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From Calm to Chaos in Five Minutes
This week I was feeling so positive. I had been tackling things that usually drain me — clearing paperwork, checking items off my list, even completing an online interview. For once, I felt like I was standing on solid ground. I could almost believe in a future where I wasn’t drowning in stress, legal battles,…
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Justice Feels Unjust: Paper Doesn’t Protect People
✎ Legal Reflection: When Justice Feels Like a Pinky Promise I live at the end of a dead-end road. On paper, that might sound peaceful. In reality, it’s isolating — especially when your closest neighbours are the surety for your abusive ex’s bail. Yes. The people vouching for his release are the people living closest…
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He used Everything : My Story of Coercive Control
When I first made my police statement in January 2024, coercive control wasn’t even recognized as a standalone criminal offence in Canada. I shared everything I could about the abuse, the threats, the sexual assault. I thought I was telling the whole story. But in June 2024, Canada passed Bill C-332. Finally, coercive and controlling…
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What I Wish I had Known Before Reporting Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
When I reported the my abusor, he was charged with sexual assault. But that was just a single sliver of the truth. It didn’t include the years of emotional torment, verbal degradation, financial control, psychological manipulation, technological surveillance, or the coercive control that ruled my life. And what still breaks me today is this: I…
