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📣Leading Conversations About #CSA Through Survivor-Led Training, Campaigning & Support

🌸Sophie Olson: Founder/activist/writer

📖Author of The Flying Child - A Cautionary Fairy Tale For Adults 🌸(ZunTold)

#TheFlyingChildStory #CSASurvivorSky
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The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · Nov 14
My name is Sophie.

I’m a survivor of intrafamilial child sexual abuse. I’m a writer, activist and founder of The Flying Child CIC. I don’t show my face on social media for safety reasons as the perpetrator is still a risk to me.

Lovely to see familiar faces finding this account!

#CSASurvivorSky
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We are delighted to welcome our newest board member. John (Baker)Gregor. John has been a professional actor for over thirty years,working in theatre, television, short film @theflyingchild.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social @johndbnldn.bsky.social
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November 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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My two youngest have started watching @bbceastenders.bsky.social
- and while the storylines can be intense, they open up important conversations that are harder to start. 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Two keynotes. Two cities. Countless conversations about #CSA with MH & SW practitioners. I met with many who want to make a difference. Today I’m speaking at AD4E Festival. On Sunday Patricia Walsh (#TheFlyingChildStory) & I meet with UK Counselling Network
Tired but grateful to be in these spaces 🌸
Sophie standing at podium speaking into a mic in front of screen with slide showing an illustration of a woman walking through woods. Text reads fall forward People sit around tables at a Conference Sophie walking in front of red brick building. Her face is blurred out
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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I couldn’t speak these words when I was nine. Now I can. I share as a reminder that the problem is not the survivor but a world that turned the other way.

Latest blog about surviving childhood r*** and the aftermath. (A metaphorical take)

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I Died When I Was Nine
Blog on The Flying Child about surviving rape and its aftermath. By Sophie Olson - author of The Flying Child - A Cautionary Fairy Tale for Adults
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October 17, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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I’m sure most people would prefer to not work on a Sunday, so I’m really impressed that so many therapists from Child in Time
turned up to a talk about my experience of surviving CSA and the impacts on my adult life. 1/
October 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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The final words in #TheFlyingChildStory are ‘Not The End’. I continue to write in the same style to put words to emotion hard to express. Overwhelm isn’t always negative. Sometimes it’s the result of being in the presence of those with the warmest of hearts ♥️

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The Little Princess and The Meeting 🌸
What began months ago with a passionate conversation after an event with a fellow panelist, grew into a kitchen-table meetup in Rochdale. This week we convened in Bloomsbury with practitioner allies. ...
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October 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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CSAReps Project team members Victoria Pohls & Aleksandra Milenovic presenting at Everyday Reading of Literature (EROL) Symposium in the University of Zagreb last week@ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Tales from the Woods

Tales of all cultures contain child protection messages.
These stories have impact on children because they offer a "Language" to explain the experience of Living with a Predator #LanguageMatters #WordsMakeWorlds

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September 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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The presenters recordings of our CSAReps project launch are now available on our website @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social and thank you again for your time and the wonderful presentations!👍
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Recordings - CSAReps – Investigating Fictional Representations of Child Sexual Abuse in Contemporary Culture: Myths and Understanding
‘Personal, Practice: Media & Research’ CSAReps project launch ‘Personal, Practice: Media & Research’ was the name of the CSAReps project launch event […]
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August 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Some lovely feedback shared on LinkedIn by Sally Benson, Director of U.K. Counselling Network, following my talk to counsellors. ♥️🌸

#CSA #Survivor #counselling #therapy
Some of the comments following the session: “Incredible session, very moving. Like someone said in the session, I don’t think I’ll ever forget it” “It was absolutely inspiring and informative. Thought-provoking” “Very powerful and helpful, thank you” “What a powerful presentation— Sophie’s courage and passion was impressive to witness.” “I have clients who are survivors of CSA and Sophie’s call to offer more than compassion sits so well — systemic silencing feeds CSA and needs a collective response — thanks to Sophie for reminding us that.” Thank you Sophie and we will look forward to working with you again in the near future. Sally Benson - Director
June 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Some lovely feedback shared on LinkedIn by Sally Benson, Director of U.K. Counselling Network, following my talk to counsellors. ♥️🌸

