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		<title>Chibi Jeebs</title>
		<link>http://violenceunsilenced.com/chibi-jeebs-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maggie, dammit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: This post was originally written in January 2010 and appeared on Chibi&#8217;s personal blog. # Jenn of Princess Prose has been writing a very educational and thought-provoking series on relationships.  Part 4 hit particularly close to home because it involves trust.  Recently I wrote about wondering if I&#8217;m good enough, and how trusting myself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sandi</title>
		<link>http://violenceunsilenced.com/sandi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maggie, dammit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thankfully, I&#8217;ve never been the victim of abuse or domestic violence.  But I was someone who disregarded another woman&#8217;s cries for help.  I dismissed her as promiscuous and unstable.  It wasn&#8217;t until a more &#8220;respectable&#8221; victim came forward that I finally believed the allegations.  This is the shame I have carried with me for over twenty years&#8211;a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Audrey</title>
		<link>http://violenceunsilenced.com/audrey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maggie, dammit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[TRIGGER WARNING: What follows is a detailed brutal account of rape and violence. Please protect yourself accordingly.] I remember the spit on my face as he screamed, his face just far enough away from mine for our noses not to touch. He pulled away and thumped my forehead, daring me to respond, daring me to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>53</slash:comments>
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		<title>Amy</title>
		<link>http://violenceunsilenced.com/amy-4/</link>
		<comments>http://violenceunsilenced.com/amy-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maggie, dammit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scene: Athens, near the OU campus, some random apartment complex silly enough to rent to a freshman (freshman were and probably are still required to live in &#8211; or at least pay for in some manner &#8211; a dorm room). My freshman year (&#8217;98-&#8217;99ish). Long story (hopefully) short, I thought I was too cool for a dorm. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Heather</title>
		<link>http://violenceunsilenced.com/heather-3/</link>
		<comments>http://violenceunsilenced.com/heather-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maggie, dammit</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://violenceunsilenced.com/?p=1259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have talked about this before, sharing bits and pieces, flashbacks and memories, in my old blog, Singing With My Heart.  I wrote in that blog for almost 6 years, my own personal therapy as the words came from my haunted memory, to the virtual page in front of me. Memories of my ex fiancé, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>52</slash:comments>
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		<title>Joey</title>
		<link>http://violenceunsilenced.com/joey/</link>
		<comments>http://violenceunsilenced.com/joey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maggie, dammit</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://violenceunsilenced.com/?p=1245</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking back on my first memories is kind of like watching a movie. I don’t remember what I felt, though I’m sure if I tried I could tell you. I remember what I saw. I remember what I heard. I remember the tantrums, the lies, the screaming and crying. I remember the bleeding and the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Samantha</title>
		<link>http://violenceunsilenced.com/samantha/</link>
		<comments>http://violenceunsilenced.com/samantha/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maggie, dammit</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Moderator's note: When 16-year-old Samantha first sent me her story several months ago, I didn't want to run it. I asked her instead to please seek professional help immediately. Unfortunately, because of the visibility of this site, I do on occasion receive desperate messages from people who are suffering in real time. I try to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>69</slash:comments>
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		<title>Judy Ann Katherine</title>
		<link>http://violenceunsilenced.com/judy-ann-katherine/</link>
		<comments>http://violenceunsilenced.com/judy-ann-katherine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 13:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maggie, dammit</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://violenceunsilenced.com/?p=1220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I liked Tim* the first time I met him, at the tender age of 15, though we wouldn’t start dating for another six years. We spent endless nights talking, going for walks, biking, going to the beach and sharing our dreams. We had the same goals, and Tim loved me for who I was. We [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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		<title>Casey (Moosh in Indy)</title>
		<link>http://violenceunsilenced.com/casey-moosh-in-indy/</link>
		<comments>http://violenceunsilenced.com/casey-moosh-in-indy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 13:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maggie, dammit</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://violenceunsilenced.com/?p=1177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You were sexually assaulted weren&#8217;t you?&#8221; I stared at the words in the chat window for a good five minutes before I could even let my fingers touch the keyboard in response. Denial has been an excellent friend of mine. When I actually look back on my past and acknowledge what I let happen to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>89</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stacey</title>
		<link>http://violenceunsilenced.com/stacey/</link>
		<comments>http://violenceunsilenced.com/stacey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>maggie, dammit</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://violenceunsilenced.com/?p=1118</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There was a time in my life when I worked in the domestic violence department at a county courthouse.  My job was to look up to see if the person coming in to file a restraining order had any other cases against the same abuser.  If so, we made sure the same judge was assigned [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>43</slash:comments>
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