If you’re a woman you’ve probably had your Harvey Weinstein moment, and you probably didn’t report your abuser. I get it. After my attempt to garner help from a perp-supporting yard teacher failed miserably, I gave up believing by seven years old, that I had any right to safety.… Read the rest
November 8, 2017
5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
The Octopus Literary Salon
2101 Webster Street. #170
Oakland, CA
I will be doing a reading/workshop at the Octopus Literary Salon, wherein I intersperse memoir readings with dialog about trauma research and recovery.… Read the rest
Date: Sunday October 29
Time: 12:00 pm – 01:30 pm
Sports Basement
2727 Milvia St. Berkeley
A reading from Laurie Panther’s memoir: true stories Interspersed with a discussion of trauma research and recovery.
(In my second blog I told the true story about a gang of boys dragging me to the “pussy-bushes” in 3rd grade)
Then came 5th grade when a lone troubled boy stalked me in the hallways at recess, using the packed passageways as cover as he repeatedly pressed his groin against me.… Read the rest