Tag: breaking the silence

  • © 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
  • © 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
  • © 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
  • © 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
  • © 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.
  • © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea It wasn’t hidden.It wasn’t subtle.It wasn’t buried deep where no one could find it. It was happening right in front of you. The signs were there:…

    The Signs Were Always There — You Just Didn’t Want to See Them
  • © By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea “If I hear one more predator whimper ‘I couldn’t help myself,’I might blow a fucking top.And here’s why.” They say the same things, over and over:…

    Predator Excuses: The Lies They Tell — And the Truth Survivors Know
  • By Sophie Lewis – The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea To H, I sat with your story today.I sat with the pieces of you that were never protected, never heard, never held the way you should have…

    A Letter To H.
  • By Sophie Lewis – The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea Disclaimer:This story has been shared with full consent. The survivor has chosen to remain anonymous. All identifying details have been removed to protect her privacy. This account…

    They Never Listened: Her Fight for Survival
  • By Sophie Lewis – The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea Disclaimer:This story has been shared with full consent. The survivor has chosen to remain anonymous. All identifying details have been removed to protect her privacy. This account…

    ‘I still Believe In Good’ Part One: The Priest — Betrayed by Trust
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea I didn’t realise how important this work was until the messages started coming. Not just likes, not comments — but real voices. Real people. Survivors who…

    To the Ones Who’ve Shared Their Truth With Me
  • ©️ By Sophie, for The Grooming Files / Real Talk, Real Tea I didn’t write this for pity. I wrote it to expose a mindset the media refuses to face. Over the course of three days, I conducted what should’ve…

    Too Raw for Headlines: I Interviewed a Predator — And Everyone Looked Away
  • ©️ Written By – Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files Media City, Manchester – LIVE, 29 March 2025 Right now, outside the gleaming front of BBC Manchester, a protest burns—not in numbers, but in unshakable passion. Predator Awareness, HMP Prisons…

    “WE SEE YOU”: Protesters Confront BBC Manchester Over Abuse, Silence, and Systemic Failure
  • ©️ Written By – Sophie Lewis “Those Girls Go Looking for It” That’s what someone said to me recently. Casually. As if it were just a passing fact.But those six words are everything that’s wrong with how society views abuse.…

    “Those Girls Go Looking for It”: The Words That Keep Us Silent
  • ©️ By – Sophie Lewis They didn’t choose victims at random back then.And they don’t now. They know what to look for.They know who’s vulnerable.They know who won’t be believed.They know exactly how to test, manipulate, and trap. It was…

    The Victim Cycle – How They Choose Their Targets (Then. Now. Still.)