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When Silence Isn’t Safe: Survival, Power & the System That Fails Us
This isn’t a typical episode of Flirt. Fail. Repeat.
It’s not funny. It’s not flirty. It’s not about ghosting or weird dating app DMs. It’s about the story I’ve carried for 21 years.
When I was 19, I was sexually assaulted by two men I knew and trusted. I didn’t report. I didn’t tell many people. I just tried to survive. And for a long time, I thought silence was safer.
But silence never protected me. It protected them.
This episode dives into:
— My story, and why I’m finally sharing it
— The headlines that pushed me to speak (Epstein, Diddy, Trump, and more)
— Why women are still killed for saying “no”
— The systems that fail survivors again and again
— And how we take our voices back
Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion of sexual assault, trauma, and intimate partner violence.
Resources for Survivors:
RAINN: 1-800-656-HOPE or rainn.org
National Sexual Violence Resource Center: nsvrc.org
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE or thehotline.org
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
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By RachelThis isn’t a typical episode of Flirt. Fail. Repeat.
It’s not funny. It’s not flirty. It’s not about ghosting or weird dating app DMs. It’s about the story I’ve carried for 21 years.
When I was 19, I was sexually assaulted by two men I knew and trusted. I didn’t report. I didn’t tell many people. I just tried to survive. And for a long time, I thought silence was safer.
But silence never protected me. It protected them.
This episode dives into:
— My story, and why I’m finally sharing it
— The headlines that pushed me to speak (Epstein, Diddy, Trump, and more)
— Why women are still killed for saying “no”
— The systems that fail survivors again and again
— And how we take our voices back
Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion of sexual assault, trauma, and intimate partner violence.
Resources for Survivors:
RAINN: 1-800-656-HOPE or rainn.org
National Sexual Violence Resource Center: nsvrc.org
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE or thehotline.org
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741