thread: could pedophiles appear on stage?

thread: could pedophiles appear on stage?

26 April 2020    
from twitter and bluesky threads

bly 

 

Representation for us is very difficult in film or using our own identities. Could theatre have a solution?

 


For some of us, it's a big risk to appear in audio using our own voices (which is why though I was desperate to appear on @Preventionintvn's podcast, I had to rely on the voice and generously given time of an advocate.

Other people use voice >


> modification instead but this is (a) potentially vulnerable to reverse engineering and (b) makes our voices sound weird and distorted, like we're not quite human.

The problem: It's really hard for people to recognise our humanity when we have to dehumanise ourselves >


> and I wonder if there could be another way.

Some people are enormously brave, like Todd Nickerson, appearing as himself on camera with @LAHWF
https://youtube.com/watch?v=GOb493ued-g
- but I doubt too many of us are going to follow suit...

There is one other approach, though, >


> (which has been around quite a while) called #verbatimtheatre in which actors read out the words, exactly as spoken, of someone interviewed beforehand. It's used for all kinds of purposes, but one of the most effective is in giving a human physical presence and a voice to >


> people whose voice cannot easily be heard, and who might otherwise be invisible.

This is exactly the situation of most MAPs. There are some of us, maybe, who have offended and thereby lost their employability and safety who perhaps (perhaps!) have less reason to care >


> about the world being able to link their real identity with their MAPness.

But non-offending MAPs have that thing of being able to remain anonymous in the world. It's obviously helpful in some ways to be invisible, but in other ways it's a deep well of loneliness. >


> I am hoping that some verbatim theatre makers with a platform might take a look at our situation, consider whether they can do anything with our voices, and whether there's a human story there that they would consider representing, in whatever way they think is balanced. ::


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

a short bright elucidation

 

thread: what doesn't harm kids?

 

what made quora change its mind?

   

bly

A review of A Long Dark Shadow: Minor Attracted People and Their Pursuit of Dignity by Allyn Walker

 

bly

It's important to understand what really harms children so we aim to prevent the right things.

 

leonard johnston

1 of 4: With over 1m views on 141 answers over six years, my Quora account was banned. Why?

 
 
 
a short bright elucidation
bly

A review of A Long Dark Shadow: Minor Attracted People and Their Pursuit of Dignity by Allyn Walker

 
 
 
thread: what doesn't harm kids?
bly

It's important to understand what really harms children so we aim to prevent the right things.

 
 
 
what made quora change its mind?
leonard johnston

1 of 4: With over 1m views on 141 answers over six years, my Quora account was banned. Why?