Gillian Sisley
Our Rescue Was Vicious — But We Still Kept Him
Long story short, we didn’t take this dog in because we necessarily wanted to. We did it because we felt we didn't have a choice, and it was the right thing to do.
Gillian SisleyPublished about 8 hours ago in Petlife
I Told My Best Friend She Wasn’t “Allowed” to Call Herself Fat
Like every woman, I’ve been bombarded with media and advertisements telling me I’m not good enough — not pretty enough, not skinny enough, not flawless enough (as if that even exists).
Gillian SisleyPublished a day ago in Viva
Rapper Soulja Boy Sued for Sexual Assault and Battery of His Personal Assistant
DeAndre Cortez Way, better known as Rapper Soulja Boy who brought us the “Crank Dat” viral dance in the 2000s, has been sued by a former assistant of sexual battery, assault and abuse.
Gillian SisleyPublished 4 days ago in Criminal
Do You Hate Me for Not Pressing Charges?
Dear fellow survivors, There’s no question about it — it was aggravated sexual assault. It was pre-meditated. The exact categorization of the assault is probably attempted rape.
Gillian SisleyPublished 11 days ago in Viva
Is Anyone Else Perpetually Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop?
I’ve written a letter to my partner in case of my untimely demise. I call it my Death Letter. I wrote it for him so that he always has a piece of me — just in case.
Gillian SisleyPublished 12 days ago in Psyche
Rapper T.I. Goes to Disgusting New Lengths to Control His Daughter’s Body
We all thought T.I. had learned his lesson last year when he proudly declared that he took his then 18-year-old daughter for yearly hymen checks to ensure she was still a virgin.
Gillian SisleyPublished 13 days ago in Geeks
Living with a Once Repressed Memory
Okay. Deep breath. Inhale, exhale. Here goes nothing. When I was in kindergarten, a classmate invited me to come behind the curtains with him. We weren’t allowed to hide behind the curtains — it was against the rules. My friend told me not to do it, because if I did I would get in trouble.
Gillian SisleyPublished 14 days ago in Psyche
The Hangover Effect of Trauma
I read a great article by psychotherapist Dr. David A. Treleaven the other day entitled, “Is Mindfulness Safe For Trauma Survivors?”, in which he goes through the real concerns with trauma victims being instructed to practice meditation and mindfulness as a means of processing what’s happened to them.
Gillian SisleyPublished 18 days ago in Psyche
