biography, Book, child abuse, Child Sexual Abuse, human rights, incest, Jeffrey Epstein, Memoir, mental health, non-fiction, political, rape, true crime, Virginia Giuffre

Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

“My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt.” Virginia Roberts Giuffre I was hesitant about reading this memoir. Like many people, I’d heard about Jeffrey Epstein and the crimes he’d committed against young girls. I’m not talking about young women, I’m talking about underage girls. … Continue reading Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

Lizzi NewtonFebruary 26, 2026March 1, 2026Leave a comment

Child Sexual Abuse, Me Too, rape

Me Too

This has been a long week. I have thought about this post and whether I would be able to write it. Much of what has been in the news brings back memories of my own life, as a female child, a teenaged girl, and a grown woman. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony today brought everything to a head. Perhaps what happened to me was not as devastating … Continue reading Me Too

Lizzi NewtonSeptember 28, 2018September 28, 20188 Comments

Age of Consent, child abuse, Child Sexual Abuse

Age of Consent: Sexual Predators

I was twelve years old, in the sixth grade in elementary school. I was old enough to walk home by myself. My mother was a single parent by then and worked until about four o’clock in the afternoon. As I walked up the busy New York City street to our apartment building I noticed a white van driving slowly, keeping pace with me. The driver … Continue reading Age of Consent: Sexual Predators

Lizzi NewtonNovember 14, 2017November 14, 20171 Comment