“Girls disappear. Girls are brought to secret places to be used and nothing is done, because it's how things are. Because they're only girls.” WomenGirlsRapeRape Culture Book:I Stop Somewhere Source: I Stop Somewhere
“The thing about my diary is that I lied in it. I obscured the truth. I never told even the empty space around me the whole story. I was afraid someone would find it, read it, know me. I wanted them to know a different girl. A better one.” LiesDiary Book:I Stop Somewhere Source: I Stop Somewhere
“The court of public opinion moves much faster than the law.” MediaSocial MediaGossipPublic OpinionRumoursMedia BiasMedia DistortionI Stop SomewhereT E Carter Book:I Stop Somewhere Source: I Stop Somewhere
“Beth will come back and coach Gretchen and Kailey on how to say the right things. I don't know if anyone is coaching the boys, but it seems unfair. Why do Gretchen and Kailey have to learn how to be the right kind of victims?” Media BiasLitigationI Stop SomewhereT E CarterCourt Of Public OpinionVictims Of Assault Book:I Stop Somewhere Source: I Stop Somewhere
“People should see what goes on. What it really feels like. Because once a trial starts and everyone's watching, both men will stand resolved and stoic. But if they could see this, if they could see what this kind of darkness does to a person, maybe they'd feel it, too. Maybe they wouldn't make excuses anymore. Maybe they wouldn't shrug it off, because, you know, these things happen.” MediaDenialDeal With ItDesensitizationUnspeakable Truths Book:I Stop Somewhere Source: I Stop Somewhere
“I didn't deserve this. Even the most confused and lost girl, even the most screwed up of us all, doesn't deserve this. Death isn't the consequence for making a mistake; it's the punishment we force on girls because they couldn't be good. Only girls have to die for wanting.” JudgementSlut ShamingConsequence Of ActionsI Stop SomewhereT E CarterJustification Of Abuse Book:I Stop Somewhere Source: I Stop Somewhere
“Misconduct. I wish they'd call it for what it is. Misconduct sounds like something you do to earn yourself a time-out as a toddler.” RapeSexual AssaultI Stop SomewhereT E Carter Book:I Stop Somewhere Source: I Stop Somewhere
“They condemn our town. Separate it from their own, where the same secrets pulse.” DenialIronyDark HumorI Stop SomewhereT E Carter Book:I Stop Somewhere Source: I Stop Somewhere
“Rape. It brings with it connotations, assumptions, a whole steamer trunk full of other people's ideas of it, because other people only know it as a word. A concept that's discussed, argued, demonized. If you actually know what it is, if you live it and experience it and know what it is beyond a word, you have to carry that word with you. You're now 'rape victim', 'rape survivor'. Your identity is attached permanently to a word you hate.” Sexual AssaultI Stop SomewhereTe Carter Author:T.E. Carter