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In Her Words: Chione’s Story
Several months ago, I opened the floor for women to write in and share their struggles with pornography in a series entitled “In Her Own Words.” It’s one thing for me to tell people these women exist; it’s an entirely different thing altogether for these women to have a platform to be heard, even if only anonymously. Stories are important. Yes, there is room for research and statistics, and I fully support both in this field. However, that’s not my approach to this issue. My approach is to connect people because, let’s face it, not many of us like statistics. We don’t like studying them in school and we certainly…
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In Her Own Words: Meet Bethany MacDonald
It’s been well over a year since I first saw a news clip featuring Bethany MacDonald of the Naked Truth Project. Bethany was bravely sharing her story of porn addiction on the news and I remember feeling so encouraged. Here was another young woman on a different continent speaking up. Take heart those of you who are frustrated by lack of resources. The conversation is starting. Last year, Bethany and I got to sit down a video chat. We shared our stories and talked about how we are impacting women in our own ways. I wanted to take the opportunity today to introduce you to her (and her neat accent).…