The second in a trilogy of books on healing from sexual assault, “also, men are garbage” is collection of poems that reflects the very beginnings of questioning the beliefs that hatred, bitterness, anger, and ultimately, fear had formed within me.

 

It took years before I began to question whether or not all men were, indeed, garbage. And the monsters I had known them to be. Guilty until proven innocent was how I had begun to view every single one of them in order to protect myself. And I was justified in my fears. I knew they weren’t unfounded. But eventually I had to make a choice. And while I don’t think mine is the only choice for women who have had similar experiences, it a choice that has brought me peace and one I have never once regretted making. These poems are the path I forged for myself out of the darkness of my pain.