🎭 Survivor Stigma

An exploration of the cruel paradox where those who have suffered are further punished by shame, suspicion, or social exclusion for having survived.

No Time to Say Goodbye

by Carla Fine • 1996

For anyone left behind after a suicide: why this grief is different, and what actually helps.

4.25

1k+

🖤 Suicide Bereavement 💔 Trauma Recovery 😞 Survivor Guilt

No Time to Say Goodbye 89%

For anyone left behind after a suicide: why this grief is different, and what actually helps.

by Carla Fine 1996

4.25

1k+ ratings

🖤 Suicide Bereavement 💔 Trauma Recovery 😞 Survivor Guilt

Please Stop Laughing at Us...

by Jodee Blanco • 2008

Traditional punishment fails bullies. A survivor's guide to what heals the scars and stops torment.

3.87

234

🚸 School Bullying 📖 Survivor Memoir 🫂 Compassionate Discipline

Please Stop Laughing at Us... 88%

Traditional punishment fails bullies. A survivor's guide to what heals the scars and stops torment.

by Jodee Blanco 2008

3.87

234 ratings

🚸 School Bullying 📖 Survivor Memoir 🫂 Compassionate Discipline

Saving Five

by Amanda Nguyen • 2025

Her rape kit had a six-month destruction clock. That betrayal launched a civil rights fight.

4.25

4k+

📖 Survivor Memoirs ⚖️ Sexual Assault Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing

Saving Five 88%

Her rape kit had a six-month destruction clock. That betrayal launched a civil rights fight.

by Amanda Nguyen 2025

4.25

4k+ ratings

📖 Survivor Memoirs ⚖️ Sexual Assault Justice 💔 Trauma And Healing

Notes on a Silencing

by Lacy Crawford • 2020

Two senior boys assaulted a 15-year-old. The boarding school spent decades burying what happened.

4.24

9k+

🏫 Boarding Schools 📖 Survivor Memoir 🚨 Sexual Assault

Notes on a Silencing 88%

Two senior boys assaulted a 15-year-old. The boarding school spent decades burying what happened.

by Lacy Crawford 2020

4.24

9k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding Schools 📖 Survivor Memoir 🚨 Sexual Assault

Brave

by Rose McGowan • 2018

Raised in a sex cult, she escaped into Hollywood, where another patriarch was waiting.

3.86

10k+

🏚️ Cult Survivors 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

Brave 88%

Raised in a sex cult, she escaped into Hollywood, where another patriarch was waiting.

by Rose McGowan 2018

3.86

10k+ ratings

🏚️ Cult Survivors 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

In the Dream House

by Carmen Maria Machado • 2019

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

4.38

165k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse

In the Dream House 88%

Her girlfriend never hit her, but the terror was real: gaslighting inside a queer relationship.

by Carmen Maria Machado 2019

4.38

165k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Memoir 🏚️ Domestic Abuse 💭 Psychological Abuse

Silent No More

by Aaron Fisher • 2012

Victim 1 was 15. His words exposed a predator and a cover-up; the system punished him.

4.09

786

🛡️ Child Sexual Abuse 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

Silent No More 88%

Victim 1 was 15. His words exposed a predator and a cover-up; the system punished him.

by Aaron Fisher 2012

4.09

786 ratings

🛡️ Child Sexual Abuse 🏛️ Institutional Cover-Ups 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

The House of My Mother

by Shari Franke • 2025

Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.

4.27

216k+

⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoir

The House of My Mother 88%

Millions watched her family online. No one saw what her mother did when the camera stopped.

by Shari Franke 2025

4.27

216k+ ratings

⛪ Religious Trauma 💔 Emotional Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoir

Peaks and Valleys

by Spencer Johnson • 2009

Emily Doe, an anonymous assault victim, must fight a system that turns her silence into consent.

4.04

5k+

🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Flawed Justice System 🗣️ Victim Blaming

Peaks and Valleys 88%

Emily Doe, an anonymous assault victim, must fight a system that turns her silence into consent.

by Spencer Johnson 2009

4.04

5k+ ratings

🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Flawed Justice System 🗣️ Victim Blaming

Aftermath

by Susan J. Brison • 2001

The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.

4.35

486

🧠 Philosophy Of Self 📚 Trauma Theory ✊ Feminist Philosophy

Aftermath 87%

The self is made of story and connection. Violence shatters both. Rebuilding takes witnesses.

by Susan J. Brison 2001

4.35

486 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Self 📚 Trauma Theory ✊ Feminist Philosophy

Tears of the Desert

by Halima Bashir • 2008

A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.

