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Survivor Saturday is a day to remember and recognize domestic violent survivors to ensure their stories are never forgotten. It is a day to show love, strength, and reminds everyone that no one is fighting alone 💜
“Back in 2009, Rihanna was physically assaulted by her boyfriend, fellow singer Chris Brown, as they left a Grammys pre-party. Many years later, she talked about the experience, including her mixed feelings about becoming a “poster child” for victims of physical abuse.
“Well, I just never understood that,” she told Vanity Fair in 2015. “How the victim gets punished over and over. It’s in the past, and I don’t want to say ‘Get over it,’ because it’s a very serious thing that is still relevant; it’s still real. A lot of women, a lot of young girls, are still going through it. A lot of young boys too. It’s not a subject to sweep under the rug, so I can’t just dismiss it like it wasn’t anything, or I don’t take it seriously. But, for me, and anyone who’s been a victim of domestic abuse, nobody wants to even remember it. Nobody even wants to admit it. So to talk about it and say it once, much less 200 times, is like … I have to be punished for it? It didn’t sit well with me.”
“I was that girl,” she continued. “That girl who felt that as much pain as this relationship is, maybe some people are built stronger than others. Maybe I’m one of those people built to handle s**t like this. Maybe I’m the person who’s almost the guardian angel to this person, to be there when they’re not strong enough, when they’re not understanding the world, when they just need someone to encourage them in a positive way and say the right thing.”
Read more at https://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/slideshow/3039977/celebrities-victims-domestic-abuse/5/
