I May Destroy You focuses on the life of a woman who has been through a major trauma. A self-confident woman, Arabella begins to write her second book after the success of her first book. Under great stress, Arabella’s life changes irreversibly when she is sexually assaulted at a nightclub.
“Daring to observe the hazard my gender may pose to my freedom and survival feels like betrayal to the council flat I was born”
“I’m here to learn how to avoid being raped” – Arabella Essiuedu
“Prior to being raped, I never took much notice of being a woman. I was busy being black and poor” – Arabella Essiuedu
- “I am living proof that time heals and grace, dreams, and sunlight can exist on the same timeline as trauma.”
- Arabella
- “Everyone has a story, and everyone is a story.”
- Arabella
- “Sex can be degrading, humiliating, and harmful, but it can also be intimate, connective, and pleasurable. It’s a duality that coexists.”
- Arabella
- “Consent should be enthusiastic and ongoing. Anything less is not consent.”
- Arabella
- “How do you navigate an entire system built to make you feel like you’re not important?”
- Kwame
- “Surviving isn’t always living.”
- Terry
- “I feel like I’m waking up to a world where I don’t fit anymore.”
- Arabella
