In the New York Times “Surviving
the Long-Term Trauma of Sexual Violence," photographer Kate Ryan tells of her motivation
and process in documenting the complexity of sexual assault with “Signed, X,” a
collection of photographs and interviews with 29 long-term survivors of sexual
assault. She asked questions:
What triggers you years
after sexual violence?
How do you ground
yourself in those moments?
Where do you carry
stress?
Where do you find hope?
The goal of the project is to expand people’s thinking beyond (1) the violence and (2) being “healed” or “fixed” and to understand the lived experience of dealing with sexual violence over time.
You can find Signed, X at signedxproject.com. Signed, X is
traveling across the country to gather more stories and to raise awareness of
the complexities of long-term trauma and survival.
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