Fearless She Wrote — Closure Announcement

Summary

Fearless She Wrote, a publication for survivors of abuse, is announcing its closure due to the end of Medium's publication partnerships and the challenges of the pandemic.

Abstract

Fearless She Wrote, a community and publication founded by Jessica, Maggie, and Gillian in April 2019, is closing down. The platform was created to provide a safe space for survivors of sexual assault and abuse to share their stories and find support. Despite the team's efforts to sustain the publication during the pandemic, the decision to close came after Medium discontinued their partnership program. The articles will remain accessible, but no new submissions will be reviewed. The team expresses deep gratitude to their readers and writers for making the publication a healing space and encourages them to continue sharing their stories and using their voices for change.

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The founders, Jessica, Maggie, and Gillian, express heavy hearts over the closure of the publication.
They acknowledge the dedication of their readers and writers in making Fearless She Wrote a safe space for sharing stories.
The team recognizes the economic challenges faced during the pandemic and the impact of Medium ending their publication partnerships.
Despite tireless efforts, the team found it unsustainable to continue operating the publication alongside their other life responsibilities.
They believe in the power of their community's writing for healing and change, emphasizing that the essence of the publication lies in the stories and truths shared by its contributors.

It is with heavy hearts that we must announce the closure of the Fearless She Wrote publication.

We (Jessica, Maggie and Gillian) started this community in April 2019 as survivors of sexual assault who had been silenced for years, and were finally ready to tell our stories and speak our truths. We quickly met many other survivors of abuse along the way, and it is thanks to our dedicated readers and writers that this publication became the safe space it did, where people could come together and tell their stories bravely and be received with love.

The last two years of the pandemic have been difficult for everyone, and our editorial team was no exception. The economic realities were already a hard hit — especially for our team members who are self-employed — but the final nail in the coffin came in December when Medium informed us they were ending all publication partnerships starting in January, including ours.

Our team has worked tirelessly the last couple of months to try and make it possible to continue running this community and pub, but it has simply not been sustainable alongside our other life responsibilities.

The Fearless She Wrote publication will remain live, and you may continue to house your articles here if you wish, but we will no longer be reviewing new articles to publish.

We cannot express how grateful and thankful we are to have shared this powerful space with you all over the years.

It has been our honor to house your vulnerable and transparent articles that have resonated with so many. These three years have been beyond amazing, and we are so proud of you all. Your stories have helped us heal and left us better than we were before we arrived.

Our goal for Fearless She Wrote was to have a safe space where survivors could come together for support and healing. Thanks to all of you, we believe that goal was more than successfully fulfilled.

It is now time to close this chapter and start a new one. For those who are saddened by our closure, please remember that the real power and healing lies in your writing, not in this publication. You take your truths, and your stories, with you wherever you go. We are cheering you all on as you continue sharing your wonderful articles with others.

Please don’t ever stop speaking your minds and using your words to change the world!

Fearless She Wrote — Closure Announcement

It is with heavy hearts that we must announce the closure of the Fearless She Wrote publication.

We cannot express how grateful and thankful we are to have shared this powerful space with you all over the years.

With all of our love and sincerest gratitude,