I was subjected to the more sadistic forms of abuse

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT.

Brooke Axtell is a human rights activist, writer, speaker and performing artist. She was featured in a segment at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, where she gave a spoken word performance after a speech by US President Barack Obama on domestic violence and before a performance by singer Katy Perry dedicated to domestic violence victims.

Axtell herself was sold for sex by her nanny when she was seven years old, and this experience made her more vulnerable to experiencing domestic violence later in life, she explains, a major risk factor for entering abusive relationships is sexual abuse before the age of 18. As an adult, she was involved in an abusive relationship that helped spur her toward activism.

Inspiring and powerfully redemptive, Brooke encourages listeners to take part in a creative resistance as a path to justice. Her perseverance in the face of brutality reminds us of all that is noble in the human spirit. PLEASE, SHARE.

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My nanny forced me into child pornography. (FIXED AUDIO) (YouTube)