I May Destroy You

& on abuse

Trigger Warning: sexual abuse

(K.G. Subramanyan, Blue Studio)

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Rape stays on my mind. I hear stories of it everywhere, see it everywhere. Over the last few years, I feel like I’ve become a rape whisperer, talking to people, comforting people, as I confront my own past as well. Rape haunts me like a distant, uninvited friend. There’s something comforting …