SASS

03/18/2019

Be gentle with yourselves.

12/07/2018

"I find good men talking about bad men incredibly irritating, and this is something the good men are doing a lot of at the moment."

12/20/2017

The testing on 11,341 untested r**e kits that were found in a Detroit police warehouse eight years ago isn't even complete, and yet it's already led to some startling findings. In fact, the project — spearheaded by Wayne County, Michigan prosecutor K…

11/18/2017

When I was 17 years old and you were 25 you r**ed me. I did not report the assault. I did not file charges. I did not seek medical attention. If I had done those things, I would have had to write a…

11/12/2017

Survivors, please remember to practice self care. As more and more SH and SA revelations come to light, and we find ourselves in a constant state of triggered and defensive, It’s important we are carving out safe spaces and moments for ourselves throughout the day. Check in with loved ones. Meditate. Journal. Scream out loud. Whatever you need.
And remember, please reach out if you need help.

We are not alone.💯

11/06/2017

Fingers crossed 🤞

The secretary is reportedly frustrated by her lack of influence

11/04/2017

In the wake of the hashtag following reports of Harvey Weinstein's sexual abuse, French women came up with a hashtag of their own. or "out your pig" shows no signs of abating.

10/23/2017

What if Feels like to Heal. Check out Molly's new blog post!

What if Feels like to Heal At the risk of speaking on behalf of other sexual assault survivors, healing is something we all hope exists, and that does exist in our fantasies, but feels impossibly o…

10/20/2017

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The article was very triggering and upsetting for me to read on a couple levels. I cried reading this woman's story of sexual assault, and I deeply related to her thoughts and feeling after the assault. I had the same thoughts after my assault as well, such as wouldn't calling my experience r**e devalue other woman's experience of r**e that was much more violent than my own. I related to the doubt, the confusion, and the struggle to define my experience as r**e, which I realize later came from r**e culture and today I do define it as r**e. Secondly, what was also upsetting to me is that I think is unclear that the author labels her experience as r**e, or sexual assault, or at least seems to put it within a hierarchy, hence the title "my story wasn't textbook sexual assault." Well does it need to be "textbook sexual assault" to be sexual assault? I feel that not valuing or labeling these "gray areas" as sexual assault buys into r**e culture, and that is why it is so important I think to call r**e r**e, and anything that hints at lowering or devaluing these experiences Is deeply unsettling, and feels as it is supporting r**e culture.

If you have been on social media in the past day or so, you might have seen women posting "Me too" onto their social media statuses. These women are survivors of r**e, sexual assault, or sexual harassment, and because of the dozens of women who have …

10/19/2017

For all our mommies and daddies: teach your kids about consent early!

We can’t prevent every bad thing that might happen to our kids, but we can teach them to be protective and aware of their own body autonomy.