in school i had a teacher reach down my bra and up my skirt to grab my behind I’ve had this happen with the same teacher 3 times so my parents removed me from the school and i started a new one where i have lots of mental health support...
Stories
Every woman and every girl inspires us. We are deeply grateful to those who have shared their stories about breakthroughs in their lives, the ways in which they have overcome fears, beliefs, or events that once kept them from connecting with their inner strength and recognizing their amazingness. Some of these stories are stories of pain and how a women or girl triumphed over it. As you read these stories, rather than focusing on the pain, choose to focus instead on the triumph and the ways that others have overcome what may once have seemed impossible to overcome. Let's celebrate their triumphs!
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains a description of childhood sexual assault. TW: this letter contains sexual assault. Dear rapist, It’s been 8 years since it happened but yet it just keeps...
my life ? well….what should i begin with!… let’s say!… I’m born with deformation of vertebral column. yet i always though i could live with as i saw myself just as a normal person. my dad ( may his soul rest in...
Hi! I’m Riya, a 17 year old lifelong learner, tech enthusiast and innovator. I started off being a student researcher under the Hospital for Sick Children, where I was exploring different ways of applying AI in the future of genomics, 3D...
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains a description of childhood rape. This is a letter i wrote to the perpetrator, and to every girl who has went through what i went through. A letter explaining how girls...
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Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains a description of childhood rape. I was 15 years old when it happened. At that point in my life, I drinking a lot, getting high most of the time. And I was already...
I’ve always been very close with my mother, although we now live an ocean apart – she’s in California, where I grew up, and I’m in Europe. She’s an exceptional mother, the very best cheerleader a girl or woman could...
Hi, I am L. I am 14 and I am an attempt survivor. My reasons for it is my own but I want to talk about my journey with suicide ideation and depression. I tried to OD on aspirin at the beginning of the year, I did it rationally, when it hit me...
Hi guys, my name is Chavonne. I was always a shy girl, I started preeschool and EVERYTHING was fine, the first two years went smoothly, then I started primary school the first two years, amazing. Then it was Grade 3 and this time I was really...