latif.bsky.social
nerdy writer type. mostly harmless. co-host, wnyc's @radiolab. host, #theotherlatif and #connectednetflix
👤 Joined on 03 July 2023
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@latif.bsky.social…But most of all, why focusing on & blaming victims misses a much bigger story. About perpetrators of violence. And about us, the people watching from the sidelines. Give it a listen and tell me what you think! Big ups to the whole team that helped make this with me…5/
Show PostOver the course of the episode you can hear me struggle to understand. So I interview folks that have been through abuse of different kinds, who tell me what the media gets wrong about them, why “Stockholm syndrome” doesn’t make sense to victims- and why it sometimes does… 4/
Show PostI went on a journey to understand why victims of abuse don’t always act in the ways we expect. And I learned there’s a LOT we don’t get about victimhood— whether that’s in the context of hostage taking, kidnapping, domestic abuse, even cults. 3/
Show Post..Because behind “Stockholm syndrome,” a term that gets applied willy nilly to all kinds of victims—there’s a wild & suspect story. But more than that, it’s a story about what it’s like when something terrible happens to you & you do things the world struggles to understand. 2/
Show PostI know there are truly a zillion other things going on. But. I have a new episode of @radiolab.bsky.social out that took many months to make…and I dare say I’m proud of it. What’s it about? Kinda hard to say. On the surface it’s about “Stockholm Syndrome”… 1/ open.spotify.com/episode/2zhe...
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