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Nov 25, 2014 By elinwaldal 14 Comments

When I began to write this morning the sun had just begun to paint her first stroke of orange and pink across the sky. In all her majesty she sent out that initial ray, it appeared as a fine line across the horizon, then in time it grew wide enough to push away the dark. But in order to […]

Filed Under: Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Awareness, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: Bill Cosby, Rape, Rape Culture, Sexual Assault, UVA

The First Time I Was Raped

Nov 24, 2014 By elinwaldal 18 Comments

The first time I was raped was in the back seat of a car. I was 16. In those days the legal age to drink was 18, and underage drinking mostly went unnoticed. It was pretty typical for all of us kids to first hit the Connecticut bars, then, once they closed, head to either Port Chester or Purchase — state line […]

Filed Under: Memories, NaBloPoMo Nov 14 Tagged With: memories, Rape, Secrets, Shame

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