New Orleans 2016. Good fucking grief. I was fresh into a relationship with somebody I was and am, madly in love with. I was excited to go to New Orleans with all my friends and NOT commit any semblance of infidelity. I was excited to tell my friends about how I'm finally in a really … Continue reading “It’s Fine.”

As I sit here after spending 7 hours of my evening with 5 women whom I greatly admire, discussing the way your wrongdoings have affected us and how we plan to forge a way forward, I feel a number of different things. A. ANGER. This is a feeling I can gratefully say I don't experience often. … Continue reading Y.V. On Some Loud Shit

I didn’t even know who Alex was. I was too new to meeting people on a national level and was just beginning my steps towards becoming involved in our greater community. The first time I “met” him, I was stumbling out of the bathroom of a bar during a party at SACC. It was pretty … Continue reading M.K. This is Our Reality

I met him last year at an industry brunch in LA, while I was visiting from out of town. I sat next to his wife, and we chatted throughout. It seemed a close knit and happy group of people. Overall, it was a positive experience. I left feeling good about the people I had just … Continue reading Jeanelle Owings: Not the Kind of Business I Want

The first time Alex and I met, I was excited to know that I had found myself in the good graces of industry leaders that I admired. The first time he assaulted me, I was sitting on the patio of a crowded bar having a cigarette when he sat down next to me and told … Continue reading My Story

I first met this man while working as a bartender at a new spot in West Hollywood. He was consulting on their bar program. Such a nice, friendly, passionate person and was refreshing to meet, as much of my experience being new to LA was of quite the opposite. Over the years of working in … Continue reading Ashley Afferino: Why Me?