I'm submitting work to a book project with a poem about rape awareness featuring art by new england female artists under 30. Rape awareness, prevention, and healing is a subject which means a lot to me as a woman, a feminist, and the victim of an attempted rape last fall. I was lucky. For me, it was random, and I was able to leave. Not everyone is so lucky. I think it would be much worse if it had been someone I knew and cared for, in a situation that I could not just leave.

This is a broken dollar store doll shot in my bed. The symbolism are easy enough to work through. This is mostly dealing with the aftermath of a rape experience.

You'll be seeing a whole lot of doll related work from me in the next few months as a part of my very involved capstone work. It won't always be grotesque or disturbing, but it seemed like a place to start.