STOP Assuming Sexual Assault Survivor’s Lives Are Ruined

Again and again and again, I’m seeing the comment “her life is ruined.” Yes. And no. Her life is different, certainly. But ruined? Not necessarily. Let’s be careful with our words, please. Because when you say her life is ruined because of her rape, it sounds like...

Meet The Yoga Instructors Helping Rape Survivors Heal

In 2007, just months before graduating from the University of California, Irvine, Zabie Yamasaki was drugged and raped by a stranger at a Newport Beach bar. But it wasn’t until she found yoga that she believed her healing really began. “Yoga has been my...

Must Read: My Friends Did Nothing To Stop My Sister's Sexual Assault

Trigger Warning: This post contains language about sexual assault that some readers may find disturbing. This piece is part of Not Your Fault, a Teen Vogue campaign that aims to educate people about the epidemic of sexual assault. For more on this series, click here....