#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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A Self Destructive Life
Kidnapped
College Student
Atlantis
Is this normal?
Gang Rape
לפני 14 שנים
Rape at Bogota, Colombia
1 hour 3 days
University Bar
Survivor, Still Struggling
The Same Effect
What’s Done Is Done
Date Rape
Panic Attack
Ashamed
Prey
The Setup
The Statistics that Changed Me
Too naïve
Another poem about a not so perfect...
Drugged
I did Not need to know this
I Prayed for Death
Proud
I was very dumb.
Naive College Freshman
Just a Child
En Enero de 2010
My husband was molested as a child
It’s OK
Thank you
Okay, Not Okay
Read This Please
Lasting Effects
Mi Esposa
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
Never Even Knew
Can’t Believe I’m Doing This
Not Okay
Workplace Sexual Harassment
Mistaken Identity
Lightening Does Strike Twice
Incest
PART 2: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
Raped by Brother
Raped Study Abroad in Seoul
Date Rape
I Trusted Him
No
They Laughed
Spousal Rape
Childhood trauma and overcoming it
You Were My Brother’s Best Friend
When My Body Wasn’t Mine.
Trusted Him
No More Silence
I know when I see a rapist...
Seis Años
I was raped and didn’t know
Supe que fue un abuso cuando ya...
Every Way Imaginable
my story
My/our German “Weinstein” Case
Spousal Rape
True Tales No One Knows
A Letter to My Rapist
Everyone blames me
Incest abuse
Raped by my boyfriend
I Thought I was Safe
Happy Birthday
Looking for a lawyer & advocate
My Untold Story
Sex doll
A Life of Pain
Sexual Assault
My 18th Birthday
Family Member
Was I Raped?
What am I doing wrong
3 Times is Not Charming
My Ex Husband – My Biggest Enemy
In NYC
Hollywood’s Lost Angels
Ex
First Time
I called him my friend
Family and Friends
3 Days After Arriving at College
My “Step-father”
Six Years of Denial
The Night That Changed My World
Camilla’s Story
Love and Forced abortion
Victim of Abuse
Girls Without Parents
Silence
The Devil You Know
Men ruined my life
Me too.
Child Rape
It Was My Mom
The girl that got up and kicked...
A sociopath in disguise
Feeling lonely and isolated
My Father Molested Me for 10 Years
Happy Survivor
My Ex-husband
This Is Me, my fight song
To serve and protect, but who will...
Who is Responsible?
Disappointed
Rape
Victim Impact Statement
She was 5 years old
So Now What?
Never a Victim; Only Myself
Feeling weak
Afraid of Being Judged
Dad Raped Me
No one cares
I still see him on campus
לא יוצאים מזה…
It’s my fault
Spoke out and was blamed
An Embarrassing Situation
Trauma
The First Time
Feeling Alone
Alcohol
I Barely Knew Them
A Childhood of Sexual Trauma
Memories
Scared Like Crazy
The Boys Club Continues
How Many Times?
De Los 6 a Los 12
גבר אלים וחולני
Unethical or illegal?
A Survivor’s Mindset
Erase and Rewind
Domestic Rape
School Rape
I don’t know what to do
Time Stood Still
I Just Started High School
Stairwell
A respectable collegue
Betrayed
Myself
Rape
Shame
Halloween Nightmare
Second Night of College
My Story
3 years on
Raped When I Was 12
A Child
Rape
Proof, but no Witnesses
My Ex-Boyfriend and Rapist
Fraternity Men
I Didn’t Want to Do It
I Remember Being Happy
Childhood Friends
Can Anyone Help?
The First Time
Multiple Rapes
Why Didn’t You Speak Up?
My 21st Birthday
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
Childhood Abuse
Aftermath
Raped by my boyfriend
I Recorded my Rapist
Older
MesS Into A mesSage
לפני 14 שנים
יש חיים אחרי אונס
Long way back
My experience as an intern in highschool
i was pulling my shorts up
Out of Control
Sexual Abuse
Amber’s Story
Raped in the Air Force
Rape
A Wolf Hidden In Sheeps Clothing
Never Even Knew
Closure
הסיפור שלי…
Stupid Coward
So drunk I can’t remember
I’m a Survivor because I am a...
Almost A Stranger
Lying Child Molester
First Love to Long Term Abuse
The Guy I Trusted
Deacon abused for reporting
I’m the Slut. I Must’ve Wanted It.
Drunk and taken advantage of
Bad Morning
Alcohol Convinced Me It Was My Fault,...
They asked if I was lying
Thank You
High School Orientation
He ruined my life
I don’t Know, but I Know
Raped
College Professor
חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
A Letter To The Man Who Stole...
Rock It!
