Survivor Literacy – Because It’s OUR Story
There’s a pattern as old as power itself: when oppressors tell the story, survivors become the villains. We’re painted as ungrateful, dramatic, unstable, or dangerous.
We “had it coming.”
We “pushed them there.”
We “made them do it.”
This is the oldest trick in the book to rewrite the narrative so the harm looks justified, and the harmed look responsible.
But here’s the truth: silence is the soil where oppression grows. And breaking that silence is the first act of liberation.
Survivor Literacy is about reclaiming the narrative. It’s about telling the story from the inside—from the body that lived it, from the community that endured it, from the people who survived it.
When we tell the story, the frame shifts. Suddenly, the “outburst” becomes a pattern. The “isolated incident” becomes a cycle. The “misunderstanding” becomes a tactic. And the “bad guy” becomes the person who finally said “no.”
Oppressors rely on us staying quiet. They rely on shame doing the work for them. They rely on the world believing their version first.
But we’re done with that.
This is the era of survivor‑told stories.
Stories that refuse to be minimized.
Stories that refuse to be rewritten.
Stories that refuse to be weaponized against the people who lived them.
Survivor Literacy is not about revenge. It’s about truth. It’s about clarity. It’s about reclaiming the pen and writing ourselves back into the center of our own lives.
Because when survivors tell the story, the world finally sees what really happened.
Survivor Literacy 
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