A teen awakens in a hospital after a harrowing ordeal of self-mutilation to stay alive, while his girlfriend Camryn confronts the emotional aftermath.
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Two friends navigate a drug-scarred world as one looks back on a life of pain leading to a tragic end.
A dominantly positioned man oversees the medical and emotional rehabilitation of a formerly abused woman he is preparing to take as his legal ward.
A true account of a 10-year-old girl describing being sexually assaulted and raped by her 18-year-old cousin during a weekend stay at her grandparents' home.
Two teenagers flee a violent encounter with murderous mountain men, grappling with terror, exhaustion, and guilt as they escape through a snowstorm.
A teen girl pieces together fragments of a night that ended in a gang rape, confronting her best friend and boyfriend about who arranged it.
A teenage girl recounts being kidnapped and held captive in a basement room after being knocked unconscious walking home from a friend's house.
A teen girl recovering from sexual assault navigates growing closeness with her female friend through therapy sessions and sleepovers.
A pregnant teen continues her journey of self-discovery and emotional entanglement with her female best friend after a traumatic rape.
A personal biographical essay about a woman's journey discovering she is bisexual, recounting early sexual experiences, trauma, marriages, and her attraction to both men and women.
A repressed country woman begins embracing her sexuality and Mexican heritage through a relationship with Antonio.
An 11-year-old boy recounts the terrifying first encounter with an older male neighbor who molested him under the pretense of showing a baseball glove.
A young man processes confused emotions after an older friend dominates and restrains him during a coercive sexual encounter.
A gay man recounts his long-term relationship with his boyfriend Zac, his life-altering car accident that cost him both legs, and how they navigate their intimacy together.
After surviving abduction, a previously conservative young woman discovers a hunger for sexual exploration, including curiosity about other women.
A rapist tracks down the Japanese violinist he assaulted, only to discover she's pregnant with his child and keeping the baby.
Two career criminals invade a rural family's home, subduing the parents and teenage daughters in a night of terror.
A modern fairy tale about an eight-year-old girl about to end her life, interrupted by a mysterious woman who offers a Blair-Witch-style intervention.
A woman with a history of molestation tries to teach her respectful husband to fulfill her rape fantasy without it feeling like roleplay.
A young girl is repeatedly assaulted by a church family who use immigrants as a cover for their abuse.