I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was — Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
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I needed to stop hiding: I was raped. It was time to honestly be exactly who I was. I saw—the shame wasn't mine, it was his, and I could stop misrepresenting myself, and I could accept myself.

— Aspen Matis, Girl in the Woods: A Memoir
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