The posters read:
He held his hand over my mouth as I screamed from pain & fear - not pleasure.
Four years later - I forgive you.
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Photographed in Buffalo, NY on October 25th.
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The poster reads:
“Tell them you lied about it because he wouldn’t let you play his video games.”
- My Mother, I was 13 & just tried to report the abuse my brother put me through. Nothing came of me trying to report my brother.
“Does this piss you off?”
- February 2006 - I was 16. The “family friend” was 52 & in the process of molesting me. I was crying.
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Photographed in Buffalo, NY on October 25th.
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The poster reads:
“After all you put us through (meaning my medical issues) this is the LEAST you can do for us”
after being abused by both parents
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Photographed in Buffalo, NY on October 25th.
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The poster reads:
“You’re fine. You’re FINE.”
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Photographed in Buffalo, NY on October 25th.
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The poster reads:
“Whether you’d let me or not has nothing to do with it babe, I’ll fuck you regardless.”
- My Ex-Boyfriend. I was 17.
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Photographed in Buffalo, NY on October 25th.
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The poster reads:
“Te dije que no fueras lesbiana, nena”
- “I told you you weren’t a lesbian, babe”
“You ungrateful little bitch”
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Photographed in Buffalo, NY on October 25th.
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The posters read:
At 4 years old, the abusers, one by one peed in my mouth and said, “Swallow it.”
At 16 years old, my foster brother’s friend said, “Don’t move. Don’t say anything.” then raped & sodomized me.
At 31 years old, my husband, after I said NO, said
“I don’t care”
and raped me.
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Photographed in Buffalo, NY on October 25th.
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The poster reads:
“Well, we told you that you were gonna get raped. You thought we were joking. Looks like the joke’s on you.”
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Photographed in Buffalo, NY on October 25th.
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The poster reads:
“You piece of shit.”
- my father to me (age 11)
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Photographed in Buffalo, NY on October 25th.
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The poster reads:
“I don’t want to live. I don’t want to live unless I feel you next to me.”
The song playing while it happened…at a Christian event.
This was the only time it was a stranger in my life.
The responses when I told
“Well, that’s disgusting.”
“These things happen.”
“Why didn’t you do anything? You should have done something.”
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Photographed in Buffalo, NY on October 25th.
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The poster reads:
“Shhh…it’s okay, Sweetie. Just relax.” - first boyfriend, 2010-2011
“It’s 95 and 5%…its still 5% your fault.” - second boyfriend, 2011
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Photographed in Buffalo, NY on October 25th.
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The posters read:
“Don’t fight it. We know you like it!”
-my old friend said as he watched his friend rape me.
“I’ve heard you’re into this kind of thing”
“Don’t you love me?”
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Photographed in Calgary, AB on October 18th.
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The posters read:
“Come on! We’ll pay for your gas. There are 12 guys here and we’ll all pay for your show”
-My so called friend asked me this over and over for a year!
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Photographed in Calgary, AB on October 18th.
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The posters read:
“We both know you don’t really mean it when you say no.
It would be over faster if you stopped struggling.”
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Photographed in Calgary, AB on October 18th.
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The posters read:
“it won’t take me long to finish”
(he would not take NO as an answer)
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Photographed in Calgary, AB on October 18th.
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Project Unbreakable was created in October of 2011 by Grace Brown. Grace works with survivors of sexual assault, photographing them holding a poster with a quote from their attacker. Grace has photographed over four hundred people and has received over a thousand submissions. TIME magazine has also named it one of the top 30 Tumblr blogs to follow.
If you are interested in participating by submitting in your own image, you may send an email to projectunbreakablesubmissions @gmail.com.
Note: Grace, or anyone else associated with this project, is not qualified to give certified advice on this subject. If you are struggling, RAINN has a free, confidential, 24/7 sexual assault hotline: 1.800.656.HOPE(4673). RAINN also has an online hotline: https://ohl.rainn.org/online/
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