Survivor Team Go!

Welcome back, Survivors! In today’s episode we discuss the 24 women who have come forward to accuse Donald Trump of sexual assault, sexual misconduct, or rape. Thank you to all of these women for their courage. We also talk about the global pandemic and how Trump’s malevolent and incompetent mishandling of it has led to the crisis currently in full swing in the United States. Trigger warning: rape, sexual assault, pedophila

Welcome back, Survivors! In this episode we go deep into Dylan Farrow’s harrowing story of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her adoptive father Woody Allen, noted pedophile and filmmaker. There’s a complicated timeline but what it boils down to is very simple: in 1992, when Dylan was seven years old, Woody Allen led her into a small attic crawlspace and sexually assaulted her. The next day she told her mother, famous actress and activist Mia Farrow, and that led to a long drawn out battle in the courts, the media, and in the family’s personal lives that stretched over decades. Because predators always double down when they feel threatened, and marry their stepdaughter and sue for sole custody of the children! Of course. Also, check out Catch and Kill, by Dylan’s baby brother Ronan Farrow, avenging angel of the #MeToo Movement and Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist! We love him. Trigger Warning: child abuse, sexual abuse, childhood sexual abuse

Welcome back, Survivors! Today we celebrate the suicide/murder of notorious millionaire pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein!! Unfortunately, with his death many of his wealthy and powerful clients get away free but that’s pretty standard patriarchal bullshit so let’s just be glad that this monster can’t hurt any more little girls! Tune in for the harrowing tale of the Lolita Express, Orgy Island, and other horrific things that the lamestream media will not publish. Thanks to the Miami Herald for breaking the Epstein Case way back and thanks to all the survivors of Epstein’s sex trafficking ring who risked everything to come forward. Content Warning: child abuse, sex abuse, child sex trafficking, rape, consent, sex, incarceration, murder, assault.

Welcome back, Survivors! In today’s episode we take a look back at survivor history and discuss the Mary Ellen Wilson case: the first successful prosecution of child abuse in the United States! Poor Mary Ellen Wilson was treated like less than a dog by her adoptive parents and eventually the ASPCA stepped in to help because if we’re gonna protect animals we might as well try to protect children too? Trigger Warning: Child abuse, Domestic Abuse, Sexual Abuse

Welcome back, Survivors! Happy New Year Survivors! Spoiler Alert: Today’s episode is kind of a downer. We discuss the difficulties surrounding Cyntoia Brown’s ongoing campaign for freedom after being incarcerated for a murder she committed in self-defense at age 16. We also discuss our personal ongoing struggles with PTSD and Depression. Trigger Warning: child abuse, sex abuse, rape, consent, sex, incarceration, murder, assault. Link: https://survivedandpunished.org/

Welcome back, Survivors! Today we’re having a frank discussion with our friend (codename) Cactus about her experiences with gender, sex, rape, and consent in the kink community. Tune in for an honest conversation about some difficult issues and also some fascinating insights into that kink life such as sounding and puppy play. Trigger Warning: child abuse, sex abuse, rape, consent, sex, rape fantasies, pedophilia

Welcome back, Survivors! This week we discuss the current events surrounding Dr. Ford and the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings and remember back to 27 years ago when this exact same shit happened with Anita Hill. Join us while we learn about and celebrate the bravery and self sacrifice of these incredible survivors and their attempts if not to bring their attackers to justice, to at the very least keep them from holding life time appointments on the highest court in this country. Trigger Warning: child abuse, rape, attempted rape, sexual harassment, “false” rape allegations, pedophilia

Welcome back, Survivors! In the first episode of Season 2 we get into some real talk with our friend Jesse about eating disorders, suicide attempts, and childhood sexual abuse. Thank you Jesse for having the courage to share your experiences with us! Tune in for an amazing episode with an amazing Survivor. Trigger Warning: child abuse, sex abuse, rape, sex work, pedophilia, eating disorders

Welcome back, Survivors! In this surprisingly chill and only slightly triggering episode of STG we talk with our pal Brandi about her experience at an eighteen day occupation of a street in front of a Minneaopolis police station, how life is better when you’ve got friends with you, and we may even convince her to play a song for us, who knows? You’ll have to listen to find out! Trigger Warning: child abuse, sex abuse, rape, police brutality, gun violence

In this episode, we are delighted to welcome Jay, our very first survivor guest! Tune in as the three of us take a hard look at the allies and false allies of the #MeToo movement and Jay shares his experiences with emotional abuse growing up in a fundamentalist Christian household. Special thanks to Jay for joining us on the podcast!

This episode is only 6 minutes long and a week late due to technical difficulties (we got new mics! it’s a journey) but ON THE OTHER HAND we have not one but TWO interview episodes coming down the pipeline!

News & Updates! Cosby found guilty on all counts of aggravated sexual assault in retrial! Go Andrea Constand! The Golden State Killer found and caught at last! Go Michelle McNamara! And the police who got him I guess? Personal Note: Our eviction continues. Our landlord has progressed to quasi-stalking behaviors now. FEATURED SURVIVOR: Patrick Stewart! His father beat his mother all through his childhood and he’s been an activist campaigning against domestic violence for a million years! Patrick Stewart! Captain Picard! Sir Patrick! It doesn’t take two to make a fight! Violence is an unacceptable way to deal with conflict! Mrs Dixon, the only person who ever stood up to his father! Look up Refuge, the UK-based domestic violence charity Patrick Stewart supports! Listen to Oliver ramble disjointedly and utterly fail to do a Patrick Stewart impression! We forgot to do our outro so I’ll do it here: There’s a war going on. And in the immortal words of Audre Lorde, “Your silence will not protect you.”

A hairdresser survives sexual assault by Missouri governor Eric Greitens, Andrea Constand testifies against Bill Cosby in re-trial, and Junot Diaz discloses his experiences with childhood sexual abuse in a powerful essay in the New Yorker.

In this, the second episode of Survivor Team Go!, we shout out to Ryan (different Ryan!) and Rihanna. Then Bailey shares the story of Josefina Rivera, who survived being abducted and tortured with several other women in a psychopath’s basement, and Oliver talks about CeCe McDonald, a black trans woman who was prosecuted for surviving a hate crime.

In the first episode of Survivor Team Go!, we shout out to Ryan who just got out of a relationship with his horribly abusive ex-boyfriend, cry about Bikers Against Child Abuse, and tell the story of Stacey Lannert, who was convicted of first degree murder for killing her sexually and physically abusive father.