A child’s false God
My first “faith”: Catholic guilt, playing Purgatory, Priests who molested, and kissing cousins BY MARINA GIULLIANI — Read part 1 and part 2 of this Soul’s Code exclusive from the book, Sins of my Faith...
View ArticleMy first taste of control came in my grandfather’s lap
In the second part of a Soul’s Code exclusive from the book Sins of My Faith, Marina explains that what seems like denial is self-protection BY MARINA GIULLIANI (read part one) : “It hit me like a cold...
View ArticleA brief history of my post-childhood sex life
“I had flings with over-sexed football players, a boss at a TV station — and now see them as fallout from sexual abuse in my Catholic home” Lot and his daughters: a Baroque depiction of Genesis-19...
View ArticleSex and the single-minded girl
FROM THE ARCHIVES: “One loveless relationship followed another. I sought comfort in the sexual pleasure I’d been introduced to as a child. I even kept a numbered list of lovers.” Read the Soul’s Code...
View ArticleWhen sex and love are not one and the same
A heart-breaking work of staggering honesty: Sins of My Faith. In this Soul’s Code exclusive, a woman who lost her innocence to incest explains why she did not “out” her abuser BY MARINA GIULLIANI:...
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