Call to Action: Write Your Identity

Join me and the women at In Her Skin from July 5-11th as we use writing to create something completely new. Run by storytellers Stacy de la Rosa and Isabel Abbott, In Her Skin organizes periodic writing sessions, in which participants are emailed daily writing prompts in the form of a photograph, poem, or other artwork, over the course of a week. When I heard about their upcoming session, called "Identity," I knew we had to collaborate. Writing helped me overcome "slut" shaming and sexual bullying, and a big part of how I did that was discovering and defining my own identity. I want to invite the whole UnSlut community to take part in this process, too, wherever and whoever you are.

Beginning on July 5th and continuing for a week, I will be cross-posting the writing prompts from In Her Skin's Identity Session on Wattpad, the free story-sharing platform where I first posted my middle school diary entries to launch The UnSlut Project. Using Wattpad's in-line commenting tool, you'll be able to respond to all or any of the prompts that inspire you from each day. (If you don't have a Wattpad account yet, you should - it's free and takes just a second to set up.) So get ready for seven days of exploration and conversation, real and uncensored. Sign up for a reminder when we start on July 5th, and participate for as many prompts as you want. I'm looking forward to writing together!