My body is the beautiful, celibate temple that it was destined to be. Aromantic moments happen, but my truest gratification comes in many forms. This essay contains discussions of sexual violence and mentions molestation By Janyce Denise Glasper “You’re going to make someone very happy one day,” a friend said often, so often that this...
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Meghan Markle’s Father is Being Abusive and the British Media Keeps Condoning It
Thomas Markle exhibited what can only be described as manipulation and emotional abuse under the guise of concern and love. This op-ed includes mentions of emotional abuse I haven’t spoken to my father in over two years. I sent him one last email detailing why I no longer wanted to be in contact with him,...
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I Can’t Hear In That Ear: Abuse Affects Queer Relationships Too
When I found myself as the victim within an abusive relationship, one that was marred by queerness, blackness, and a profoundly turbulent love resonating between the two of us, I was stunned into submission. [TW/CW: descriptions of emotional abuse and physical violence.] Last month while sitting in a smoke lounge on the westside of Atlanta,...
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Donald Trump is Just Like My Abuser
by Kristance Harlow Content warning: Emotional abuse. I have not watched the presidential debates. I did not watch the GOP debates before that. I do not watch any of Trump’s speeches. I have heard the criticisms about my choice, that I am choosing to be ignore the reality of current national politics or that I’m...
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Daily Share: #MaybeHeDoesntHitYou Highlights the Pain of Emotional Abuse
[Content warning: domestic abuse, emotional abuse, toxic relationships, violence] This weekend an important hashtag swept Twitter. No, not just #MoreThanMom — this was not about Mother’s Day, but it touches on a topic that effects mothers, other women and femme folks everywhere. #MaybeHeDoesntHitYou highlights the emotional and psychological violence that women and other femme-identified folks...
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Why I Stayed With an Emotionally Abusive Man
[Content warning: abuse, suicide] When people look at me, they probably see a confident, strong and independent woman. People tell me I’m a kind, positive and loving person who takes no crap and doesn’t stand for anything less than she deserves. This might be true now, but it wasn’t eight years ago. I got into...