Cover Photo: photo via Marcus Bernales/flickr
photo via Marcus Bernales/flickr

Teaching Under Threat

“During that class, I did not feel like a teacher; I only felt like a woman, a body in danger.”

Editor’s Note: The name of the student in this essay has been changed.

How do we escape violence?How do women avoid being blamed for it?

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Not exactly. Not with his hands. There are lots of ways to be touched

Ellen O'Connell Whittet lives in California and is writing a memoir about ballet and the forces that control female bodies. You can find her on Twitter @oconnellwhittet.