Trigger Warning

1: This Is Not a Play About Sex is only a few stories. Stories of real Colgate students 

spanning a full decade. 

2: There are hundreds of stories we didn’t hear today. 

3: Hundreds of stories that will never be said out loud. 

4: Hundreds of stories that will never be heard. 

1: TINAPAS has been away for four years but all of our stories and experiences have

lived on. And hundreds of those stories have been shared but they are not ours to

share with you today. 

2: Have you heard of Colgate Share Your Story on Instagram? 

3: trigger warning: sexual assault

4: trigger warning: racism

1: trigger warning: abuse

2: trigger warning: administrative negligence

3: trigger warning: rape

4: trigger warning: intimate partner violence 

1: trigger warning: unsupportive community

2: trigger warning: us forgetting we are more just than just numbers. 

3: more than stories. 

4: Share Your Story is about us.

1: This Is Not a Play About Sex is about us. This play is about all of us.

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Written by Parna Shakouri '23, first performed 2023