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“When the justice system ultimately failed Brittany Higgins, we rang our mums and best friends in tears, coming to terms with the knowledge that our daughters may never be protected from these experiences of sexual violence, and would be subsequently re-traumatised at the hands of the system that is supposed to help them seek justice. We shared with each other fears that our sons might be raised in a world that tells them that rape is okay, that they are entitled and that they won’t face repercussions.”
― Hannah Ferguson, Bite Back: Feminism, media, politics, and our power to change it all

“In her Australian of the Year acceptance speech, Grace Tame perfectly articulated this point: ‘Yes, discussion of child sexual abuse is uncomfortable. But nothing is more uncomfortable than the abuse itself. So let us redirect this discomfort to where it belongs: at the feet of perpetrators of these crimes.”
― Hannah Ferguson, Bite Back: Feminism, media, politics, and our power to change it all

“The suffering of others is not your page-turner, and traumatised people do not need to be credible or likeable in our eyes to be worthy of respect, of dignity and of our time and listening ability.”
― Hannah Ferguson, Bite Back: Feminism, media, politics, and our power to change it all

“your home orderly and a steaming hot three-course meal on the table for your mother-in-law on a Friday evening, despite the fact that she has always hated you anyway.”
― Hannah Ferguson, Bite Back: Feminism, media, politics, and our power to change it all