In It’s OK to Tell, Lauren shares her story, in her own words, of being sexually abused by her family’s nanny and the story of what happened when she told the truth about what was happening. Lauren’s story is an important one, I think, for three reasons: 1. Lauren comes from a very well-to-do family….
Now that we are in to 2012, I want to remind folks reading here that while CBK and I try to post news items and book/TV/movie reviews that are of interest to abuse survivors, we also openly admit that there is more out there than we could ever keep track of. Given that submissions of…
Last night UK newspaper The Guardian filed an article about Rape and Abuse in the US Military, including two survivors talking in the newspaper’s online-only filmed video reports. 25 women and three men are suing the US Army in a lawsuit, which seems to be the general way to bring about change whenever the abuse…
Vera House survivors speak out in Syracuse tags: CA Silent no more… My story of childhood sexual abuse tags: CA Introducing My Meds, My Self tags: CA Coping with judgement during the holidays tags: CA Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
Whilst ESPN’s role in the Syracuse case is less than stellar, the follow-up piece is good enough not to let them fall off the tweet log. This is the article covering stories by some male survivors at a treatment centre near to Syracuse University, New York. ESPN has portalised much of its content on the…
Former students of Penn State have set up proudtobeapennstater.com , an independent fundraising site with proceeds going to RAINN. The goal is USD 557,000 and in less than a week supporters have reached quarter of a million dollars of their intended target. The site also has a news crawl combining much of the recent coverage…
