We Will Not Be Silenced: The Lived Experience of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault Told Powerfully Through Poetry, Prose, Essay, and Art is the brainchild of Kindra M. Austin, Candice Louisa Daquin, Rachel Finch, and Christine E. Ray. The four indie writers and survivors felt compelled to do something after the strongly triggering Kavanaugh Hearings. … Continue reading What You Should Know About ‘We Will Not Be Silenced’
I originally wrote this piece in October of 2016. A friend reminded me today of it, stating, 'it is as wrenching, heartbreaking, and infuriating today.' Its a long but an important read. Even if you have read it before, read it again. It holds new resonance this month. Social media has been buzzing this morning … Continue reading What Every Woman Knows
My latest piece on Blood Into Ink
envision myself
alabaster
hard
cold
smooth
immune
to laser gaze
of strangers
that undress me
objectify me
judge me
reduce me
to curves
to openings
they were never invited
to explore
two x chromosomes
sentence me
to a lifetime of eyes
that look
but do not see
words uttered about my body
like a horse being sold
at market
that scratch and burn
like fingernails on the chalkboard
of my psyche
from mouths
that I fantasize sewing shut
with thick black thread
licking the blood dripping
down their vulnerable bare chests
while I undress them callously
with my acid eyes
judge their assets appraisingly
studs for breeding
and observe that they would be
much handsomer
if they smiled more
if I was not
alabaster
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This post was the first piece I ever posted on WordPress on October 8, 2016. I repost it today in honor of the "Me Too" Awareness Campaign currently occurring on social media. We all worked with a Harvey Weinstein. We have all encountered a Donald Trump. I will not be silent. I will not accept … Continue reading What Every Woman Knows
This post was the first piece I ever posted on WordPress on October 8, 2016. Sadly, it remains as timely an relevant as ever. Social media has been buzzing this morning with the reveal of Donald Trump’s misogynistic and vulgar comments about women in 2005. They are appalling, but for most women, negotiating these types … Continue reading What Every Woman Knows
Brave & Reckless 