Sexual Assault Awareness Month: A Wear Your Voice Reading List
Wear Your Voice curated a list of the many pieces we published over the past few years which are fitting reads for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Content Note: discussions of sexual violence, including r/pe, abuse of minors, coercion, and stealthing Survivors
Reproductive Coercion Needs To Be Talked About More
Although there is a textbook definition of reproductive coercion, it can be hard to identify and many people don’t realize they’ve experienced it… including me. By Ray Elise Rhodes TW: This essay makes mention of reproductive abuse, domestic and sexual violence. Please
Surviving Rape as a Prison Abolitionist
People try to poke holes in the prison abolition movement by asking “what about rapists, do you want them just wandering around?” But they already are. TW/CW: mentions of sexual assault and details of r/pe. By Miriam Perez-Putnam It took me two years
Abusers Like Harvey Weinstein Don’t Get To Decide How We Remember Them
The women harmed by Weinstein had no choice but to live in world shaped by his terror. He too doesn't get a choice in how society remembers him. Content note: This story discusses sexual harassment, r/pe, and sexual assault. The news broke
Rape Culture, DL Men, and The Carcerality Of The Closet
The intent is not to absolve anyone who has committed sexual violence within the queer community. The intent is to reimagine justice. TW/CW: descriptions of sexual assault and abuse, homophobia, and incarceration This piece was originally published in 2017 at dashaunharrison.com I was