The Body Writes Back

What happens when survivors are given space, safety, and a blank page?The body writes back.This collaborative collection, created through the Sexual Violence Resource Center’s Healing Through Writing program, is a testament to courage, voice, and reclamation. Under the guidance of Best Selling Author Leah Bomar, survivors came together to explore journaling, poetry, and storytelling as tools for reclaiming agency after trauma.These pages hold grief and tenderness, rage and humor, fear and hope. They hold the quiet and the loud, the broken and the rebuilding. Each story is a spark, a reclamation of power, a shout from the dark into the light: I exist. I am here. My voice matters.Healing is messy. Healing is nonlinear. Healing is shimmering hope filled with courage, community, self-discovery and FUN!Themes ExploredVoice + silence Taking up space The body knows Invisible labor/trauma Anger + humor + truth together Love after abuse “Better days are coming” “Grace helped me make it this far” “Remove his voice & replace it with my own” “Breaking girl code” “Sacred Rage” “Allowing myself to exist”This book isn’t just to read — it’s to experience. Color in the margins. Scribble, shout, whisper, and write yourself into existence. Let the anger burn, let the tears fall, let the laughter erupt. Take up space. Speak your truth. Dance in your body.Celebrate the sacred, the loud, the quiet, the broken, the rebuilt.The pages are here for you. These voices are here for our collective strength and healing. Step in. Shine. Roar. Reclaim your story, your power, and your light.You are not invisible. You are not silenced. Glitter cannot be contained. We are unstoppable together.Welcome to GlitterBomb.— @AuthorLeahBomar Read more