Songwriter finds new calling in advocating for sexual assault survivors
When singer-songwriter Kinley Dowling released a song two years ago detailing her prom night rape, she didn’t set out to become an advocate for survivors of sexual assault.
But Dowling said her song “Microphone” has given her a new calling in life — empowering other survivors to tell their stories, and preventing sexual assaults from happening.
“I’ve done so much learning and growing and healing since first sharing my story,” Dowling, who is also known as the violinist for East Coast indie rockers Hey Rosetta!, said in an interview from P.E.I.
“Speaking my truth has allowed so many other women to feel safe enough to reach out to me and share their experiences with sexual assault, many of them for the first time ever.”