by Rae Halder | Mar 19, 2013 | Our Stories Untold Blog
It’s been a whirlwind of a week for an activist set out to “end rape.” And it’s only Tuesday. Though I’ve been following the Steubenville situation since a New York Times article came out in December, which provoked this piece on victim-blaming, I still haven’t been...
by Rae Halder | Feb 25, 2013 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
As a young woman in high school, I engaged in sexual acts that I didn’t necessarily want to do. This wasn’t just out of pressure—though that component definitely existed—but it was also due to a curiosity about sex. Lacking any sort of community or safe place in which...
by Our Stories Untold | Feb 18, 2013 | Our Stories Untold Blog, Stories
From Editor Rachel Halder: Sharing a story of personal abuse, rape, or sexualized violence is an incredibly difficult, yet courageous, undertaking. This entry is a re-post of a recent anonymous submission in the Our Stories Untold “Stories” section of the...
by Our Stories Untold | Feb 12, 2013 | Our Stories Untold Blog
One in three women on the planet will be raped, beaten, sexually coerced, trafficked or otherwise abused in her lifetime. That’s one billion women. One billion women violated is an atrocity. But what if that number – one billion – decided to stand up...
by Our Stories Untold | Feb 10, 2013 | Free, Our Stories Untold Blog
“Most men in their lives will not commit sexual violence, but most acts of sexual violence are committed by men.” Joe Campbell from Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse In order to end sexualized violence against women, children and men, we need men. To end child...