4.24

4k+

🌍 African Memoir 🕯️ Darfur Genocide 🧳 Refugee Stories

Tears of the Desert 87%

A Darfuri doctor escapes genocide and rape, only to land inside the UK's asylum machine.

by Halima Bashir 2008

4.24

4k+ ratings

🌍 African Memoir 🕯️ Darfur Genocide 🧳 Refugee Stories

Hunger

by Roxane Gay • 2017

Raped at twelve, she ate until she became unbreakable. What shielded her also imprisoned her.

4.17

122k+

🩹 Sexual Trauma 🍽️ Disordered Eating ⚖️ Fat Acceptance

Hunger 87%

Raped at twelve, she ate until she became unbreakable. What shielded her also imprisoned her.

by Roxane Gay 2017

4.17

122k+ ratings

🩹 Sexual Trauma 🍽️ Disordered Eating ⚖️ Fat Acceptance

The Power of Women

by Denis Mukwege • 2021

A Nobel surgeon proves wartime rape is military strategy. The survivors showed him the remedy.

4.71

2k+

🩺 Conflict Zone Medicine ⚔️ Rape In War 💪 Survivor Narratives

The Power of Women 87%

A Nobel surgeon proves wartime rape is military strategy. The survivors showed him the remedy.

by Denis Mukwege 2021

4.71

2k+ ratings

🩺 Conflict Zone Medicine ⚔️ Rape In War 💪 Survivor Narratives

The Girl in the Green Dress

by Jeni Haynes • 2022

Her mind created personalities to survive her father. Every one of them testified against him.

4.57

2k+

🧩 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoirs

The Girl in the Green Dress 87%

Her mind created personalities to survive her father. Every one of them testified against him.

by Jeni Haynes 2022

4.57

2k+ ratings

🧩 Dissociative Identity 💔 Childhood Sexual Abuse 📖 Survivor Memoirs

Truth and Repair

by Judith Lewis Herman • 2023

Punishment fails survivors. They want acknowledgment, repair, and a community that finally listens.

4.21

778

🧠 Trauma Psychology 🔄 Restorative Justice 🚨 Sexual Violence

Truth and Repair 87%

Punishment fails survivors. They want acknowledgment, repair, and a community that finally listens.

by Judith Lewis Herman 2023

4.21

778 ratings

🧠 Trauma Psychology 🔄 Restorative Justice 🚨 Sexual Violence

A Brilliant Life

by Rachelle Unreich • 2023

An SS officer spared Mira at the Auschwitz ramp. Why he did is the first mystery.

4.29

2k+

🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🧬 Second-Generation Trauma 📜 Bearing Witness

A Brilliant Life 87%

An SS officer spared Mira at the Auschwitz ramp. Why he did is the first mystery.

by Rachelle Unreich 2023

4.29

2k+ ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🧬 Second-Generation Trauma 📜 Bearing Witness

Quest For Love

by Anneke Lucas • 2022

Sold into an elite pedophilia ring as a child, she learned the abusers were often victims.

4.50

377

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🚸 Child Sexual Abuse 🕸️ Organized Abuse

Quest For Love 87%

Sold into an elite pedophilia ring as a child, she learned the abusers were often victims.

by Anneke Lucas 2022

4.50

377 ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🚸 Child Sexual Abuse 🕸️ Organized Abuse

A Chance in the World

by Steve Pemberton • 2012

Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.

4.27

6k+

🏚️ Foster Care System 💔 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Survival Memoir

A Chance in the World 87%

Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.

by Steve Pemberton 2012

4.27

6k+ ratings

🏚️ Foster Care System 💔 Childhood Trauma 🛡️ Survival Memoir

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein

by Bradley J. Edwards • 2020

One lawyer. Ten years. The secret deal that almost let Jeffrey Epstein go free.

4.32

1k+

🚫 Sexual Abuse 🔗 Sex Trafficking ⚖️ Legal Memoir

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein Summary

Relentless Pursuit My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein 87%

One lawyer. Ten years. The secret deal that almost let Jeffrey Epstein go free.

by Bradley J. Edwards 2020

4.32

1k+ ratings

🚫 Sexual Abuse 🔗 Sex Trafficking ⚖️ Legal Memoir

Women Escaping Violence

by Elaine J. Lawless • 2001

Courts want a neat victim narrative. Shelters give women room for the messy truth that heals.

3.94

🏚️ Domestic Violence 💬 Narrative Healing 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

Women Escaping Violence 87%

Courts want a neat victim narrative. Shelters give women room for the messy truth that heals.

by Elaine J. Lawless 2001

3.94

17 ratings

🏚️ Domestic Violence 💬 Narrative Healing 🗣️ Survivor Testimony

Beautiful Scars

by Kilee Brookbank • 2017

A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.

