#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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PART 3: My True, Horrid, and Concluded...
My story
Such Shame
An Acquaintance
My Side
F
De Los 6 a Los 12
My Scars Do Not Define Me
Is this normal?
I Was Only 7
I Thought He Cared
Graduation Night
Stupid Coward
Daycare
Childhood Trauma
Don’t Know
I’m Not Easy
First Frat Party
He was a friend
A family assault
Sex doll
En Enero de 2010
Diana Oakley’s Story
Rape on a Foreign Exchange Trip
My 21st Birthday
Surviving my father
Rape Under Intoxication
My Younger Sister
ללינור היקרה
I am More than a Victim
הסיפור שלי…
Never Be the Same Again
November ’08
Ignored
I Too Was Raped
He took it as yes
Daddy?
My age was never taken into account
Marital Rape
Por Fin Puedo Decirlo
Just Words
Chapter 62
Red Flags
Erase and Rewind
Everyone Else Likes You, Too
Ready to Share
Rape
I dont know what to call it
I was 13, he was my first...
Brock and Will
“I should do this more often”
Growing Past Just Surviving
Scars
Prom Night
Ya perdoné pero nunca olvido
We met at the bar
Ms.
How Many Times?
Summer 2019
Since Age 6?
Moving on Alone from Rape
Spoke out and was blamed
Why Me?
Neglected
Be Aware
Ashamed Afraid Angry Grey
No one owns your story but you
“He can’t sexually assault you he’s Christian”
Brave Miss(es) Indeed
Never Thought It Would Happen to Me
Army
Young and Unaware
Victimization
Trapped In a Fantasy World
Too naïve
I know when I see a rapist...
Afraid, Ashamed and Alone
Getting Away
Time Stood Still
Being Raped
not the typical rape
Amusement Park
You Must Acknowledge
I didn’t enderstand what was happening
Dirty Whore
my story
Molestation and Rape Survivor/Warrior
So Now What?
I am a survivor
My Daughter
Are you sure?
Rape
1 in 5
Speaking Up for Women
My Rape Story
Rape or Not?
Twice
An Abnormal Reaction
Lightening Does Strike Twice
My Life
The Silent But Haunting Wounds Of Rape
I’m Only Stronger
Two Friends and Two Boys
Gang Raped
My Story
I was raped by my cousin
Being Raped
f*ck you
A Family Member Sexually Took Advantage Of...
Someone I Thought I Could Trust
Holding It In
היי
Did He Rape My Mind Too
My fiancé is my rapist but I...
Rape
Kibbutz
Close of a Brother
My story growing up with a secret
Frozen in fear
I Am Beautiful Now
The Statistics that Changed Me
Memories Are Back
I got away
לא יוצאים מזה…
my sexual abuse story that i kept...
Knowledge is Power
No
J’avais 13 ans
I’m Not Sure
Shedding the Shame of Adolescent Peer Sexual...
You are going to show me how...
Finally Accepting I Was Raped
Kind of Asking For It?
Multiple Sexual Assaults
Once When I Was 6, Once When...
The Night That Changed My World
One Day At a Time
My Life
Unethical or illegal?
Raped by a so called friend
Raped as a Boy
Shelter My Soul
Mi Esposa
Rape
Gang Rape
My Husband thought he was entitled to...
Sexual Assault
Raped By Family
Forgiving My Rapist
Third time’s the charm
Flashbacks
I Am Brave

חיה בשני עולמות מקבילים
A Zillion Baths But Still Feel Dirty
Was It Rape?
My Brave Daughter
His Masterpiece
That wasn’t too bad now was it?
Two Times
Emotional Abuse
Too drunk to respond
School Bathroom
NO MORE TEARS TO CRY
Survivor
