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Editor's Notes
About the
Editor:
Min Grob started
Conference on Coercive
Control in June 2015, after
leaving a relationship that
was coercive and
controlling.
Since then, Min has held
four national conferences,
spoken at several events, as
well as publishing CCChat
Magazine, an online
publication on and around
coercive control.
September 2018 sees the
launch of Empower Hub -
a hub for connecting,
learning and supporting
around coercive control.
Min is particularly
interested in the various
tactics used by perpetrators
and how these tactics are
often conflated by those
who are unaware of the
many ways in which a
perpetrator will manipulate.
Using various examples
from social media, Min has
spoken on the challenging
subject of differentiating
between strident discourse
and deliberate baiting
where perpetrators aim to
get under the skin of their
victim without drawing
attention to themselves as
abusers. Abusers are very
adept at using covert tactics
aimed at provoking a
response.
Min talks on coercive
control both her own
personal experience and
more generally.
Contact the Editor:
contract@coercivecontrol.c
o.uk
Autumn Mists and Empowerment
It's been a while since the last issue of CCChat Magazine. In fact, the last
issue was in June and coincided with the fourth Conference on Coercive
Control which was held at the University of Bristol.
Much has happened in the intervening summer months but first, an
apology for the hiatus. Football World Cup fever meant the rural
supersnail WiFi was especially sluggish and inched and crawled at the rate
Atlantic coral grows - and that is not fast. In the middle of this snail pace
came exciting developments, so the magazine was put on the backburner
for the duration of summer.
And what are these developments?
Firstly, the first Survivors' Symposium was held in August. This looked at
how victims who had been failed by the system were left vulnerable to
being exploited by services that, rather than safeguard them, led to them
being significantly re-traumatised. The accounts given by survivors
highlighted a shocking chasm in accountability where some services,
although not necessarily breaking the law, demonstrated an amoral and
deeply worrying lack of remorse when serious concerns were raised. The
Symposium was set up to look at how victims have been/can be failed/
exploited and how better provisions can be put in place to safeguard
against this.
September also sees the launch of Empower - a hub for connecting,
supporting and educating. More on this in the magazine.
And, of course, there are the conferences. The upcoming one this
November in London, one in Liverpool in 2019 and several more planned
- included one which looks at the wilful blindness around recognising
certain forms of abuse. As the saying goes, There are none so blind as
those who will not see.
Hope you enjoy this edition of CCChat and see you in November.
The Empower Issue