Lorraine Berry

Lorraine Berry has written for Signature, The Guardian (UK), LitHub, Catapult, Diagram, Redbook, Marie Claire, Salon, Paste, Electric Literature, and other outlets. After teaching creative nonfiction for years, she moved to Florida to be close to her widowed mother, where she hangs out with the pelicans and herons. Follow her on Twitter @BerryFLW.

[Photo: A book titled 'Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was A Girl' floats above a yellow background.]

‘I Want His Consent’: Jeannie Vanasco Explores the Depths of Forgiveness in New Memoir

Lorraine Berry

In getting him to tell his story, Vanasco is after something that “Mark” denied her the night of the assault—consent.

[Photo: The cover of the book The Wonder Down Under A User’s Guide to the Vagina By Nina Brochmann and Ellen Stokken Dahl]

‘The Wonder Down Under’: A Refreshing Guide on Sexual Anatomy That We All Needed

Lorraine Berry

While reading the guide, I found myself wishing that I had possessed this book not only when I had been in my teens and first sexually active, but also as a mother.

[Photo: Cover of the book A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong.]

An Unbelievable Book About Rape: New Work From Pulitzer Story Authors Is a ‘Reality Check’

Lorraine Berry

In a new book, the authors of ProPublica's "An Unbelievable Story of Rape" provide historical context that explains how the police and the court system have adapted skepticism toward women reporting rape.

New Book Exposes Stories of Unaccompanied Minors Left Waiting in the Dark

Lorraine Berry

Luiselli makes a point that will make some uncomfortable, because it implicates all of us in the decision not to allow these children asylum in the United States.

To The Democrats: We Told You So

Lorraine Berry

For years, feminist writers like me have been desperately trying to get the Democrats' attention. Is what's going on now finally enough?

Denying Access to Plan B: An Act of Political Cowardice

Lorraine Berry

On contemplating, again, what it feels like to be thrown under the bus by politicians who take women for granted.

Hallelujah for Plan B!

Lorraine Berry

The FDA thinks about making Plan B available to everyone--and avoiding those pharmacists who think they know better than you what you need.

The Christian Medical Association Says: No Plan B for You, Harlot!

Lorraine Berry

Christian Medical Association says that Ralph's Thriftway Pharmacy is within its rights to refuse to stock Plan B contraception. I'm sorry. Why are you in the pharmacy business again?

Pregnant Occupy Protester Miscarries After Being Beaten and Sprayed by Police

Lorraine Berry

Crooks and Liars is reporting that 19-year old Jennifer Fox, who was beaten and sprayed last Thursday at the same OWS demonstration in which an 84-year old woman was sprayed, miscarried her three-month fetus on Sunday.

The Message of Mississippi: Women are Not Full Human Beings

Lorraine Berry

I wonder if you can imagine what it feels like to be told, again and again, what it means to be a girl. You're not really a full human being: you're a sexualized baby-making organism who, once we are post-menopausal and no longer attractive, there really is no use for.

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