Tag: lived experience

  • The Pushback — Tearing Down the Pipeline “It’s too big to stop.”They always say that — right before we do. We’ve traced the pipeline:Sexualised media.Pornified minds.Grooming in classrooms.A corporate machine profiting from the wreckage. We’ve heard the voices:Survivors who never…

    Stolen Innocence – How Society Sexualises Our Children – Part 6
  • 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
  • © 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 This story was shared with full consent, anonymously, by a survivor whose voice carries the weight of hundreds more.At The Grooming Files, we speak the truths others…

    “The Flat Was Familiar — Because It Was His”: How a Town Normalised Grooming in Plain Sight
  • 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 Three: The Friends Who Were Never Safe
  • 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 Two: The Woman — A Promise of Puppies
  • 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 The Emotional Fallout That wasn’t a title. That was me. Sat in my chair, phone in one hand, mind in the other, trying to process what…

    What the Fuck Just Happened? – The End
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea The Mask, the Mirror, and the Meltdown He Said “Expose Me” — Until I Did. Let’s get one thing straight: I didn’t go looking for a…

    Three Days With a Predator – Part Six
  • ©️ By Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | The Indie Leaks | @realtalkrealtea You Thought I Wouldn’t Dare — So I Did He thought he had control.Even after the confession, the messages, the interview — he still thought I’d…

    Three Days With a Predator – Part Five
  • ©️ 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 Lewis | The Grooming Files | @realtalkrealtea Part One: The Generation the Internet Groomed — And the System Forgot This is the first piece in a new personal series, sharing my own story as a survivor of…

    We Were Never Naughty Girls – Survivor Stories
  • ©️ Written By – Sophie Lewis | The Grooming Files | Anonymous Survivor Report She was 13… He was 19! He found her in a chat room.Groomed her.Abused her.Raped her.Controlled her.For 17 years. And when she finally escaped — the…

    “They Let Him Groom Me at 13 – Then Gave Him Custody of Our Daughter” – A Survivors Story