4.29

🔥 Burn Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💔 Adolescent Illness

Beautiful Scars 87%

A candle, a gas leak. A teen loses half her skin. Recovery brings a pop star and a charity.

by Kilee Brookbank 2017

4.29

41 ratings

🔥 Burn Recovery 🏥 Medical Trauma 💔 Adolescent Illness

Black Box

by Shiori Itō • 2017

Arrest warrant canceled at the last minute. She named her rapist at a press conference anyway.

4.47

2k+

⚖️ Sexual Assault Law 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ✊ Metoo Movement

Black Box 87%

Arrest warrant canceled at the last minute. She named her rapist at a press conference anyway.

by Shiori Itō 2017

4.47

2k+ ratings

⚖️ Sexual Assault Law 🗣️ Survivor Testimony ✊ Metoo Movement

Asking for It

by Kate Harding • 2014

Ninety-eight percent of rape reports are true. Why does the two percent dominate every conversation?

4.37

4k+

⚠️ Rape Culture 👉 Victim Blaming 🗯️ Rape Myths

Asking for It 87%

Ninety-eight percent of rape reports are true. Why does the two percent dominate every conversation?

by Kate Harding 2014

4.37

4k+ ratings

⚠️ Rape Culture 👉 Victim Blaming 🗯️ Rape Myths

Life After Suicide

by Jennifer Ashton • 2019

A husband's suicide, a doctor's grief: finding the way through a loss nobody talks about.

3.83

934

🖤 Suicide Loss 📖 Grief Memoir 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

Life After Suicide 87%

A husband's suicide, a doctor's grief: finding the way through a loss nobody talks about.

by Jennifer Ashton 2019

3.83

934 ratings

🖤 Suicide Loss 📖 Grief Memoir 🏷️ Mental Health Stigma

The Parrot's Perch

by Karen Keilt • 2019

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

4.23

334

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery

The Parrot's Perch 87%

Forty-five days in a Brazilian torture cell. Freedom was only the beginning of the fight.

by Karen Keilt 2019

4.23

334 ratings

🏛️ Political Imprisonment 🦋 Survivor Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Goodbye, Sweet Girl

by Kelly Sundberg • 2018

She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.

3.83

2k+

🏚️ Domestic Violence 🗣️ Survivor Memoirs 🔗 Coercive Control

Goodbye, Sweet Girl 87%

She loved him, she feared him, she left him: a memoir of domestic survival.

by Kelly Sundberg 2018

3.83

2k+ ratings

🏚️ Domestic Violence 🗣️ Survivor Memoirs 🔗 Coercive Control

A Search for Purple Cows

by Susan Call • 2012

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

4.30

153

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery

A Search for Purple Cows 87%

She left an abusive marriage with two children. Faith taught her hope hides in the ruins.

by Susan Call 2012

4.30

153 ratings

🏠 Domestic Abuse Survival ✝️ Christian Testimony 💔 Divorce Recovery

Chinese Cinderella

by Adeline Yen Mah • 1999

Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.

4.08

42k+

🏮 Chinese Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🥀 Emotional Neglect

Chinese Cinderella 87%

Blamed from birth for her mother's death, a girl in 1940s China discovers her one way out.

by Adeline Yen Mah 1999

4.08

42k+ ratings

🏮 Chinese Family 💔 Childhood Abuse 🥀 Emotional Neglect

My Story

by Elizabeth Smart • 2013

A white veil, a man's voice, nine months. The 14-year-old who survived by becoming invisible.

3.89

49k+

🏠 Abduction Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🙏 Faith And Resilience

My Story 87%

A white veil, a man's voice, nine months. The 14-year-old who survived by becoming invisible.

by Elizabeth Smart 2013

3.89

49k+ ratings

🏠 Abduction Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🙏 Faith And Resilience

While the City Slept

by Eli Sanders • 2016

A home invasion leaves one woman dead and the other offering an unexpected vow in court.

3.98

4k+

🔍 True Crime Journalism ⚖️ Mental Illness In Court 🏠 Home Invasion

While the City Slept 87%

A home invasion leaves one woman dead and the other offering an unexpected vow in court.

by Eli Sanders 2016

3.98

4k+ ratings

🔍 True Crime Journalism ⚖️ Mental Illness In Court 🏠 Home Invasion

The Happiest Man on Earth

by Eddie Jaku • 2020

Auschwitz, Buchenwald, then Australia: how a man who lost everything rebuilt a life he calls happy.

