I was the 6th-grade "slut." And I kept a diary. So I decided to create The UnSlut Project in the hopes that my own diary entries could provide some perspective to girls who currently feel trapped and ashamed. I am publishing these entries one at a time, without changing a single word except for the names of the people involved. My limited commentary, which is confined to brackets in each entry, is meant to provide the relief of my current perspective, fifteen years later. The UnSlut Project: Working to undo the dangerous slut shaming in our schools, communities, media, and culture by sharing knowledge and experiences.

Terra Iero was perfectly happy with her life. She had her crazy best friend and her brother Frank Iero, who was in a rock band. But after My Chemical Romance return from a trip, she finds herself falling for one of the band members, which makes her life slightly more complicated...