Season Four, Episode 03

Photo by Casey Steffens
"I grew up an army brat. My father died when I was a baby and my mother remarried when I was about four." - Kim Dadou Brown
"Our environment was always changing, moving a lot. I was always the new fat girl with long, dark hair with an accent from the last place we lived." - Kim Dadou Brown on her childhood.
"Rochester has always been home base safe. We traveled my whole childhood, but Rochester was always home base." Photo by Casey Steffens.
Kim Dadou Brown at her home in Rochester, NY. Photo by Casey Steffens.
Kim and her mother. Photo courtesy of Kim Dadou Brown.
Photo by Casey Steffens
Kim with her current wife, Belle. Photo by Casey Steffens.

Season Four, Episode 03

A White Noise In Your Head – Part I

A White Noise In Your Head – Part I

A story of abuse, self defense, and the narratives we choose to believe.

By the time her boyfriend became violent, Kim Dadou Brown was confident she could handle it. It was just one of those things the women in her family dealt with. It wasn’t until Kim found herself in prison that she realized how seriously the years of abuse had skewed her reality – and what little support the system offered women like her.

In Part 01, Kim meets us in her home in Rochester, New York, where she shares what ultimately led to a final act of violence and how much work she’s had to do in order to free herself from the trauma.

Produced by Mike Martinez, Tyler Wray, and Grace Heerman. Music by Mike Etten. Sound design by Armen Bazarian.

Photos by Casey Steffens.

*This episode contains strong descriptions of domestic violence, please listen with care.

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please consider calling the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1.800.799.7233.

 

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