Brave Like B

01/04/2022

My childhood was stolen by systems focused on labeling and medicating me instead of healing the effects of abuse and neglect.

12/31/2021

🙌🏻🙌🏻

Ghislaine Maxwell is a convicted child sexual abuser. Her extreme privilege and high connections did not protect her from justice. Believe survivors.

10/11/2021

09/28/2021

🌹She wore rose colored glasses,
She always saw the good.
Sometimes she forgot them,
But still couldn’t see,
Like she should.
Too afraid,
Too dark,
So she quickly put them on.

🌹Even with her glasses,
She still wanted to be seen.
She had a yearning for connection,
that she missed so desperately.
She opened up her heart,
trusted who she shouldn’t.
Her glasses always stayed in place,
She couldn’t see through them,
She couldn’t.

🌹She had a tribe,
Or so she thought.
But she learned the truth,
She learned a lot.
Sometimes people have a hard time seeing the truth,
Even when it’s right in front of you.
Trust me,
I did too.

🥀She thought he was nice,
So helpful and kind.
When she took off her glasses,
He was easier to find.
His eyes were full of lies,
And hidden manipulation.
Each move was calculated,
He groomed without hesitation.
He played a convincing role,
Like an actor playing a part.
A victim,
An innocent man,
A nice guy with a big heart.

🥀Her rose colored glasses,
No longer rosed.
They’re broken in pieces,
Stepped on,
And exposed.
They’re tarnished from her tears,
The pain is too deep.
She may never put them on again,
Or at least that’s what she thinks.

🥀Some may have glasses,
While others have wear scales.
Masking their eyes,
Making it harder to tell.
The truth is the truth,
And it prevails.
May your eyes be ready,
when it’s finally unveiled.

🥀Ashlee M.

09/21/2021

Build your army!

Protecting children from sexual abuse does not start and end with educating children. As adults, we are the defenders and it’s important to use our voices, o...

09/17/2021

A little louder for the people with the power to protect children on a wide-scale who are just sitting in the back acting like they don’t have any responsibility for what is happening all over our country and the world.

We cannot protect children simply by saying children deserve protection - we have to learn, we must listen to survivors, and we must take action so that predators cannot access, manipulate and silence children in school, religious organizations, youth organization, foster care, detention centers, and in their homes.

No man nor woman has a right to violate a child.

It’s time to do what is right.

09/16/2021

Four Olympic gymnasts blast the FBI for failing to act on their complaints about the USA team doctor.

09/16/2021

You can’t stay “neutral” when it comes to children.

There’s not “two sides to the story” there’s the child’s side. That’s it.

If you know about abuse and “you don’t want to get involved” YOU are a part of the problem.

Stop ✋ protecting child molesters, child sexual abuse is an epidemic! The time is now! Speak 🗣 up!

09/08/2021

The smear campaign is a devastating, almost inevitable form of revictimization when survivors speak up about being abused and assaulted. Don't assume the rumors are true. Backlash, cover up & misogyny take many forms. Tell us your story. 🦋

09/06/2021

Living in a world that does not appropriate recognize or work to end abuse, as a survivor, is a way people are retraumatized.

Not being believed.
Facing myths and misconceptions.
Lack of support.
Lack of justice.
Abuse being politicized for other purposes.
Having to face people who don’t want to learn or hear about this reality.

It’s not okay. And we all have a responsibility to be a better source of support and work to prevent abuse.

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