Picking up from yesterday –
One last thing I forgot to say that was so gratifying…
So, I’ve told the story of being assaulted by sexual assault guy before (including here on this blog [link at the bottom]). And, sometimes (kinda often-ish, actually), people are like “oh, weeeeeeell, it wasn’t really that bad.” And “it’s all fine.” And blah blah blah excuses for him about how we’re all sure it was really just a misunderstanding and blah.
But then, in the mini-musical, there is a scene very similar to what actually happened. And people in the audience were horrified (in a good way).
So, it just felt really validating, that it’s like, “Oh, for whatever reason, when I blog about it… When I’m just telling the story, I’m not doing a good job or something… Or maybe it’s because he’s not a fictional character, like in the musical.” Or, I dunno. I don’t really know what the deal is as to why people don’t get it in blog form… But the important part is that they did seem to get it in narrative form.
And so, it was really so (so) gratifying for people to kind of take a step back and be a little horrified at what happened.
[For more on my experience with The BMI Workshop, you can go here.
For more on the sexual assault posts, you can go here. Thanks!]