The Imagination S4E17 | “Jaymee Jay - ‘Michelle Remembers’ & So Should You: The Second Rise of the ‘Satanic Panic’”
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Today I’m honored to introduce to you: survivor and child abuse advocate, podcaster, woman of God, independent researcher, investigative and educator, and hero: Jaymee Jay!
Jaymee is someone I’m really excited for you all to meet. Although Jaymee’s upbringing wasn’t without it’s dysfunction, Jaymee has always been an incredibly intelligent and empathetic person who has excelled in many endeavors she has taken on in life. She could literally be doing anything else with her time, energy and voice, and instead - she chooses to volunteer her time researching and educating on topics such as SRA and DID as well as being a survivor advocate. I can’t tell you how much I admire Jaymee for stepping into a fight she could have simply studied from the sidelines and never spoken publicly about. I consider her to be a hero for braving speaking out as a survivor ally knowing it puts a target on her back and despite it being something she hasn’t made a single penny for. She is one of my heroes for her bravery and courage and I know all of you listening on the other side of the screen who are OR aren’t survivors will find her just as awe-inspiring, courageous, and incredible as I do!
Today, one of the big things Jaymee is going to educate us on is a particular moment in time that preceded the Satanic Panic. A testimony and story about a woman named Michelle Smith who - along with her therapist - began whistleblowing the horrors she remembered as an adult that she experienced as a child being heinously abused by members of a satanic cult. This case is extremely important for you and I to know about because it broke ground for victims, survivors and whistleblowers all over the world to have a voice, and also was ground zero for the eventual discreditation, propaganda, and orchestrated cover-up of satanic ritual abuse that we know today as the ‘Satanic Panic’. There is an active smear campaign coming back today to haunt survivors that is again pushing the satanic panic narrative and it’s important we are aware of this so we can continue to stand together and be louder than those who are dedicated to covering up the truth. Satanic Ritual Abuse was given a spotlight for the first time in history because of Michelle and is still able to be talked about today because of her courage to speak out when no one else would. Her book, ‘Michelle Remembers’ was the first account of SRA to go viral in a time when the internet didn’t even exist and the ‘Satanic Panic’ that followed is the reason we are all still fighting today for survivor’s voices to be heard. Jaymee’s expose on this important case serves as a reminder that what we are doing in the present wouldn’t be possible without those who paved the way in the past - and I hope we can all take inspiration from this episode today to remember Michelle when we grow tired and weary and to fight for her as much as she fought for every survivor to be able to speak out today.
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