older. My friends saw him take me to a bathroom. They did nothing. I felt alone and scared. I thought I...

I was 16. I was the token good girl. 4.0 GPA, tons of AP classes, extracurriculars, the works. I’d never gotten drunk or high before,...

So I'm not that big of a party animal, however, my friends seem to always drag me along to parties. One night my friends heard of a...

The first time I was sexually assaulted I was a freshman. I trusted him and he violated me. I would hang out with him during the day and...

I have many stories. One that has really been stuck with me is from when I was younger. I used to have this family as my babysitter and I...

My ex boyfriend anally fucked me without me giving him consent to at times and he also never listened to me when I said no and when I...

I was sexually assaulted when I was 16. My family and I decided to go to New York. We went on the subway to get to Time Square. I got on...