by Our Stories Untold | Mar 25, 2013 | Our Stories Untold Blog, Steubenville
by Sylvia Klauser This is the second post in the Steubenville Reflection Series featured on Our Stories Untold the week of March 24-29. Upon reflection of the events that happened in Steubenville, Ohio, Sylvia Klauser wrote the following open letter to the youth of...
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 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 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...
by Our Stories Untold | Jan 25, 2013 | Features, Our Stories Untold Blog
Sexualized violence and abuse is often covered up due to shame, embarrassment, or just plain ignorance in how to handle the problem. One contributing story on Our Stories Untold describes how a woman’s Mennonite family purposefully hid her abuse from the rest of...
