Slaughter Shed Studio share two short-films with us - Dandelion and Concrete Hands
A Girl Walks Alone at Night
Lady Lazarus shares their burlesque performance A Girl Walks Alone at Night. Their character comes on stage looking like they've been attacked, but, plot twist, they were never in danger and the blood isn't theirs…
My Subconscious Knows Something I Don't
Mollie Kelly shares a striking and moving visual diary that depicts the ugly emotions of survivorhood, in an attempt to demystify the nasty nature of trauma.
Video-performance: A Letter to my Rapist
A letter to the man who raped me over 20 years ago, and how it relates to the present.
A Gutsy Dominican Artist Stands Up to Sexual Abuse and Reclaims Her Power: Uzumaki Cepeda
Uzumaki Cepeda is an incredible woman featured on the new series of the What’s Underneath Project
Film Review: Short Term 12
Catriona, our founder, reviews one of their favourite films Short Term 12. “The film, and the soundtrack, comfort me in a way that I don’t often come across. It’s my go-to when I need to feel seen and understood.”
Ryan: Tragedy of Being Sexually Abused | Road to Recovery
We may all want to find healthy ways of coping, but sometimes damaging coping methods may be the only way we can keep surviving day to day. Ryan is honest and authentic about the lows he reached, and ultimately talks about how he pulled himself out of it.
Public Transport by Elyssa Rider
Elyssa shares with us a short comic on the all too familiar anxiety we can feel on public transport. If you’ve ever felt someone staring at you for too long, or felt the body of strangers too close to your own, we hope you’ll find comfort in Elyssa’s apt imagination of the situation…
Silent Snow
Pea/Phoebe of @grump.pea.illustration shares with us visual prose of her and her fellow sisterhood’s lifelong experience in victimhood, survival and the overarching silence of them.
A Fate Worse Than Death
‘I questioned where was the God that was meant to love and protect me? Why had he allowed this? How could he have let me be sacrificed on the alter of sexual violence?
All my feelings were heightened because of the culture that surrounds rape. Because of the messages that girls and women are taught, that is it better to die than to be raped…’
Tarana Burke - Me too is a movement, not a moment.
She lets us know it is ok to feel numb, tired and unhopeful - because she gets those feelings too.
But, she also knows that possibility is the only way forward. “Trauma halts possibility. Movement activates it.”
Top TV Shows: Winter (hibernation) Edition
For instalment two of the Top TV Shows (for bad days) I compiled a list of the best shows that allow us to bundle under piles of blankets, close the curtains and not leave the house for the whole weekend. Because when you’re sad, traumatised AND cold - who would ever want to leave the house?!
Must Watch: Killing Eve
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the genius behind Fleabag, brings us an incredible story of assassins, champagne, queer romantic tension and huge pink dresses in this amazing representation of the female gaze.
Hannah Gadsby: Nanette
When you have time, whether you're a survivor or not, when you have energy and when you are in a safe space: please watch Nanette.
The Sunlight Project
If you’re in London, take a visit to The Sunlight Project next weekend - a five day exhibition celebrating survivors of sexual assault.
The What's Underneath Project
The idea of watching strangers strip off and tell their life stories might seem strange and a bit daunting, but the results of the series have been incredible. The interviewees are diverse, from a plethora of backgrounds - some famous, some not, some old and some young - and all incredibly inspirational.
The Importance of Jessica Jones
Jessica Jones can often be a hard watch, as Jessica’s survival is raw and real, and although she may be a super hero/human, her experiences of recovery and dealing with the aftermath of abuse/assault are highly representative (and triggering) of the real experience.
Top TV Shows for the Bad Days
In my experience, these are the best TV shows when you are in need of zoning out, or when you are in need of company without actually being around other people.