KNOW MY NAME by Chanel Miller
“Know My Name” is an important #story that everyone needs to read. It provides a clear example of how #gender has been perpetuating #SexualAbuse without consequences because our #JusticeSystem has been designed to benefit the #patriarchy — those in power and positions of #privilege. Chanel is a gifted writer using her words to transmit pain, resilience and humour.
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Chanel’s #perpetrator was sentenced to just six months in #CountyJail after he was found guilty of #sexually #assaulting her on #Stanford ’s campus. Chanel was known to the world as #EmilyDoe when she stunned millions with her #VictimImpactStatement that was posted on #Buzzfeed, where it instantly went #viral — viewed by eleven million people within four days, it was translated globally and read on the floor of #Congress;
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it inspired changes in #CaliforniaLaw and the #recall of the judge in the case.
Chanel reclaims her #identity to tell her story of #trauma,#transcendence, and the #PowerOfWords. It was the perfect case, in many ways — there were #eyewitnesses, Turner ran away, physical evidence was immediately secured. But her struggles with #isolation and #shame during the aftermath and the #trial reveal the #oppression #victims face in even the best-case scenarios.
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Her story illuminates a culture #biased to protect perpetrators, indicts a #CriminalJusticeSystem designed to fail the most #vulnerable, and, ultimately, shines with the #courage required to move through suffering and live a beautiful life.
- Renee Simpson
#SexualAssault
#CampusSexualAssault
#ChanelMiller
#KnowMyName
#mastobooks
#Stanford
#PaloAlto
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Renee Simpson published this list of #SexualTrauma stories:
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