Episode 34: The Ugliest Word

Suffer the Little Children

Suffer the Little Children Pod

Social Sciences, True Crime, Society & Culture, Science

4.6 • 993 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The World Health Organization or WHO calls childhood incest a “silent epidemic,” but a very important question is: why does it have to be silent? Why are we afraid to talk about a crime that happens every day to countless children? It could be happening in your neighbor’s house right now. It could be happening in a family member’s house. It could be happening in your own home without your knowledge. Talking about intrafamilial child sexual abuse can help us recognize the signs of abuse in children and allow us to intervene to help them, and it also helps survivors of incest overcome the shame they feel over something that is in no way their fault. It’s a very difficult topic to cover, and it will undoubtedly be triggering for some, but it’s also an essential topic of discussion for those of us who truly care about children and want to help those who are vulnerable to any type of child abuse.
Annie Margis is an award-winning author, certified ghostwriter, screenwriter, and activist operating out of Long Beach, California. For this episode, I was privileged to speak with Annie about her recently released book, The Ugliest Word, which is a quick read but a gripping story that will stick with you long after you’ve read the last page.
Click here to buy The Ugliest Word in either Kindle or paperback format.
Click here to sign Annie’s petition to end the taboo of talking about childhood incest.
Click here for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s excellent handout titled “Coping with the Shock of Intrafamilial Sexual Abuse.”
Click here to visit the website for a 12-step, self-help recovery program modeled after Alcoholics Anonymous for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
Click here to visit The Ugliest Word movie website.
Click here for Annie’s fact sheet that includes signs of abuse in children.
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0:00.0	Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival,
0:05.9	three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her
0:09.6	oversized tent. Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend.
0:13.0	All right.
0:14.0	Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior.
0:16.0	And don't get us started on Mel.
0:19.0	But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.
0:22.0	All aboard, Miss I finally got plans out the group. a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together.
0:22.6	All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat.
0:25.6	Keep everyone's plans alive when you travel with us.
0:28.0	P and Dau Ferris, there is another way.
0:30.0	This podcast contains descriptions of violence against children and adult language and is not suitable for all audiences.
0:37.0	Listen or discretion is advised. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Hi guys and welcome to suffer the little children the true crime podcast giving voices back to the victims of child abuse and shining a harsh spotlight on the parents, guardians and caretakers who silence them.
1:30.0	I'm your host, Lane, and this is episode 34 The Ugliest Word. My sources for
1:37.5	today's episode are the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, the
1:41.0	center of expertise on child sexual Abuse, the Times Record News,
1:45.3	Textoma's Homepage, The Sun, Facebook, and the novel The Ugliest Word by Annie
1:51.3	Margis. Today's episode is a bit of a departure the ugliest word by Annie Marjus.
1:53.4	Today's episode is a bit of a departure from my usual format.
1:57.2	In each of my previous 33 episodes, I've covered the case of a particular child doing
2:01.3	as deep a dive as possible into each case.
2:04.0	Don't worry going forward that's still my plan for pretty much every episode.
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