woman, depose. By Kristine Esser Slentz
After two years of fighting a sexual harassment lawsuit based on her gender and sexual orientation, the case was ultimately tossed based on evidence being “hearsay” and a filing technicality. This court case forced her to analyze past and present experiences with sex and sexuality, both personally and on a larger societal scale. She worked to examine sexual abuse, trauma, harassment, as well as sexual power and desire from an individual woman’s perspective and those placed upon her as it made sense to her to describe.
After two years of fighting a sexual harassment lawsuit based on her gender and sexual orientation, the case was ultimately tossed based on evidence being “hearsay” and a filing technicality. This court case forced her to analyze past and present experiences with sex and sexuality, both personally and on a larger societal scale. She worked to examine sexual abuse, trauma, harassment, as well as sexual power and desire from an individual woman’s perspective and those placed upon her as it made sense to her to describe.
After two years of fighting a sexual harassment lawsuit based on her gender and sexual orientation, the case was ultimately tossed based on evidence being “hearsay” and a filing technicality. This court case forced her to analyze past and present experiences with sex and sexuality, both personally and on a larger societal scale. She worked to examine sexual abuse, trauma, harassment, as well as sexual power and desire from an individual woman’s perspective and those placed upon her as it made sense to her to describe.
From northwest Indiana and the Chicagoland area, Kristine Esser Slentz is a Purdue University alum. Recently, she earned her MFA from City College of New York where she is currently an English adjunct. She’s had over 30 poems published, along with various personal essays, reviews, and interviews. Publications her work have appeared or are forthcoming include Glass Poetry, Pink Plastic House, The Shallow Ends, Moonchild Magazine, Yes Poetry, and Flying Island Journal where she received a 2017 Pushcart Prize nomination. Additionally, she was a finalist in the 2020-21 Glass Poetry Chapbook Contest, Spring 2020 Flash Fiction Contest finalist for F(r)iction, and will be completing a writing residency with Poets Afloat in the near future.