ATC by Hayley Rose
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Happy Holidays and My Weekly Update
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Filed under Writing
Rory’s Story Cubes and Other News
Our Fiction Friday Rory’s Story Cubes Open Call was a success. Not only did we get a variety of great stories, but we also got some recognition from Rory’s Story Cubes!
Rory’s Story Cubes left me a tweet complimenting your stories, “nice variety of stories inspired by a roll of the cubes.” Below is a screenshot of the tweet:
Victim Blaming
Photograph by Hayley Rose, Copyright 2005
As I am writing, I can hear a story blaring from the TV about an 11-year-old girl who has been raped by 19 young men. The story gets worse as this little girl, who has just been gang-raped becomes the target of victim blaming. The TV anchor quotes one of the rapists, who defends himself by saying, “She looked older than 11.”
Filed under Healing, Sexual Assault