My name is Sophie. I was sexually abused within the family home, and despite showing concerning indicators of abuse as a child, I was not protected by adults who had the opportunity to make a difference. My story is not unique, or unusual. Neither was it ‘reflective of the

#CSA #SupportSurvivors

Solidarity today to all Victim and Survivors who are continuously traumatised by hearing others support and defend their perpetrators, while minimising both the crimes against them and the life long impacts of these crimes against children. #NoSecondChance #IWasAChild #CSA

Once again, such extreme hand wringing over the ‘shock’ of a prominent man being charged with child sexual abuse. Once again, not one mention of the child victims in the photographs. Yet 1 in 6 children suffers sexual abuse. THEY deserve our attention and distress. He does not.

The damage done by giving a convicted child rapist an Olympian status reaffirms to women and girls that their harms pale in significance next to the talent of male athletes, whose value extends to not just overlooking their violent acts, but gives them role model status too.

So - I’m struggling with staying on X. Had enough of toxic disinformation, and toxic name calling etc. Please look me up on the other platform! I’m there like a newborn baby 😂 In particular, please come see me there if you are part of the #survivor #CSA #trauma #activism

This. 👇

I don’t think I will ever in a million years be able to view perpetrators with ‘humanity’. They forfeited the privilege of being treated with sympathy or understanding by me the moment they decided to abuse children, whether virtually or in real life. Someone of course needs to

If you are someone who has been accused of playing the victim simply because you are choosing to heal, this is your reminder that you owe people much less than you think you do.

Victims and survivors share their lived and living experiences at immense personal costs. Lived expertise is valuable expertise. It is invaluable for the education of the community for changes. It must be treated with the value and respect it deserves, not exploitation.

It shouldn't take the death of one person to highlight the experience of many: I'm not the only one:

This is important. Many survivors of CSA/CSE have physical disability and chronic illness as a result. This is acknowledged far too little, even with conditions such as Endometriosis. Survivors have lives of chronic pain and associated expense, time burden & employment barriers.

We’re fired up and ready to go! Let’s do all we can to elect Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Join us: KamalaHarris.com

Abuse does what it’s intended. It takes away safety & agency from the mind & body. The mind & body aren’t able to process these because that’s not what a mind & body are made for. It doesn’t matter whether the abuser meant it or not. They’re not the ones living with the aftermath

Proud to be Caroline’s friend. We met through The Bridport Prize, a connection I am so grateful for. This is an important, powerful book. 💪♥️

As a society we really need to take seriously the fact that perpetrators seek out situations in which they can gain trust of parents and children, then introduce grooming and sexual assault. Perpetrators take advantage of our presumption of safety. Fact. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

I am convinced, more than ever that we are in the throes of patriarchy’s death rattle. There is an awareness that is unlike ever before. The extinction burst is real. The most radical thing you can do is heal your own wounds from misogyny and patriarchy/psychopathy with NURTURING

People aren’t only healing from trauma they endured. They’re healing from the life they lived in survival mode. They’re healing from the judgement of how they think and feel. They’re healing from the grief of what could’ve been had they never been traumatized to begin with.

Trauma doesn't make people stronger. It damages their nervous system. It hijacks their digestive track. It keeps the person in a constant loop of hypervigilance. To tell someone they are stronger because of trauma is to deny what it has cost them to survive.