Speaking my truth: my WHOLE truth

Georgia NeSmith
9 min readJul 6, 2019
A feminist is any woman who tells the truth about her life. — Virginia Woolf

Reflections on the political and personal consequences for myself and other women of the election of Donald J. Trump as president.

Journal entry, November 17, 2016, edited and expanded December 2, 2016

In “Virginia Woolf: The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work,” Louise DeSalvo examined the impact of Woolf’s experience of sexual abuse at the hands of her half…

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Georgia NeSmith

Retired professor, feminist, writer, photographer, activist, grandmother of 5, overall Wise Woman. Phd UIA School of Journalism & Mass Communication, 1994.