4.62

134k+

📖 Holocaust Testimony 🛡️ Moral Resilience 🤝 Friendship And Survival

The Happiest Man on Earth 87%

Auschwitz, Buchenwald, then Australia: how a man who lost everything rebuilt a life he calls happy.

by Eddie Jaku 2020

4.62

134k+ ratings

📖 Holocaust Testimony 🛡️ Moral Resilience 🤝 Friendship And Survival

From the Ashes

by Jesse Thistle • 2019

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

4.49

35k+

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

From the Ashes 87%

Addiction took his home and nearly his leg. His lost Métis identity showed him another way.

by Jesse Thistle 2019

4.49

35k+ ratings

🪶 Indigenous Memoir 💊 Addiction Recovery 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

The Courage to Heal Workbook

by Laura Davis • 1990

Step-by-step survivor skills for building a life after child sexual abuse: safety to self-trust.

4.27

2k+

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🤫 Sexual Abuse Recovery 🧠 Trauma Processing

The Courage to Heal Workbook 87%

Step-by-step survivor skills for building a life after child sexual abuse: safety to self-trust.

by Laura Davis 1990

4.27

2k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Trauma 🤫 Sexual Abuse Recovery 🧠 Trauma Processing

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground

by Alicia Elliott • 2019

Colonialism didn't end; it moved into the mind, the kitchen, and the family photo album.

4.40

11k+

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏛️ Colonial Trauma 🪶 Indigenous Memoir

A Mind Spread Out on the Ground 87%

Colonialism didn't end; it moved into the mind, the kitchen, and the family photo album.

by Alicia Elliott 2019

4.40

11k+ ratings

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏛️ Colonial Trauma 🪶 Indigenous Memoir

Paris

by Paris Hilton • 2023

Her glamour was armor. Her brand was designed in solitary confinement at sixteen.

4.21

91k+

🧚 Celebrity Memoirs ⛓️ Institutional Abuse 📱 Influencer Culture

Paris 87%

Her glamour was armor. Her brand was designed in solitary confinement at sixteen.

by Paris Hilton 2023

4.21

91k+ ratings

🧚 Celebrity Memoirs ⛓️ Institutional Abuse 📱 Influencer Culture

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch

by Alison Arngrim • 2010

America hated her on screen. Her fury was real, and her own brother had created it.

4.10

19k+

🌟 Child Star Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎥 Behind The Scenes

Confessions of a Prairie Bitch 87%

America hated her on screen. Her fury was real, and her own brother had created it.

by Alison Arngrim 2010

4.10

19k+ ratings

🌟 Child Star Memoir 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 🎥 Behind The Scenes

Saved

by Benjamin Hall • 2023

An explosion in Ukraine costs him legs and an eye. Recovery asks more than war.

4.56

5k+

📡 War Reporting 🏥 Medical Rehabilitation 🩹 Trauma Recovery

Saved 87%

An explosion in Ukraine costs him legs and an eye. Recovery asks more than war.

by Benjamin Hall 2023

4.56

5k+ ratings

📡 War Reporting 🏥 Medical Rehabilitation 🩹 Trauma Recovery

A Well-Trained Wife

by Tia Levings • 2024

She followed every rule. When her husband turned violent, the church said: try harder.

4.28

38k+

💔 Religious Trauma ⛓️ Patriarchal Religion 🙏 Spiritual Abuse

A Well-Trained Wife 87%

She followed every rule. When her husband turned violent, the church said: try harder.

by Tia Levings 2024

4.28

38k+ ratings

💔 Religious Trauma ⛓️ Patriarchal Religion 🙏 Spiritual Abuse

Now I Am Known

by Peter Mutabazi • 2022

A stranger asked a street kid his name. He grew up to become a foster father.

4.75

1k+

🏠 Foster Care 💔 Childhood Trauma 🕊️ Forgiveness

Now I Am Known 87%

A stranger asked a street kid his name. He grew up to become a foster father.

by Peter Mutabazi 2022

4.75

1k+ ratings

🏠 Foster Care 💔 Childhood Trauma 🕊️ Forgiveness

Secrets in the Cellar

by John Glatt • 2009

A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.

3.83

6k+

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🏚️ Hidden Captivity 💔 Familial Abuse

Secrets in the Cellar 87%

A father's dungeon beneath his home. Twenty-four years, one daughter, seven children in the dark.

by John Glatt 2009

3.83

6k+ ratings

🧠 Criminal Psychology 🏚️ Hidden Captivity 💔 Familial Abuse

The Story of a Life

by Aharon Appelfeld • 1983

War silenced him. What grew in the silence, decades later, became a writer's whole art.

