Research for the novel HUDSON:
Melissa Kreider's project REMNANTS featured in WIRED recently.
The photography project underscores the need for an open conversation to dismantle the shaming of victims and change the nature and tone of how "the telling" happens.
From WIRED:
“I know all these really amazing women now, some who are 20-years-plus out of their assaults, and it’s really awesome for me to see that as someone less than a decade out of her own,” she says. “It makes me feel like it can get better.”
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 431,840 people were raped or sexually assaulted in the US in 2015, the most recent year for which statistics were available. Yet the bureau reports that fewer than one-third of sexual assaults are reported, and only a tiny fraction of perpetrators are convicted.
In an interview for her book, Daring Greatly, Brene Brown describes the ideal as "sharing our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding," in that context, she says, "shame can't survive."