The Grooming Files

Category: The Silence Breakers

  • Two Years in the Forge: Closing the False Economy

    ©️ By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial I didn’t just survive the last two years. I walked through fire, fed it every illusion I had left, and came out with steel in my spine. I wanted more. Not the kind of…

    Two Years in the Forge: Closing the False Economy

  • The Generation the Internet Groomed — And the System Forgot

    ©️ 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

  • Power in Pain – And the Straw They Snorted Before They Drained Me Dry

    Ok. Let me lay my soul bare for a sec. Today is one of those days.A woe is me day. A don’t even fucking look at me unless you’ve got snacks or a solution day. I’ve been up against a…

    Power in Pain – And the Straw They Snorted Before They Drained Me Dry

  • Palantir Was Just a Stock — Until It Proved Everything I Knew

    © By Sophie Lewis | @sophielewiseditorial How One Chart Validated the Human Collapse Cycle and Predicted the Next War I didn’t pick Palantir because I believed the hype. I picked it because the chart moved like something I’d survived. In…

    Palantir Was Just a Stock — Until It Proved Everything I Knew

  • Part 1 – Inside the Mind of a Predator: Why They Are Now Turning to Journalists for Exposure

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial “Predators Are Slipping Through the Cracks — And They Are Coming to Me to Be Exposed.”A survivor-led investigative series documenting a new phase of systemic failure — when predators beg…

    Part 1 – Inside the Mind of a Predator: Why They Are Now Turning to Journalists for Exposure

  • Stolen Innocence – How Society Sexualises Our Children – Part 5

    Survivors Speak — The Real Cost of a Sexualised Childhood “I thought it was normal.”“I thought it was love.”“I didn’t know I was being groomed.”We hear this again and again. And every time we ignore the warning, more children are…

    Stolen Innocence – How Society Sexualises Our Children – Part 5

  • Stolen Innocence – How Society Sexualises Our Children – Part 4

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Who Profits From The Normalisation? “If you want to know what controls the world, look at what you’re not allowed to criticise.”And if you want to know why children are…

    Stolen Innocence – How Society Sexualises Our Children – Part 4

  • This Is a Breeding Ground — And We Need to Stop It NOW

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Before the series drops — you need to understand why I’m doing this. And why I will not stop. I am writing this because I have seen what most of…

    This Is a Breeding Ground — And We Need to Stop It NOW

  • “Good” Homes Aren’t Always Safe: Respectability Isn’t Protection

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Why child sexual abuse happens in the places we least expect — and how appearances can deceive us all. The Dangerous Comfort of Assumptions There’s a quiet lie that floats…

    “Good” Homes Aren’t Always Safe: Respectability Isn’t Protection

  • Survivors Raising Children: Breaking the Cycle of Silence

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial An honest look at what happens when adults who were never protected grow up to become protectors. They Never Got What They Now Have to Give There’s a quiet group…

    Survivors Raising Children: Breaking the Cycle of Silence

  • When Children Harm Children: The Hidden Reality of Sibling and Peer-on-Peer Abuse

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial A deep dive into one of the most silenced and misunderstood forms of child sexual abuse. Nobody Wants to Talk About This One Out of all the forms of child…

    When Children Harm Children: The Hidden Reality of Sibling and Peer-on-Peer Abuse

  • The Silence Around Female Offenders

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial Why society still refuses to believe that women can sexually abuse — and what it’s costing survivors. We Don’t Want to Believe It There’s a collective discomfort when the topic…

    The Silence Around Female Offenders

  • Not Just Monsters: Why Most Abusers Aren’t Who You Think

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial A survivor-led educational breakdown of the biggest myth fuelling child sexual abuse silence. We Like to Think We’d See It Ask the average person what a child abuser looks like,…

    Not Just Monsters: Why Most Abusers Aren’t Who You Think

  • To the Survivor Who Just Wanted to Be Heard — I Heard You.

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial You didn’t leave your name. You didn’t need to. Your words said everything. They carried the weight of a stolen childhood, the betrayal of someone meant to protect you, and…

    To the Survivor Who Just Wanted to Be Heard — I Heard You.

  • What We’re Still Not Talking About

    © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | @sophielewiseditorial A survivor-led educational breakdown of what society still avoids about child sexual abuse We say we want to protect children, but when it comes to the hard truths, society falls…

    What We’re Still Not Talking About