May’s Carnival Against Child Abuse
Kate1975 has the latest edition, and at first glance, it seems like there are a lot of entries this month! Looking forward to reading them and getting some great insight from fellow survivors.
Suzanna’s article below is about domestic abuse as an adult, but I think a lot of it also applies to survivors of childhood abuse as well. Not all of it, but nuggets like this seem very familiar to me: “Looking at the past brings shame, judgment. No one wants to be a victim. It’s embarrassing….
It was one small victory at a time. Doing a homework assignment that was a month late because I hadn’t had energy to complete it. Going to class because I could finally get out of bed. Taking only one nap instead of three to make it through the day. Spending time with a friend instead…
Now Accepting Submissions for the May 2014 Edition of the Blog Against Child Abuse tags: CA ChildAbuse In Central New York, a community rallies against sexual abuse: ‘Grieve for that child’ tags: CA ChildAbuse PTSD and Memories of Abuse tags: CA ChildAbuse A Lifelong Journey tags: CA ChildAbuse Male rape in America: A new study reveals that…
This is an issue that I suspect gets confusing for many people. Creating deepfake abuse imagery has become relatively easy to do, but in many places, it is illegal. The harm, though, is indirect. A child wasn’t being abused to create the images, but once they are in public, the child who is being portrayed in the picture is being harmed in other ways.
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