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What do you do if your own therapist turns abusive? @CarlaRawWriting asks this in her compelling debut novel #FiftyMinutes ✍️ She's our guest on the Writing Coercive Control #podcast next Mon, July 15, 7pm - Tune in online for FREE 👇 #MeToo eventbrite.com/e/writing-coer…

Great to hear @winniemli on Jeremy Vine's show on @BBCRadio2 today. We have heard from her at our conferences and is an inspiration who shows a traumatic crime doesn't have to ruin or define your life. Listen again on @BBCSounds

Just heard @theJeremyVine introducing my fellow survivor and warrior woman friend @winniemli in @BBCRadio2 I’ll be listening at 1pm today #metoo

Here at the BBC about to go on @BBCRadio2 to talk with @theJeremyVine about rape & recovery, addressing our trauma & writing. We’re on after the 1pm news here: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li… #MeToo #endVAWG

Our Co-Founder @winniemli will be the special guest TODAY @BBCRadio2 speaking with none other than @theJeremyVine about her assault, recovery & annual walk on the anniversary of her rape. Tune in at 1pm: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li… #endVawg #MeToo #StrongerTogether

Absolute must-read. So thrilled about the new edition ✊✊✊

@HWistrich @WomensPrize @findmypast Congratulations! Great to see your book and your work getting recognised like this 🙌

I'm thrilled my book Sister in Law has been longlisted for the 2025 @WomensPrize for Non-Fiction. Thank you to everyone who has supported and to the judges, sponsor @findmypast and @WomensPrize Congratulations to all of the authors. See the full longlist womensprize.com/prizes/womens-…

No more shame, for any one of us. #GiselePelicot

Brilliant FREE event happening TONIGHT, 7pm in Manchester at the Friends' Meeting House with @rowena_chiu - on #MeToo #ESEA identity, writing & activism. #Complicit might also come up in conversation too! #16DaysOfActivism2024 #16Days #16DaysAgainstGBV eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-conversat…

Fantastic opportunity - don’t miss!

📢 #EuroCrim2024 #GenderandJustice is a new feminist journal calling for articles that treat gender, sexuality and justice as entwined. Submissions from criminology are very welcome! buff.ly/3S1iWPP @esc_eurocrim @EurocrimEvents

In a bizarre pricing move which I will never understand because it's @Amazon , the UK hardback of #Complicit is now only... £4.12 😮 If you haven't read it already, go get it! 🌟NY Times Editors' Choice 🌟'Spellbinding' - The Irish Times amzn.eu/d/0froOOT6 #Amazon

When I birthed my babies with no pain relief I was described by midwives, as ‘strong’ and ‘a pro’. I was told I was a ‘natural’. The truth was, as a survivor of CSA I feared pain relief would make me feel less in control of the situation, and my body. I didn’t tell them I was a survivor of CSA but nobody ever asked. I was used to coping with pain and discomfort, and my needs not being met either by myself or others. I was used to saying ‘I’m fine’ when I wasn’t because for many years the alternative was impossible. We live in a world that doesn’t want to hear the words ‘I’m a survivor of CSA. Please help me. I’m not fine.’ I’m proud of my 4 labours and yet refuse to use ‘unmedicated’ as a badge of honour. If CSA had been openly discussed by midwives during previous appointments, I might have felt able to express my fears, and to allow myself the pain relief I needed, and deserved. This is not a critical post - my midwives were the most wonderful women, but the impacts of CSA are not widely recognised, or understood. I’m very proud to be involved in work that we hope will go some way to implementing systemic change. #traumainformed #maternity #midwives #accessiblehealthcare #CSA

Just discovered this @crowdfunderuk to help women in abusive relationships to access funds quickly to enable them to leave. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/home-is-wher… economic / financial control can be one aspect of abuse. It's a great idea. @lightningreach

Some good points on power dynamics in client/therapist relationships @clearlinesuk ‘The client feels exposed & the therapist knows important information they may use against the client in a coercive relationship’ Writing effective sub-text in dialogue from @CarlaRawWriting

And that's a wrap! Thanks to our wonderful audience for the final Writing Coercive Control podcast, a fascinating talk between @CarlaRawWriting & Abigail Tarttelin on client-therapist relationships, and the unregulated psychotherapy industry. Podcast eps are on Spotify & Apple!

And we're off! Our #podcast host Abigail Tarttelin is just introducing the top of the episode & will be introducing @CarlaRawWriting soon 👍 If you've booked a ticket, you will have been emailed the Zoom link. Come join us for the final episode of Writing Coercive Control!

Half an hour to go! ⏰ Register at the link below & you can still join our live interactive final episode at 7pm on writing, gender & coercive control 👇#feminist #MeToo #amwriting #amreading #BookTwitter

Wild to think @clearlinesuk events have been running for 9 yrs, without regular funding! It's only possible due to great collaborators equally passionate to address #VAWG 🙌 Tonight's our FINAL #podcast live-record, with these 2 fab writers. Online & free eventbrite.com/e/writing-coer…

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