Trauma Art: Sarah Ruth Ashcraft

Sarah Ruth Ashcraft shared this picture 4 years ago as part of a Twitter thread discussing the alleged sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her family and their friends.

It is much too easy to dismiss such claims as the outcry of a mentally disturbed person.

When someone produces “trauma art,” they are telling a story that must be taken seriously and investigated by competent, unbiased professionals.

The link to her original Tweet is here. https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973294424544464897?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A

Here is the thread:

Background tweet—

https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/927273831974293505?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A

Thread—

https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973279506206199809?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973291967814742016?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973291967814742016?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973293224445046784?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973293748871417856?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973294053348569089?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973294424544464897?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973294786441605120?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973295354513973248?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973295703509389312?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973296122373574656?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973296511558746114?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973296989927600128?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973297414160429057?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973298349460852736?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973298734808424448?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973299137499291649?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973301129437175808?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973301705034092544?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973302059586990081?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973302410641854465?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973303152748453890?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
Tweet redacted due to TOS concerns. Sarah is calling for capital punishment here, but I don’t want her tweet to be misinterpreted, misused, exploited, etc. Original is still on Twitter. https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973303430793121792?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A
https://twitter.com/sarahruthmayer/status/973314472457711618?s=46&t=V2dRbE78Hcng__h-w9r4_A

By Dr. Dannielle Blumenthal (Dossy). All opinions are the author’s own. Please feel free to republish this post.