Resources

If you are struggling, there are resources available:

UIndy Counseling Center Health Pavilion, Suite 109 Hours: Monday-Friday, 8a.m. - 12p.m. and 1p.m. - 4p.m. uindy.edu/studentcounseling/

From the UIndy Counseling Center website: “[Dial 211] is a resource database that can help you find local health, human, and social service organizations. These may include locations that provide food or clothing, shelter, affordable housing, childcare, employment opportunities, utility assistance, and mental health services.”

Be Well Indiana www.bewellindiana.com

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“Inspired by Creepypasta, I wrote ‘Bone Creeper’ during my Writing the Scary Story spring term class earlier this year. My professor gushed about the creepy concept and encouraged me to submit it to Etchings. I wanted to physically depict a fear through a monster. I settled on the fear of having anorexia, because I liked the idea of how real it is that illnesses consume people. The twist of someone who doesn’t eat properly themselves being eaten by a creature that looks anorexic itself was something I have never heard of and wanted to create.” - Sierra Durbin, “Bone Creeper” (pg 45)

“I wrote ‘Deliverance’ about the experiences of men and women across the globe. Having your dignity stripped from you through someone else’s abuse is more common than one would think. I decided to show this in the form of a ‘pious’ man stealing an angel from heaven and the events that follow.” - Mia Lehmkuhl, “Deliverance” (pg 58)

“I wrote ‘What Boyfriends Do’ to showcase a number of topics, like corrective rape towards the asexual community, stigmatization of male survivors, that rapists are often those who were close to us, that abusive relationships can happen in queer relationships too, and the importance of consent in relationsihips. I wanted to write an honest depiction of a boy who is a survivor of sexual assault, a story that doesn’t center his character around his trauma. As an openly asexual writer, I provide a voice for a community that is often silenced and rarely listened to.” - Brandon Hickey, “What Boyfriends Do” (pg 73)

“I wrote this poem as a way to take myself back, to heal these bruises I thought would be on me forever. Writing helps with wounds, and it has always been a way for me to express them. I hope that those who can relate find a safe space in my words, and I hope they know that bad times don’t last forever. Bruises heal, eventually.” - Cassi Dillon, “Heart-Shaped Bruises” (pg 86)

“In this piece, ‘Let Me Cry,’ the speaker plays the role of a victim of sexual assault while the violin plays the role of our society, which tries to silence women who speak out about their trauma. Multiple times throughout the piece you may notice the violin interrupting the speaker to emphasize this point. I hope that this composition allows others to see how important it is that we support women that are brave enough to speak up about sexual assault and be a voice for those that can’t.” - Brooklyn Harpold, “Let Me Cry” (pg 90)