THE FUSE

The survivors of Jeffrey Epstein have lived with their pain for decades while their complaints were ignored or sidelined by various law enforcement bodies. The effects of trauma do not have an expiration date. It can rear its head at any time, triggered by a song, a scent, an unexpected encounter with the past—putting us right back in the terrifying moment. The trauma of sexual abuse in adolescence lives on in sudden triggering moments, but it is also never entirely absent from the daily experience of self.