Come on, just once. Everyone’s watching it. This is the best way to find out about what girls like. It relieves stress and makes you feel great. If you don’t watch this, you are such a prude. While these phrases can be referring to anything, they are often heard when people talk about pornography. In…
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What is Sexual Exploitation?
This is a post that I originally wrote for the amazing organization Next Step Ministries that outlines what is defined as sexual exploitation as opposed to human trafficking. Both are horrendous injustices but you need to look past blanket terms in order to gain a better understanding of what's going on. Enjoy! At Next Step…
Pornography Pandemic
Trigger Warning: This post talks about sexual exploitation and contains graphic references to pornography. These last few months have been an adjustment for us as individuals and a culture, to say the least. This is a new situation for all of us, and while we may all be on the same sea, we are in…
TraffickingHub
Trigger Warning: This article contains references to pornography, sex trafficking, sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors. 115 million. That’s the average number of visitors that the world’s largest pornography site has each day. In 2019 Pornhub had over 42 billion visitors, that’s more than Facebook, Twitter, and Netflix combined. It’s impossible…
Dear Dad
Dear Dad, I love how much you love bluegrass and yodelling cowboys. You have been a calm, consistent presence my whole life. I don’t know who I would be without you. There are so many childhood memories that are a result of spending time with you, from playing baseball in the park to asking you…
Dear Mom
Dear Mom, Where do you even begin writing a letter to the most important woman in your life? What words do you use when trying to articulate how much of an impact a single person has had on your life? There have been so many lessons that you’ve taught me, some that you planned and…
Forget-Me-Nots and Hyacinths
Grief (noun) Keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret. A cause or occasion of keen distress or sorrow. However, grief isn’t just a collection of words that fit neatly into crystal jar for us to display in our living rooms, an object to remind us that we’ve survived…
An Open Letter to My Anxiety
Dear Anxiety, For years you have been lurking in the shadows of my mind, biding your time until you saw the perfect opportunity to insert yourself into my life. You came dressed in vibrant colours and draped in glittering jewels with a voice that acted as a soothing balm to my parched heart. You whispered…
Cotton Candy Skies & Pony Noses
We live in a fast-paced, do-it-yourself, put on your big girl pants kind of world. We rush, and we hustle, and we hurry, and we search for meaning as we run from one thing to the next. As humans, we crave connection, to know that we’re not alone and that someone out there cares for…
I Wore a Dress for 43 Days, Here’s What I Learned
This past December, I participated in a campaign known as Dressember, which is a worldwide movement to not only raise awareness about human trafficking but to also raise funds to support organizations currently working on the front lines. Dressember is centered around a style challenge where you wear a dress or tie every day of…
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