Incest

In the News (June 26, 2014-July 17, 2014)

Trigger warning: A powerful comic about rape, and telling one’s story. Todd Akin regrets apologizing for his comment about legitimate rape in 2012. A new study finds that 40% of colleges have not properly investigated…

In the News (Feb. 8, 2014- Feb. 21, 2014)

This is two weeks of "In the News..." Ann Friedan on why she believes Dylan Farrow, and also why who you believe might depend on whose story you recognize. Also, sometimes children who are surviving…

Book Review: Live Through This

by Liz N. Clift, Communications Intern at CCASA Trigger warning for discussion of sexual assault – incest. [From the book jacket]: From the outside, Coley Sterling’s life seems pretty normal…whatever that means. It’s not perfect…

Do I Need to Forgive to Heal from Sexual Abuse?

By Amy Marschak, CCASA Guest Blogger “Healing may result in forgiveness but forgiveness does not bring healing,
it only covers over the wounds allowing them to fester.”   -An Advocate for Abuse Survivors I am frequently…

A Survivor Speaks Out…and Rewards Accrue

By Joyce AubreyMy childhood on a small Kansas farm sparked a lifelong appreciation of the simplicity and wonder of nature. From the one-room school where my education began to a Master’s Degree and throughout careers…