
Gap Year
“It doesn’t have to define you for the rest of your life,” the campus counsellor had said. “It’s best to just let it go. Be rational. Think of the big picture. It doesn’t really matter.”
Well, I've spent a good hour or two trying to come up with a pithy blurb. You know, something to make you want to read this.
I don't really think I can. This is a story about rape.
More specifically, I suppose, about its aftermath in the life of a college student: listlessness and anomie, anxiety, eating disorders, victim blaming, and bizarre social justice guilt tripping.
Apologies in advance for the horse puns, but without them I don't think I'd have written it at all.
5102 words: Estimated 26 minutes to read
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