**Content Note: sexual assault (non-specific)** ** ** ** I woke up shaky this morning after a rare nightmare. I know the scenario wasn’t real, but the visceral alarm I felt in my mind and body was based on real things…
**Content Note: sexual assault (non-specific)** ** ** ** This past week I did a BIG SCARY THING that I’ve been anticipating and dreading and worrying about for years…YEARS. After all this time imagining the “what ifs” and fearing both known and…
**Content Note: sexual harassment (specific)** ** ** ** When I say #MeToo I’m talking about that guy who wouldn’t stop liking you, even though you didn’t like him back. The one who kept asking you out, even though you kept…
**Content Note: sexual harassment (specific)** ** ** ** Today I opened Facebook and encountered many #MeToo posts. Some told specific stories and my stomach clenched at the sickening familiarity. Others posted just the hashtag and my eyes welled with tears…