#CSA #Survivor #counselling #therapy
Some of the comments following the session: “Incredible session, very moving. Like someone said in the session, I don’t think I’ll ever forget it” “It was absolutely inspiring and informative. Thought-provoking” “Very powerful and helpful, thank you” “What a powerful presentation— Sophie’s courage and passion was impressive to witness.” “I have clients who are survivors of CSA and Sophie’s call to offer more than compassion sits so well — systemic silencing feeds CSA and needs a collective response — thanks to Sophie for reminding us that.” Thank you Sophie and we will look forward to working with you again in the near future. Sally Benson - Director
June 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Last night I presented to U.K. Counselling Network. The aim of my talk was to explore systemic challenges in responding to victims and survivors of CSA - from my perspective as a survivor not adequately supported by the mental health system, to live alongside trauma. 1/
June 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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This word count feels like an important milestone. Thank you to those who have offered to read and feedback on my first draft.

Few more chapters to write, but there is a clear direction now and I’m loving the process. Writing is the Best. Thing. Ever.

#secondbook
May 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Finally remembered my password to log back in to @bsky.app
May 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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A very moving read. Perfectly captures the Child trying to disclose the worst of horrors inflicted on their soul
Listen to the Child's Voice

To be read by every professional who comes into contact with child survivors of #CSA
Children should be seen as #DomesticAbuse victims in their own right
May 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Nothing more to add.
Audio book recording today. Difficult. There is a special place in hell for people who hurt children. #TheFlyingChildStory #CSA
May 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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The Flying Child: Latest Blog

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The Flying Child: The Little Princess Meets NSPCC & The Voice Story
In this continuation of Sophie Olson's fairy tale from The Flying Child - A Cautionary Fairy Tale For Adults, The Little Princess meets the NSPCC and is suprised by her reaction. A blog about empowerm...
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May 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Today was a recording day for The Flying Child audiobook. It’s an important process, but far from easy. (Today I was reading in a recording studio about CSA that took place in a recording studio - that was most likely part of a far wider distribution of CSAM (#TACSA)

I am reflecting on:
Sophie with blurred face, in recording studio Toni and Will in studio
May 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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@ailise-bulfin.bsky.social Thursday 1st May 2025 at Dept of Justice, "Irish Attitudes to Tackling Child Sexual Abuse. A Whole of Society Approach". What an inspirational event to attend. Well done to all involved! @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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theflyingchild.bsky.social The Flying Child @theflyingchild.bsky.social · Apr 7
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April 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Today we wake up to the same devastating headlines. Most images I’m seeing of Virginia Giuffre are recent, like this one. I choose to recall the one taken when she was a young girl in her teens. A child.
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Virginia Giuffre, Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew accuser, dies aged 41
Giuffre’s family issue statement confirming she killed herself at her farm in Western Australia
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April 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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If you are struggling because of the headlines today, please do reach out for support @rapecrisis.bsky.social ♥️🌸

#VirginiaGiuffre
Sending love to the survivor community today. I know people are reeling. It can be frightening to read headlines about the death of a survivor, if we relate. I know many of us, myself included, have been in a position where the need for peace outweighed the need to live. There are people fighting for a better world. They are not making the headlines but they are there. This hope is what I keep in my heart. 🌸
April 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Our PI Ailise Bulfin and postdoc Giulia Scapin from CSAReps Project Team are presenting at the below event on Wednesday 23rd April at 13.00 GMT, Please see joining details on the poster below @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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***Reminder***
Please join us for CSAReps Project Launch on 29th and 30th of April, please see details on poster below to register. This is a free online event. @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm....
The amazing Hazel Larkin - trauma informed therapist, one of a kind, gains recognition of her wonderful work in this article @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @ailise-bulfin.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @drcisme.bsky.social
Wishful thinking won't stop 'epidemic' of child sexual abuse
Training professionals who deal with children in how to spot the signs and address child sexual abuse would change outcomes for many
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April 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM