Beyond Rape
23 years buried
Joanna Connors: On Oct. 27, 1984, a headline on Page 14A in The Plain Dealer read: "Disgusted judge gives repeat offender 30 years for rape."
The story followed standard newspaper protocol: In it, the victim was anonymous.
In this version, the victim has a name. I am Joanna Connors, and I am telling the story I kept private for 23 years. I'm doing it for all of the others who have survived sexual assault in silence, ashamed and afraid to tell their stories.
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ben on 05/05/08 at
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Re: Beyond Rape
If you have not read this, do. Print out all googillion inches and read it at home this weekend. Get a bag of pretzels, a diet coke and a handful of tissues. Lord almighty this is a grand piece of journalism.
Posted by:
rlake
at May 09,2008 15:45
Re: Beyond Rape
Joanna Connors was the writer, not Susan Goldberg. She's the paper's editor, and wrote only the foreword.
And yes, it's amazing.
Posted by:
Denise
at May 09,2008 15:47
Re: Beyond Rape
Thanks, Denise. Fixed now.
Posted by:
ben
at May 09,2008 16:07
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