Huit minutes d’humanité

Quand on interroge Patrick Stewart sur la violence à l’égard des femmes, on sent que le sujet le touche de très près, et que sa collaboration avec Amnesty International est tout sauf un « publicity stunt ». Huit minutes d’humanité simple et touchante.

Ci-dessous, l’explication de cette intervention par Heather Skye, la jeune femme à l’origine de la question.

This was my question to Sir Patrick Stewart at Comicpalooza 2013. I wanted to thank Patrick Stewart for his speech at Amnesty International it personally help me put a name to the abuse, sexual abuse in my case, I had experienced in the past. He responded very passionately and the last thing I thought I would get at was a heartfelt hug.

When he embraced me he told me « You never have to go through that again, you’re safe now ». I just kept thanking him.

I hope everyone who needs help in abusive or violent situations has the courage to do so. There are people willing and ready to help you. There are hotline numbers a little farther down.

Et pour ceux qui veulent compléter leur lecture, Heather s’est également exprimée à propos de cette belle et brève rencontre, sur son blog.