3.89

921

🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏛️ Cultural Memory

The Story of a Life 87%

War silenced him. What grew in the silence, decades later, became a writer's whole art.

by Aharon Appelfeld 1983

3.89

921 ratings

🕯️ Holocaust Testimony 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🏛️ Cultural Memory

A Child Called "It"

by Dave Pelzer • 1995

Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.

4.14

463k+

🧒 Child Abuse Memoir 👩‍👦 Maternal Violence 🔗 Coercive Control

A Child Called "It" 87%

Starved and locked up, a boy endures his mother's torture until a teacher spots the bruises.

by Dave Pelzer 1995

4.14

463k+ ratings

🧒 Child Abuse Memoir 👩‍👦 Maternal Violence 🔗 Coercive Control

Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set

by Tara Westover • 2023

A doomsday prepper's daughter, no birth certificate, no school. She taught herself into Cambridge.

4.34

360

⛪ Religious Extremism 📚 Self-Education 💔 Family Estrangement

Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set Summary

Educated By Tara Westover and The Education of an Idealist [Hardcover] By Samantha Power Books Collection Set 87%

A doomsday prepper's daughter, no birth certificate, no school. She taught herself into Cambridge.

by Tara Westover 2023

4.34

360 ratings

⛪ Religious Extremism 📚 Self-Education 💔 Family Estrangement

Hope

by Amanda Berry • 2015

A decade held in Cleveland. A daughter born in chains. One escape freed three women.

4.37

20k+

🔗 Abduction And Captivity 📖 Survivor Memoir 💔 Sexual Violence

Hope 87%

A decade held in Cleveland. A daughter born in chains. One escape freed three women.

by Amanda Berry 2015

4.37

20k+ ratings

🔗 Abduction And Captivity 📖 Survivor Memoir 💔 Sexual Violence

The Wounded Heart

by Dan B. Allender • 1995

Sexual abuse embeds in the body and weaponizes shame. Few approaches reach both, let alone the soul.

4.32

2k+

🔴 Sexual Abuse Healing ✝️ Christian Counseling 💔 Trauma Recovery

The Wounded Heart 87%

Sexual abuse embeds in the body and weaponizes shame. Few approaches reach both, let alone the soul.

by Dan B. Allender 1995

4.32

2k+ ratings

🔴 Sexual Abuse Healing ✝️ Christian Counseling 💔 Trauma Recovery

Sex Object

by Jessica Valenti • 2016

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

3.66

14k+

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny

Sex Object 87%

She wrote the book on modern feminism. She still checks the back seat for rapists.

by Jessica Valenti 2016

3.66

14k+ ratings

👀 Sexual Objectification 📖 Feminist Coming Of Age 🪞 Internalized Misogyny

Healing Invisible Wounds

by Richard F. Mollica • 2006

The hidden capacity that lets survivors of violence rebuild: a psychiatrist's map to activate it.

4.15

❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧳 Refugee Mental Health 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

Healing Invisible Wounds 87%

The hidden capacity that lets survivors of violence rebuild: a psychiatrist's map to activate it.

by Richard F. Mollica 2006

4.15

87 ratings

❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery 🧳 Refugee Mental Health 🌱 Post-Traumatic Growth

The Franklin Scandal

by Nick Bryant • 2008

A credit union fronted a child-trafficking ring. The cover-up is better documented than the crime.

4.30

926

🔗 Human Trafficking 📁 Institutional Cover-Up 🔍 Investigative Journalism

The Franklin Scandal 87%

A credit union fronted a child-trafficking ring. The cover-up is better documented than the crime.

by Nick Bryant 2008

4.30

926 ratings

🔗 Human Trafficking 📁 Institutional Cover-Up 🔍 Investigative Journalism

Accountable

by Dashka Slater • 2023

A racist Instagram account shatters a progressive high school, laying bare the cost of online hate.

4.23

6k+

⚖️ Restorative Justice 😳 Public Shaming 💻 Online Hate

Accountable 87%

A racist Instagram account shatters a progressive high school, laying bare the cost of online hate.

by Dashka Slater 2023

4.23

6k+ ratings

⚖️ Restorative Justice 😳 Public Shaming 💻 Online Hate

What My Bones Know

by Stephanie Foo • 2022

A survivor's investigation into what childhood abuse does to the body, and what repairs it.

4.49

79k+

📖 Trauma Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

What My Bones Know 87%

A survivor's investigation into what childhood abuse does to the body, and what repairs it.

by Stephanie Foo 2022

4.49

79k+ ratings

📖 Trauma Memoir 💔 Childhood Trauma 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma

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