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Breaking the Silence (trigger warning)
Good Times weekly, Santa Cruz CA
Breaking the Silence
WEDNESDAY, 17 APRIL 2013 13:20 ELIZABETH LIMBACH
Very long article but worth the read. The first half is about a woman's journey to write a fictionalized screenplay about rape and how she worked through her own rape experience. Later the article is more about the broader issue of rape culture.
“It’s like cloudy vision,” Deborah Allen says, her eyes glistening with the hint of tears.
Her voice catches as she continues to explain why it is still so difficult, at nearly 60 years old, to talk about being raped at the age of 15.
“I had a 12-year-old client tell me once that it feels like a wall,” she goes on. “That’s what it feels like. It’s like the body is trying to protect my memory.”
Her voice catches as she continues to explain why it is still so difficult, at nearly 60 years old, to talk about being raped at the age of 15.
“I had a 12-year-old client tell me once that it feels like a wall,” she goes on. “That’s what it feels like. It’s like the body is trying to protect my memory.”
The film will be called "JANE" and should be in production this summer.
http://www.gtweekly.com/index.php/good-times-cover-stories/4722-breaking-the-silence.html