A poem on the fear of harassment that women and girls routinely encounter in cities and society's tendency to blame victims.
Tag: sexual abuse
My ‘Monsoon Wedding’ Story
Thank you, Mira Nair and Sabrina Dhawan for your art, which encouraged me to find the courage to open up about being sexually abused as a child.
Telling Your Parents Your Child Sexual Abuse Story
How do you tell the story of your abuse? Where do you start? Am I telling a story of a girl who is victim or a story of a …
What I Learned by Talking to Someone Accused of Online Sexual Harassment
Apparently, there are "worse guys out there". But not being bad doesn’t automatically make you good.
The Male Gaze and Unreported Stories of Everyday Abuse
All I have with me now is a lot of deep-rooted anger at the entire system and the world. And a pepper spray in my bag at all times.
PTSD: Hanging on to Dark Secrets
A poem on the trauma of a dark past that never seems to fade.
Child Sexual Abuse: ‘You Can’t Hide From Me’
He's far away, now. Enough that he can never touch me again. But he's still there.
A Letter to My Body
This is a letter written to my body about how I am reclaiming it.
But Why Was She Wearing That?
No article of clothing, no matter how revealing or 'sexy', is consent.
A Not So Rapturous Rape Discourse
To decolonise the body of a woman, we must all start unlearning the fundamentals of patriarchy.