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August 22, 2018 | To My Abuser: You Need to Know You Didn't Break Me | Rebelle Society
To the abuser who caused more hurts than he ever consoled. The man who caused me to sleep with one eye open and be afraid of the dark. To the man who made me take ownership of…
August 15, 2018 | 21: They Called You a Hero | Rebelle Society
Watching over my shoulder, like a prisoner tasting freedom for the first time. My heart raced, as your march changed from a cadence to a shuffle of shackles. 21 years of camouflage cover, released the being of my soul...
April 12, 2018 | Incest l Rebelle Society
We don’t talk about incest. My son thought most people thinks it means sex between cousins. The official definition is the crime of having sexual intercourse with a parent, child, sibling or grandchild. This is what my childhood was: INCEST. Yes, all capital letters. It’s real, it happens, and he is right, we do not discuss it in our society.
March 27, 2018 | Always a First | Rebelle Society
Then at once the officer said, “You can go up now.” I had no idea what that meant. I had never done this before, but I could tell everyone around me had. So I decided to follow the crowd, something I don’t do that often.
To the abuser who caused more hurts than he ever consoled. The man who caused me to sleep with one eye open and be afraid of the dark. To the man who made me take ownership of…
August 15, 2018 | 21: They Called You a Hero | Rebelle Society
Watching over my shoulder, like a prisoner tasting freedom for the first time. My heart raced, as your march changed from a cadence to a shuffle of shackles. 21 years of camouflage cover, released the being of my soul...
April 12, 2018 | Incest l Rebelle Society
We don’t talk about incest. My son thought most people thinks it means sex between cousins. The official definition is the crime of having sexual intercourse with a parent, child, sibling or grandchild. This is what my childhood was: INCEST. Yes, all capital letters. It’s real, it happens, and he is right, we do not discuss it in our society.
March 27, 2018 | Always a First | Rebelle Society
Then at once the officer said, “You can go up now.” I had no idea what that meant. I had never done this before, but I could tell everyone around me had. So I decided to follow the crowd, something I don’t do that often.