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 It's Not Your Fault 

It's Not Your Fault

Latest It's Not Your Fault Articles

When You Are Female, They Ask You What You Were Wearing

When You Are Female, They Ask You What You Were Wearing

Brianna Kwasnik Brianna Kwasnik
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It’s a hard pill to swallow
When a story is technically your own,
But the narrative
Doesn’t belong to you.

Shame: The Silence Behind Sexual Violence

Shame: The Silence Behind Sexual Violence

Nisa Thurston-Harris Nisa Thurston-Harris
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24 years would go by before I ever told anyone about that night.

Healing Words For Those Who’ve Been Sexually Assaulted

Healing Words For Those Who’ve Been Sexually Assaulted

Britney Curtis Britney Curtis
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I’m so incredibly sorry this happened to you. You need to know that it’s okay to be mad. To be sad. To be devastated. To cry. To scream. To go silent.

10 Life-Changing Truths Abuse Survivors Should Embrace

10 Life-Changing Truths Abuse Survivors Should Embrace

Shahida Arabi Shahida Arabi
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You don’t have to justify to anyone the reasons you didn’t leave right away.

It’s Not Your Fault, Read This If You’re A Victim Of Abuse

It’s Not Your Fault, Read This If You’re A Victim Of Abuse

Shelby Meehleder
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Feel whatever feelings you need to because you have earned at least that. Feel what comes to you in the moment and promise me that when you are done, you will say/write/sing/scream, “It was not my fault.”

Domestic Violence Doesn’t Always Look Like You Think It Does

Domestic Violence Doesn’t Always Look Like You Think It Does

Lauren Hasha Lauren Hasha
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Sometimes it starts with yelling and a person turning livid in a matter of seconds over something very small.

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