Key points

The truth-telling of survivors of sexual abuse is powerful.

The responsibility to hold abusers accountable should not fall on survivors.

People in power often protect abusers over survivors—very dangerous when the people in power are the abusers.

On September 3, 2025, I went to the rally and press conference held by survivors of Epstein and his accomplices: Maxwell and unnamed other (mostly) men.

Leaving my house, I told a friend I wasn’t sure how much I would be able to stomach. I was taught to be an object without agency from a very early age. The concept of consent was non-existent in my home. All of this was scaffolding that allowed and set a stage for my brother to sexually abuse me . I have worked hard to understand the importance of agency, to rebuild and claim it

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