Hi Angel no questions from me but just a shoutout to say I love your music and that "cleaning out my closet" is probably one of the bravest songs I've ever listened to. You're an inspiration to all of us survivors to make our voices heard. Thank you.

Only even clicked this article in hopes someone had said something about this! The four years of trauma I went through isn't a fucking joke.

Yes! I had many similar experiences in Colorado trying to break it into becoming an attorney working on MMJ advocacy and business development while I was interning in law school. I worked with one VERY prominent attorney in Denver ended up being practically *the* person who got Amendment 64 passed, but back in 2010…

Not specific to her, exactly, but living a story like this firsthand, yeah... A lot of people don't beleive you unless you Don't. Shut. Up. About. It. For the rest of your life. And even then people don't want to beleive it because a lot of people want to believe this is rare, that it couldn't happen to their child,…

I think a lot of us get it's their legal right to not host the ebook as much as it is this survivor's right to have her story heard, but I can't even imagine how hurt this amazing young woman must feel. It's legal but it's a hallmark of the morally questionable way we treat survivors in our society. I know my voice…

Totally agreeing with LoSuki on the PrimaDonnas! I go for the 'Madison' which looks like a two panel with some side-panels for cleavage that you can't really see from the front. It's the roundest, least '80 year old low & pointy bra' three paneler I've ever found. They go up to an I cup in a 32-46. You will look a…

Nobody seems to get your joke, that makes me sad. I wish there was a standard 'sarcasm' font.

Thank god.

I totally get and agree with your point that "it felt like he was just going to trial because he was a sick bastard who saw the trial as an opportunity to continue to torture his victims." Anybody who doesn't just plead guilty to something this heinous is a seriously sick bastard.

That's why I said we were "as diverse as any other group." I don't think it's the case for ALL survivors (please use the word survivor not victim).

Look I'm sorry I used the word 'weak' clearly that's a trigger word for everyone. I just feel a lot of guilt over knowing that my not wanting to come forward for 13 years meant that my perpetrator had free reign to do this to other women and girls. That makes me feel weak and I shouldn't have projected by saying…

No offense, but don't project your idea that wanting to have justice is "wallowing in a year long public spectacle" either.

Look I'm sorry I used the word 'weak' clearly that's a trigger word for everyone. I just feel a lot of guilt over knowing that my not wanting to come forward for 13 years meant that my perpetrator had free reign to do this to other women and girls. That makes me feel weak and I shouldn't have projected by saying…

Look I'm sorry I used the word 'weak' clearly that's a trigger word for everyone. I just feel a lot of guilt over knowing that my not wanting to come forward for 13 years meant that my perpetrator had free reign to do this to other women and girls. That makes me feel weak and I shouldn't have projected by saying…

pretty sure I said some of us are weak, not that these women are weak.

pretty sure I said some of us are weak, not that these women are weak.

pretty sure I said some of us are weak, not that these women are weak.

I'm not 'putting anything' on them. I'm reminding everyone survivors aren't a monolith.

I've said it in a previous article about this case and I'll say it again: It drives me crazy how many legal "experts" in the commentariat here are going for the 'this plea deal/avoiding a trial/avoiding the death penalty isn't just good for society it's good for the victims too! They'd otherwise be retraumatized!!' I…

I posted this as a separate comment but it's relevant here, too: