Role Reboot

For The Women Who Apologize All The Time

This originally appeared on Manifest-Station. Republished here with permission. Note: Sensitive material contained in this piece. Mention of sexual assault. If I had told that guy I didn’t want to sit on his lap, or I had yelled at that man to let go of my chest, then I would have lost them, and in […]

Forgiving Him On Father’s Day

Dad, I am forgiving you because I now realize that you could not be there—not because you didn’t want to, but because you didn’t know how to. He’s not dead, but since his presence was consistently minimal, I usually pretended he was. It made days and nights much easier. Instead of asking “Where’s daddy?” I knew […]