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theHandpuppet

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Tue Aug 5, 2014, 06:03 PM Aug 2014

"I Believe You -- It's Not Your Fault"

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28615703
BBCtrending: 'I believe you' blog supports sexual assault victims
5 August 2014

"I believe you - It's not your fault" is a blog where victims of sexual assault can share their stories.

It was started two weeks ago from a secret Facebook group for women writers. One of them wrote a post about a 12-year-old girl, a friend of her daughter's, who had been the victim of an assault.

"It's cat-calling, it's intimidating stares, it's a man reaching into a car window and just grabbing my boob when I was 16," says Mary Adkins, a New York lawyer.

Seattle-based writer Lindy West wanted to create a blog where women can share their stories of past abuse, hoping to reach that child and others in need of support.... MORE, with video
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