did you know? do you know of more?

[jadedspeedangel]

i have an idea. this week is the week of silence and i cannot particiapate in it because of the requirements of my job but i want to give you all an example of how many people rape affects. here is a list of some rape survivors. some you may have already known some you may not have know.

Oprah Winfrey
Tori Amos
Fiona Apple
Ani Difranco
Maya Angelou
Madonna
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Van Derbur (Miss America in 1958)
Ozzy Osbourne
Tom Arnold
Rosanne Barr
Jenna Jameson
Pamela Anderson
Traci Lords
Anne Heche
Gloria Estefan
Fran Drescher
Rosie O'Donnell
Sinead O'Connor
Virginia Woolf
Richard Pryor
Tammy Wynette
Maynard from Tool
*a member of Jars of Clay
Tionne from TLC
Drew Carey
Kathy Freeman
Johnathan Davis of Korn
Tina Turner
Carlos Santana
Susan Dey (Partridge Family, LA Law)
Karen Mulder (model)
Axl Rose
Connie Francis
Billy Connolly
Chester from Linkin Park
Billie Holiday
Eve Ensler
Kelly McGillis
Robin Quivers (from Howard Stern)
Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek)
Henry Miller
Sybil
Alexander Pushkin
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Patty Duke Astin
Toni Childs
Queen Elizabeth I of England
Robert Blake
Anne Sexton
Johannes Brahms

ADDED:
Missy Elliot
Kim Coles
Gabrielle Union (Bring it on)
Courtney Love
Kathleen Hanna

if you know of anyone i have left out please comment and i will add them to the list. for more information please visit rainn