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Unspeakable Things: Silence, Shame, and the Stories We Choose to Believe. Available now.
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šŸŽ™ļø NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! šŸ’– This week on Vendelaā€™s Victories, Iā€™m honored to be joined by journalist and author Brooke Nevils, whose memoir ā€œUnspeakable Thingsā€ chronicles her experience reporting at a major national news network, surviving sexual assault by a powerful television personality, and navigating the aftermath of speaking out. Our conversation goes far beyond the headlines. We discuss trauma responses, the myths that still surround sexual violence, the impact of media coverage on survivors, and what healing can look like after unimaginable experiences. Brookeā€™s honesty, resilience, and insight make this an episode I wonā€™t soon forget, and I hope it leaves you with something to think about, too. šŸŽ§ Listen now on Spotify! L!nk !n b!o šŸ’– #VendelasVictories #UnspeakableThings #americanunitedmiss #survivoradvocacy #vendelasvictoriespodcast
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šŸŽ™ļø Introducing my next guest for the Vendelaā€™s Victories Podcast! I am incredibly honored to welcome Brooke Nevils to Vendelaā€™s Victories for the sixth installment of the series. Brooke is a journalist, former NBC News producer, and the author of Unspeakable Things: a powerful memoir that explores trauma, consent, memory, healing, and the role that media plays in portraying survivors. In this episode, weā€™ll discuss her journey, the realities of sexual violence that are so often misunderstood, the impact of public scrutiny, and how survivors can begin to reclaim their voices after unimaginable experiences. Itā€™s going to be an honest, compassionate conversation that I know will stay with me for a long time. Iā€™m so grateful to Brooke for trusting me with her story, and I canā€™t wait to share this episode with all of you on 7/27 ā¤ļøšŸŽ™ļø #VendelasVictories #Podcast #SurvivorAdvocacy #americanunitedmiss #UnspeakableThings
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A powerful evening surrounded by friends and advocates šŸ’œ Thank you to the @theivybookshop for hosting a memorable event, and a very special thank you to @brookenevils for boldly inviting us to learn from your story of growth after trauma. Last but far from least, thank you to all who joined to hear from Brooke and for supporting the Womenā€™s Law Center in our mission to protect the bodily autonomy, economic security, and physical safety of survivors. Visit @theivybookshop online or in person to purchase Unspeakable Things today! #unspeakablethings #supportsurvivors #saawareness
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Grim but necessary reading. Brooke Nevils, who made headlines after reporting her sexual assault by Today Show host Matt Lauer, combines both personal memoir and substantial research to present an illuminating assessment of sexual assault, celebrity, and the thorny issue of whom we do or donā€™t believe. This bookā€™s most important work is to explain in no uncertain terms why a victimā€™s behavior is frequently counter to what we would expect in the wake of an abusive incident. That alone makes this required reading in a culture where we are quick to scrutinize, doubt, and dismiss with little understanding of trauma or its aftermath. Anyone who doesnā€™t ā€œstart by believing the accuser firstā€ should read this.
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Hello againā€¦itā€™s been a while. Honestly, I wasnā€™t sure I would ever feel safe or brave enough to come back to Instagram, but itā€™s time. For those of you who donā€™t know me personally, Iā€™m a journalist who for years was an assistant and producer at NBC News in New York. In 2017, I made a confidential HR complaint reporting one of the most powerful faces in media for sexual harassment and assault. In a way, I was fortunate: NBC took my complaint seriously, investigated it, confronted and then fired the highest paid morning news anchor in history. In other ways, I wasnā€™t: reporters quickly found me and a tabloid revealed my identity. One day, I was a normal person on Instagram, posting stupid pictures of my knitting and Martha Stewart recipes. The next, tabloids were harassing anyone connected to me online. Once youā€™ve had grown men follow you with cameras and slide notes under your door, you never forget. Your name and face and life itself never feel fully your own again. But when the worst parts of your life become an open book, you have no choice but to be vulnerableā€¦and thatā€™s been an unexpected gift. People react not with cruelty but kindness, and a basic human need to understand and be understood. Thatā€™s why Iā€™m here now. Itā€™s also why I wrote a book untangling the messy gray areas of sexual harassment, assault and their aftermath, both through my own experiences and dozens of interviews. I spent years writing and reporting so others can be better informed than I was, make better choices than I did and have better options than I had..and so no one else feels as alone as I once did. Given the myriad stories that continue to emerge of powerful people preying sexually on subordinates, itā€™s as important now as when I started @unspeakablethingsbook six years ago. One last thing: once youā€™ve talked publicly about something as serious as sexual assault, it feels as though you can never be anything but serious againā€“that it must define you. Hard pass. I still knit and laugh and am as politically incorrect as ever. So, come for some long overdue conversations about power and consent, stay for the awkward jokes and who knows what else! Thanks for being here.
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Brooke Nevilā€™s book reveals something deeper than headlines - it shows what sexual trauma does to a personā€™s life! It fracture careers, relationships, health, identity. It destabilizes everything. Much of this devastation stems from one specific failureā€¦.. our laws fail to establish the definition of CONSENT by law. Doing so will turn our human right of consent into an enforceable civil right backed by law. Doing so will destroy the myths that blame victims for their own victimization. Brookeā€™s story is painful. But it provides a roadmap to recovery and an end to rape culture. #codifyconsent #fgkia #mattlauer #sexualassaultsurvivor
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