Melisa Ergin

“this is your becoming.

you are allowed to
take up all the space
you need.”

“Dear President Obama, remember the boy who was picked up by the ambulance in Syria? Can you please go get him and bring him to (my home?) Park in the driveway or the street and we will be waiting for you guys with flags, flowers, and balloons. We will give him a family and he will be our brother.”

“You do not get to harass me, or any other woman, because you think you pay our bills. You don’t bro, I DO.”

A judge in Canada is facing removal from the bench due to his conduct during a rape case when he asked a 19-year-old survivor why she couldn’t “just keep her knees together.”

“You don’t know me, but you’ve been inside me.”

“It’s the least I can do. Keep the conversation going.” – Megan Rapinoe

We do not need to abandon trigger warnings in order to achieve academic freedom. In fact, it’s quite the opposite, the dismissal of trigger warnings and the dissolution of safe spaces are going to hinder the academic freedom and learning of those students that need them.

Speaking out about an assault is already difficult enough, and instead of helping survivors and providing them with the support and resources that they need, we live in a society that silences them.

Today marks the 19th anniversary of the devastating car crash that killed Princess Diana in Paris in 1997. If she were alive, she would be 55 today. Here are 9 things you probably did not know about the Princess.

You don’t always end up with the people you love…and that’s okay.

“We cannot succeed when half of us are held back.”

Wanjuki and Willingham plan to continue burning one item each week until their institutions apologize or they run out of items.

Banning hard alcohol moves the narrative on sexual assault away from what it should be focused on, which is educating young minds on sexual assault and consent.

we do not fight anymore,
because the sound of the door
slamming behind you
is more beautiful
than the sound of you
crawling into bed with me

The day I decided to stop hating you is the day that I started loving life again.

As long as you breathe, your mind, your heart,
and your soul are seeking knowledge, so respond to them and
nurture their needs.

It’s rare in life to find someone who understands you. Someone who can tell what you’re feeling with just a look or a smirk or an eye roll. Someone who can figure out how you’re feeling, when sometimes you can’t even find the words to express it yourself.

Thank you for not respecting me. For never appreciating anything I did. Thanks to you I now know when I should walk out of a relationship.