ARTIST'S STATEMENT

 

Although society has made progress toward believing the testimonies of women and girls about sexual assault since the #MeToo movement emerged in 2017, we still see a collective willingness to elevate the wealthy and powerful over their accusers—a pushback that threatens to undo our gained awareness.

 

My new work is a creative invitation to confront disparities of power through a deconstructed framework of storytelling surrounding this issue—one which challenges the systemic false narratives grooming all of us into tolerating, allowing, and accepting sexual exploitation and abuse of women and girls.

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– Leslie Batty

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