#WeAreBrave
SPEAK OUT. SPEAK LOUD. SPEAK TOGETHER.
Welcome to a safe, carefully moderated world of testimonials from survivors of sexual assault and rape. Join our community by sharing your story or showing your support. This platform is meant to heal and not re-traumatize. Please remember to practice self-care if reading these stories is triggering to you.
The #WeAreBrave Story Platform has made BraveMissWorld.com the #1 Google search result worldwide for survivors seeking to share their stories. Yet it was born by accident. When Miss World Linor Abargil decided to step forward and speak publicly about her rape in 2008, she launched the website LinorSpeaksOut. Her mailbox was quickly flooded with emails from survivors wanting to share their stories with someone who would believe them and offer words of support. Linor met with many of the women and men who wrote to her, and included their stories in her film.
When the documentary Brave Miss World was completed and launched in 2014, LinorSpeaksOut was merged into BraveMissWorld.com, which became the online hub for survivors wanting to share their stories. With generous grants from The Artemis Rising Foundation, The Fledgling Fund, The Francis Family Foundation, and The Roy A. Hunt Foundation among others, the filmmakers and a small team of volunteers have curated this one-of-a-kind collection of over 2,500 testimonials, each carefully moderated to screen out any remarks that are disrespectful of survivors. We are committed to making sure that everyone submitting and reading stories on our site feels safe.
Our goal is to change the conversation around assault and rape. Women’s voices are finally being heard. Until now, we have not demanded that the culture be changed. We are saying no to the deafening silence that has surrounded rape and assault. We encourage members of our community to share their stories, because we believe that healing begins with speaking out and receiving support. Each story on our site receives a supportive comment from a trained advocate, as well as comments from our #WeAreBrave community. Every story is incredibly different and unique, but they all share the tremendous strength and resilience of survivors.
We know our platform works, because of the feedback from those using our site whose lives have changed in significant ways as a result of watching the film and/or sharing their story with others. Every day, new viewers and visitors discover and explore #WeAreBrave and many write to thank us for creating and maintaining this important space. For all those sharing their unique personal experiences and brave accounts of the lasting emotional impact of rape and assault, you are not alone.
Our work needs you. Your continuing support has enabled us to upgrade this site and add the ability to submit audio and visual testimonials. Please DONATE to help us make sure this resource continues to remain available to all those who need it. All donations are 100% tax deductible through our 501c3 fiscal sponsor, Los Angeles Filmforum.
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Piece
Bringing the Stories to Light
Today, I Let It All Go
It’s OK
I was raped
To inspire and encourage
Short Story
I regret not telling
A letter to my rapist
Male dancer
My experience as an intern in highschool
Dream / Recall
Too drunk to respond
Naive
No
Rape
Awareness Among Teenage Boys
Stronger Every Day
ללינור היקרה
Longest Prayers of My Life
Too Trusting
I was 13, he was my first...
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Raped By My Brother’s Friend
I was a child
Brother & Sister
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Childhood sexual abuse
Drugged
Think You Know
Gang Raped
4 Years Ago
Unethical or illegal?
So drunk I can’t remember
Still Need Help
Army
לפני 14 שנים
Dad Raped Me
Victim Shaming
Molested By My Uncle
The Elevator Man
Ex Best Friend
My Story
לדבר, להלחם, לנצח
We met at the bar
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Babysitter Abuse
Broken Girl
Touched by my cousin
A Self Destructive Life
Victimization
Bringing the Stories to Light
Blamed myself …
Knowledge is Power
Me too.
Dirty Whore
My Story
Light In The Dark
My abuse story victim to survivor
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Effort To Survive
Third time’s the charm
En Enero de 2010
LOST
Men ruined my life
Abusée par un voisin de mes grands...
Ex-Boyfriend
Raped by My Ex
Sexual Abuse
I Was Only a Child
NYC Vacation
Ms.
Raped
One in Four
Date Rape
Kidnapped
Was It Rape?
College Student
You had no rights
I Don’t Know My Story
עדיין מציק
23 year old virgin
Glitter Girl, Gone.
Multiple Sexual Assaults
Being Raped
Was I assaulted?
Kibbutz
STRONG
3 Days After Arriving at College
Blackout
I Still Blame Myself
Scars
Second Night of College
Time To Tell
Identity?
He Loved Me
Sexual Abuse
I still see him on campus
Raped On My Bday
Learning to Live With My Rape
“Trust me, take a chance”
Family
Raped by Him
No Title Will Stop How I Feel
אוףףףף
My best friend raped me
Lotus
Abused and defeated
A Man I Looked To As A...
Dear Convicted Sex Offender (Finally)
Had Her Back
Family Ties
Multiple Assaults
Betrayed
Too much trauma
Love of My Life?
Erased From Memory
My Two Days of Hell
A Different MeToo
My survival story
When I Was 16
Dumbed Down
Strength to Speak Out
My Story
My Daddy
Confused by Rape
A familiar fight
Why you should talk to your daughters...
Molested While Sleeping
Damaged goods
School Prom
Sexual Abuse in a Relationship
“Me too” On Facebook
Amusement Park
I want my innocence back
Abused By A Therapist
הטראומה הכי קשה בחיי
incest
My Two Rapes
His Masterpiece
How Many Times?
More Witness than I Care to Live...
Diana Oakley’s Story
“No” is Universal
Cafeteria Food
Weak
J’avais 13 ans
I was raped
Trying to Survive
my rape
So Now What?
Friend of mines set me up
How I Was Raped
I Am Beautiful Now
Just A Party
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Date Rape
Multiple Rapes
Was it rape?
Raped in the Air Force
Something so Horrible Could Make Me This...
I am a survivor
Sex doll
Is It Really Rape?
Mi Historia
An older cousin
Erase and Rewind
My Army Fiance
הסיפור שלי…
My story
Perfect on Paper
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AT WORK
The summer between 6th and 7th grade
I am a survivor
Why: A Poem About My Rape
Too Many Times
He was right
#MeToo 5 years later…
גבר אלים וחולני
God Saved Me
I Blamed Myself
Devil In Disguise
Last Party
כמוני כמוך
לא יוצאים מזה…
Just Words
Help
Shelter My Soul
I Thought I Knew Hi
I just wanted to give him a...
Raped by jail guard
April 2015
Black and Blue
Feels like i am drowning
4 short stories of sexual aggresion
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Was I Raped?
Prescription Drugs
My sisters boyfriend abused me
My Story
Justice a Joke
Afraid of Being Judged
I Felt So Helpless
One Night Only
Feeling Alone
היי לינור
Rape by Boyfriend
Roommates
LOST
Survivor
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
Assault, Battery, and Rape
My Daughter
I Was 10
My Best Friend’s Brother
MY Inspirational Story
I Was 16
Hollywood’s Lost Angels
Rape & Sexual Assault
I know when I see a rapist...
Another poem about a not so perfect...
The Monster With The Pretty Smile
Incest
My Story
A Guy With Crooked Teeth
I am More than a Victim
I’m Finally Moving On
I thought he was my friend
Family Party
Mi Esposa
So Many Years to Remember
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Rock It!


