"I can't climax with you, why the hell do you keep bleeding?!"
Sometimes what makes a photographic work move people’s hearts is not how superb the technique is, but how touching the story behind it is. What the editor wants to share today is the "Unbreakable" project started in 2011 by 22-year-old photographer Grace Brown and his team. Is there ever a moment in your life when you encountered unfair treatment but could not speak out? You remained silent out of fear and endured it silently. The purpose of this project is to help people who have been victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse speak out, and to use the power of art to give injured angels the strength to spread their wings again.
"Stop acting crazy as if I raped you."
"It feels so good."
"I need this to be happy, to feel loved - my important person"
"Didn't say anything (he thought I was asleep)"
The photographer asked the people being photographed to express their protest with what the abuser said to them. It is hard to imagine how much courage it takes to say all this and no longer remain silent. Every sentence represents a hurtful past. Victims of violence will worry about what other people think of them and worry that they will not be able to overcome their feelings.They were worried that announcing all this would cause more harm, but they still chose to come out.
"Come on! Cousin, its fun, this is just a game."
"How can a man be raped by a woman!"--In the four years before this incident happened, everyone who heard this story said this.
"So? Are you starting to feel weird now?"--he said
"I will always feel weird, but that will never define who I am."
Grace and her team traveled around the world and listened to many heartbreaking stories. They found that victims of violence are not necessarily the women and children defined in the traditional stereotype. Young and strong men may also become victims. Maybe you remember that Emma Wason said in a powerful speech this year that feminism is not just about women. Men sometimes feel vulnerable. There is nothing wrong with this, but our society regards this as cowardice. Performance. "We should view gender as a fluid spectrum." There should be more tolerance for multiple gender identities. We are all human beings first, and then we become men and women.
"If you don't stop resisting, I'm going to rape your sister... You're making this too complicated..."
"Just because your stepfather molested you, you think everyone is a pervert." --My dad, after he molested me.
"Pretend you're sleeping."--My entire childhood
