From the Abuse Survivor’s Workbook
“I do not tell him that sometimes when he touches my breasts I feel very sad.”
Exercise: Where Are You Now?
Aren’t they all red?How does it feel when you have sex?
Where have you gone?Where have you gone?

People need to feel heard,


Arielle Robbins studies fiction at the low residency MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Arielle Robbins is a writer, activist, and organizer. Arielle's collection of short stories, “Nothing To Do With Explosions,” won best creative thesis at UC Davis, and she received a Tomales Bay Fellowship, and was a two-time finalist for WritingXWriters. Her work can be found at Catapult, 99 Pine Street, and elsewhere. She is working on her first novel.
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