WORDS SPEAK LOUD FOR ACTIONS

There is an article in this month’s issue that is as chilling as it is wonderful. The article is on the photographer Grace Brown’s ‘project unbreakable.’ In 2011 Grace had the amazing idea to have rape victims write down the words they remember their attacker saying during the abuse. She then photographed them holding up what they had written.

I think it’s a great idea because words like these can be left out of a rape victim’s story. Actions speak louder than words, but for these people the words speak very loudly, helping to represent the action. It gives a profile, and a characterisation to who their rapist was - and this is very powerful. It’s simple yet gives an insight into a personal situation, in a way that ‘I was raped’ does not.

www.projectunbreakable.tumblr.com

According to the satistic I read in Marie Claire a women is raped every two hours in Australia.

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