Status Updates From The Incest Diary

“These secrets are the most protected things.”

“One day, I spent the afternoon with girls from my class after school, and one girl asked us all what our biggest fear was. Every single girl replied rape. When it got to me, I said without thinking about it, "Don't worry, it's not so bad, just pretend you like it so you can survive." They all looked at me and no one said anything.
It made them forget that I hadn't said what my biggest fear was.”

“When it was just the two of us, I told her that my father raped me. She didn't say anything. She was quiet for a minute or two before she asked me if I would like a tuna fish sandwich. That is the moment I felt like a very bad girl.”

- speaking of maternal grandmother

“When we were alone, we were a couple. It didn't matter how much I tried to be a daughter, I wasn't.”

“Is it the same as Vietnam veterans getting excited when discussing the violence of war? I'm excited writing this, the way a man is excited talking about a battle.”