Category: Awareness

  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Porn Crisis This isn’t curiosity. It’s collapse. They’re not exploring.They’re not experimenting.They’re not just “growing up in a digital world.” They’re being raised by porn.And they’re mimicking what they…

    Part 7: The Kids Are Not Alright
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Porn Crisis We know the damage. So why isn’t anyone stopping it? We’ve laid it bare. Porn is grooming young minds.It’s warping desire, escalating compulsion, fuelling harm. And yet……

    Part 6: Systemic Silence
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Porn Crisis Groomed by porn. Fueled by shame. Spiralling into harm. Not all predators hide.Some want to be seen.Not to confess, but to climax.To escalate. To break the silence…

    Part 5: The New Breed of Offender
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Porn Crisis The system isn’t broken — it’s working exactly as designed. Let’s get something straight:Most people don’t find extreme porn because they search for it.They find it because…

    Part 4: Groomed by the Algorithm
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Porn Crisis What happens when watching isn’t enough anymore? Most people think the line gets crossed in one moment.But for some, it’s been blurring for years. That first video.The…

    Part 3: From Porn to Predation
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Porn Crisis What happens when a child’s first sexual experience… isn’t theirs? It doesn’t start with desire.It starts with exposure. A pop-up.A schoolmate’s phone.A search out of curiosity that…

    Part 2: First Hit at 11
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial The Porn Crisis “They made sex taboo — then sold it back as porn.” It started with silence. We weren’t taught about sex.We weren’t guided through desire.We were shamed into…

    Part 1: The Lie We Bought
  • By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial He Licked  His Lips While Watching A LITTLE GIRL — and He Was Operating The Fucking Ride Barry Island.A warm summer day.Families lined up, kids squealing with joy, adults sipping drinks…

    Fairgrounds Are Crawling With Predators — I Saw It With My Own Eyes
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series There comes a point in your healing where you realise… it’s not just about you anymore. Not because you’ve finished, no one ever really finishes, but because you’ve become…

    The Gathering
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series No one crowns you here. No finish line. No angels singing. No perfect sunrise to mark the shift. One day, you just notice: You didn’t apologise for existing. You…

    The Becoming
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series No one talks about what happens after the breakthrough. Not in real terms. Not in the mess. Everyone’s quick to talk about transformation, the high, the moment you see…

    The Aftershock
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series Before I ever thought of healing, I was just trying to get through the day. Not with purpose. Not with mindfulness. Just survival. My body was functioning, but my…

    The Trip That Broke Me (And Put Me Back Together)
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Shadowborn Series There’s a part of healing no one warns you about, the part where the sadness burns off, and underneath it, there’s rage. Not irritation. Not restlessness. Rage. The kind…

    The Rage No One Talks About
  • A Statement from Sophie Lewis on Predator Exposure, Accountability Work, and Public Misinformation Why I’m Writing This This statement is not a defence.It’s not an apology.It’s a record, one that should have been written sooner. In the past year, I’ve…

    On Record
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial We were the first kids online. Dial-up tones. MSN Messenger. Webcams balanced on bulky monitors. No rules. No warnings. No one watching. And the predators? They found us before our parents…

    The Generation the Internet Groomed — And the System Forgot