We need to talk about the other pandemic, the one that lurks in the shadows, and in every silence. There’s no use pretending it doesn’t exist, another woman is assaulted, another woman is missing, another woman is murdered. Their lives dissected, interrogated, autopsied. You don’t get it, no accountability, no justice, violence continues in every ...

Content Warning: This piece refers to domestic abuse and violence. For anonymous, confidential help, 24/7, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) or  1-800-787-3224 (TTY). The storm is over. It took so long, and you’ve been through more than anyone should have to. You were hit, berated, mentally tortured. You’re expected to “man ...

darlings, remember, the dark shapes hiding in the night friendly enemies fornicating your good nature they peek out from under your bed, creep beneath your pillow, stalk the lonely roads of your dreams and breathe new life as figures that haunt your waking world his breath may linger hot on your skin burnt like a ...