My friend SwedishJewfish at Daily Kos is telling the stories of survivors of sexual abuse. She had recently discussed her own experience and since she received a lot of mail from other survivors, she chose to make today a day to focus on their stories. I’ll let the post speak for itself:
This will be a safe space for victims and survivors alike. Any trolls will be dealt with swiftly and harshly. I have a whole army of soldiers with their donut powder dry. If you make a trollish comment, you will get hidden (I request no pile ons) and ignored. Nobody will respond to you. It will be a complete waste of your time.
This also means that we need to be respectful of triggers, especially since so many of us here are dealing with freshly opened wounds. I have made every effort to mitigate triggers in this diary. After much back and forth, ultimately, I decided that those who sent me their stories deserved to have them told-even the ugly parts. What I have done is used a code to block out the parts that might be triggers in black-if you scroll over it, you can see the words.
Many of these stories are gut wrenching. I have cried more in the past 2 days just going through them all than I can even remember. But they need to be told. And I think you will find that even within the heartbreak, there are many points of light. This tribute is full of tragedies and triumphs. It ends on what I hope is a positive note.
Please help us tell their stories.
Please donate to RAINN
Please reblog it on Tumblr
Please retweet what I said about it, as well
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