Aug 15, 2019 | Kim Conrey, Nightingale, Prose, Uncategorized
Kim Conrey examines sexual violence in the context of the social systems we’re raised in that so often perpetuate it. Conrey bravely shares her story of experiencing assault and also retrospectively acknowledges the beliefs her female peers had been taught that...Aug 15, 2019 | Barbara Edema, Nightingale, Prose, Uncategorized
A contribution to our July prompt, Rev. Dr. Barbara’s word “stressure” comes from others telling a survivor how to heal, thinking they know best. Sometimes recognizing and fighting “stressure” means defending oneself against people who...Aug 1, 2019 | karissa, Memory Piece, Nightingale, Uncategorized
Karissa skillfully writes about the experience of living as a silent survivor and, when she felt ready, breaking that silence. With “In November,” she illustrates the process of enduring violence while not feeling able to speak out about the complicated...Aug 1, 2019 | D.A. Simants, Nightingale, Prose, Uncategorized
In this response to our July prompt, D.A. Simants creates a new word to describe a perpetrator’s act of weakening and causing harm. Although the word shares a root with “vulnerable,” Simants skillfully adjusts the perspective of this meaning of...Jul 18, 2019 | Addison Post, Memory Piece, Nightingale, Prose, Uncategorized
This letter by Addison Post, a response to our June prompt, opens in a version of reality that’s difficult to interpret — a dream. Post, in their letter to their assaulter, acknowledges the difficulty of coming to terms with violence when its source is...Jul 18, 2019 | Nightingale, Other, Silver Damsen, Uncategorized
A follow-up to The Nightingale post two weeks ago, Silver Damsen shares her research and resources on where else this frequently silenced or dismissed idea of 13th stepping has begun to break the silence. We share this with you as a means to continue to say “you...