A Photographer Charts A Journey Through The Fallout Of Her Rape
A sixth of American women are victims of rape or attempted rape. Victims still face blame and disbelief, and few rapists are punished. Rosem Morton tells her own experience, in photos and a letter.
Editor's note: This essay includes discussion of a rape and its aftermath.
Two years ago, I was raped. I remember shaking uncontrollably on that warm summer day. It felt like a void consumed me from the inside out â I was left with nothing, I became nothing. I was in a place so dark, I could only imagine getting out by cutting and purging.
I learned that this was the cost of suffering in silence. So I decided I wouldn't
