Bidemi is 6 when a trusted neighbour rapes her and threatens her into silence, planting shame where childhood should have been. Growing up, that unspoken violation twists into a painful, confusing relationship with her own body, making her an easy target for predators in churches, classrooms, and on campus. Labeled “spoilt” and “fast,” she is judged for the scars others gave her, while the men who harmed her remain respected. Yet through small acts of resistance and glimpses of solidarity with other survivors, Bidemi begins to imagine a future where she owns her story and says, “Not anymore.”
