Boudica
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Student |
| Location | Brooklyn, NY, United States |
| Introduction | I suppose the thing that drives me here is my past. We all have skeletons in the closet, but man are mine ugly! I am an adult survivor of incest. I know! Its just one simple sentence and yet it carries with it so much weight. Incest is a scary topic to broach. People are automatically revolted by the idea which makes it difficult to address. Furthermore, as a victim I find it very painful to speak about, yet I crave the release. It is a painful subject, but the pain is made all the worse by the stigma attached to the term. For the longest time, I was unwilling to identify myself as a victim of incest, rather I would refer to myself as a victim of 'sexual abuse'. But the truth is, that the term 'sexual abuse' does not encompass the same complexity as does 'incest'. My intention in making this distinction is not to reduce the pain of others, but rather to emphasize that incest is a unique topic one that should be given its own platform. Onto the more current aspects of my life. With all this talk about 'dark' stuff it might be hard to imagine that I am actually a very cheerful person. I want this blog to be an expression of my complete self, good and bad. |
| Interests | Neuroscience, Biology, Psychology, Botany, Photography |
| Favorite Movies | The Reader, Elizabeth the Golden Age, Defiance, Zwartboek, The Triplets of Bellville, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Lars and the Real Girls, Shutter Island, Kinsey, Hotel Rwanda |