“On a long-running group chat with my three best friends, I send the obituary of the guy that sexually assaulted one of us over twenty years ago…”

Thank you to Anti-Heroin Chic for finding a home for my latest essay, Chunk.

Pulled from a real group chat, I explore the dynamic between life-long friends, our relationship with trauma, and the ways in which women talk about difficult, horrifying things in private spaces.

Trigger Warnings: this essay discusses sexual assault, childhood sexual abuse, and suicide. Please read with care.

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