Victimhood vs. Survivorship

Sometimes the terms victim and survivor are used interchangeably when it comes to sexual assault. However, thanks to my own experience with sexual assault, I believe there is a difference. It is a subtle and nuanced difference, and one can be both victim and survivor at the same time. The word victim suggests a more […]

Presumption of Innocence

Apologies for my absence last week. After the shitshow that was the Kavanaugh hearing and his subsequent confirmation, I took a mini vacation to visit a friend (read: I was having sex). Now that I’m back, I have a few thoughts I need to share about the situation. We’ll start with presumption of innocence, or, […]

Here, Kitty

An interesting thing happened to me the other day as I was walking around my apartment complex. I was on a quest to fetch something out of the car, wearing as little as I could get away with because I live in Texas and it’s fucking hot in the middle of July, and not wearing […]