Category: Art to End the Silence on Rape
art and poetry by Charlotte Farhan
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“what was she wearing” is the first question asked “how could she be so daring” judging her on her past “her clothes are provocative” society proclaimed “her innocence is impossible” her gender is shamed “why didn’t she cover up” the jury quiery…
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After the fact the whispers begin “she asked for it” they judge after our flesh was broken in our reputation a smudge. Why would anyone ask for this they poke fun our innocense they dismiss our wilfulness they insist. No one asks for this….
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As a survivor of child sexual abuse, rape and sexual assault there is never a day that these things are not brought up by the world around me. From rape jokes, depictions in literature and on screen, news stories about sex offenders and those…
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In the Abyss – By Charlotte Farhan – Loneliness breaks us no longer seen so lonely left in our minds tied up left alone unwanted disused all wrapped up consumed in the abyss self pity my only company. If you have…
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Living in this world as a victim who survived sexual violence, assault and child molestation I have had to learn from an early age that the systems of power and society are against me due to my gender and mental illness. People speak of…
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Hearing everyone else cry but no one asks tears fall easier for them my cheeks still dry every day adjusting masks staring at the sun happy to comply the darkness creeps in. Mother loves with conditions distance is key with my confused contrition more…
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The room lost light in the darkening hour, faced with the rawness of masculinity, sheer force of primal desire, the need to overpower. Purity is artificial, confused with naivety, acts of aggression begin, no words spoken just acts of taking, in a flash of…
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Since my first awareness of inhabiting this body, my knowledge was somewhat confused, feeling detached – sensations running through me, seemingly rational when your anatomy is used, with unwanted attention and unwanted affection, with bruises and cuts – now an absentee, apparently this carcass…
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Predatory Mind – By Charlotte Farhan They – the predators, always in plane sight, some think they emerge from shadows, dancing with the devil in the moonlight, alas most are under one’s nose, most are known to you or I, our Fathers, Brothers,…
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There is something which disturbs my mind every day, which no one knows to look at me – no one suspects that throughout my day I have to endure pain and flashbacks due to the metallic, heart pumped liquid that flows through our veins. When…
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I carry it with me By Charlotte Farhan The sounds which echoed their imprint into my mind, The shadows on the wall which danced manically, That tree which licked the window with its branches, The light from the door way which gave everything a…
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