forgiveness

Much has already been said about the way the Stanford swimmer's privilege has insulated him from consequence, about the ever-pervasive victim blaming in public discourse, and about the inadequacy of the criminal justice system. But in so many of these conversations, in our rage against the rape culture machine, we forget the survivors — the most important people in the fight against sexual violence.

Your relationship broke up. You can repair your relationship! No matter what happened, getting your ex to forgive you is a little bit of work.

I know I’m not easy to love, or date. I know this because I dated myself.

“Don’t you smash that cake in my face, or I’ll never forgive you,” she said, and she never did, not really.

What happens when a former bully reaches out to someone he hurt in high school?