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4/365 Days: I’m an Angela Shelton
In 2004, a woman left her house and her dog (well, not completely, I’m sure she left her dog with other responsible adults that cared for her needs) and went on the road with a small crew to film a documentary across America. She wanted to survey women; to see how we, as a gender, were doing and what we were up to. She met some amazing, inspiring, spectacular, successful, kick ass women and they were all named Angela Shelton. They all had a story, but a great deal of their stories had very similar themes as she moved from one to the next to the next. Their stories were also her stories. Their stories are my stories, and the stories of countless women, girls, men and boys all over the world.
Angela Shelton wanted to survey women in America who all just happened to share her name. She wanted her documentary to be light, airy, fun and hilarious, but it ended up being a documentary about not-so light, airy, fun, and definitely not hilarious issues. Angela found that most of the women she was able to talk to for her documentary had either been raped, beaten, or abused in their lifetime.
I heard about Angela Shelton through a forum I was active on quite a number of years ago. I saw her documentary, Searching for Angela Shelton, during the worst time in my life. I whole-heartedly believe that Angela Shelton, along with the fabulous volunteers for the RAINN hotline, saved my life.
I am a survivor of child abuse, childhood sexual assault and rape. I live with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and major depressive disorder. I wear this shirt when I need to be reminded that I survived. That I am a survivor. And I am never going back.
Learn more about Angela Shelton at AngelaShelton.com, as well as the Angela Shelton Foundation, The Survivor Manual and join the Army of Angels.
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In addition to being the Founder and Editor of Woman Tribune, Holly Ord is a freelance writer, web designer and developer, feminist activist and blogger, and hopeless video game addict. She lives in Northeastern Pennsylvania and has been blogging on liberal politics and gender equality on her personal website, Menstrual Poetry since 2007.
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I love Angela Shelton! I’ve heard her story and have followed a lot of the news about her! She’s one very brace young lady for all she does! It’s sad for me to see how many people are affected by this!
Thank you so much for making this posting and posting a link to Angela Shelton’s website. I am a survivor of domestic violence, both physical and mental. I stayed in an abusive relationship for almost five years before I got out. (Not without an almost tragic ending in which he was 95% close to ending my life the last time.)
I write about my story on my website all of the time, and talk to whomever whenever they will listen, because domestic violence doesn’t just happen to adult women. Mines started when I was 17. Teenage girls in high school are suffering through this because they think it is a “form of love.”
I would LOVE to be able to do a documentary like this one day.
Take care,
Shynea
I stayed in an abusive relationship for almost five years before I got out.
So sad of her past,but I know she’s moving on forward to a new life with peace in her heart.
I’m so sad for her! And proud to see how hard she survived from that.
Take care
Isa.
I m stayed in an abusive relationship for almost five years before I got out.
I stayed in an abusive relationship for almost five years before I got out.