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“I love you.” “Why don’t you love me?” “Why don’t you talk?” Every five minutes Alex continued as I tried to focus on the biology lesson. It was seventh grade, and I was accustomed to constant teasing from the boys in my classes. I was a quiet, unpopular kid in middle school, and that apparently made me fodder for their entertainment. And Alex especially loved to harass me, out of boredom or who knows what.
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My local newspaper recently ran a week-long investigation into the sexual assault allegations made against the mayor of the small town, Windsor. While I initially found it odd that the San Francisco Chronicle would give the front page to this story while we’re still knee-deep in the middle of a pandemic, the more I thought about it, the more I understood and appreciated the Chronicle’s decision. Small town or not, this was a story that questioned the immunity that political leaders have flaunted in the face of serious allegations for long enough.
By Jamie Tortorello-Allen Editor for Songs of Survival Author of…
