Christine Blasey Ford on Detaching Yourself from the Outcome

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🗓️ 10 April 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Before September 2018, the public didn’t know Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. She was a busy mom and professor at Palo Alto University and Stanford. Then, she leveled a sexual assault accusation against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a SCOTUS nominee. She testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee and 5 million people tuned in. From then on, any concept of a private life went out the window. Christine needed security to go…well, anywhere. Strangers sent her and her family death threats. Five years later, Christine shares how she navigates her new normal, plus the story behind the headlines and soundbites. In this episode, Christine shares: The behind-the-scenes leading up to her testimony against Judge Kavanaugh What she makes of her unique connection to Anita Hill Suggestions on what to say to sexual assault survivors instead of “I believe you” What parts of working on her memoir, “One Way Back”, were therapeutic – and which were re-traumatizing Content warning: this topic deals with sexual assault. Please take care when listening.

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0:00.0	It felt like the most stressful thing that I had been through until the aftermath, which became the more stressful thing, but that summer certainly felt like I could barely think of anything else.
0:14.0	I'm Carly Zaken and I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:20.0	Welcome to Nine to Five-ish with the skin.
0:22.0	We've run into so many questions. Welcome to 9 to 5-ish with the skin.
0:22.8	We've run into so many questions over the years
0:25.7	and had so many moments where we needed advice
0:29.0	and we got it from women who'd been there. And that's what we're bringing you with this show.
0:34.0	Each week we're helping you get what you want out of your career
0:37.0	by talking to the smartest leaders we know.
0:40.0	Because we know your work life is a lot more than 9 to 5.
0:44.6	All right, let's get into it.
0:48.7	Today, our guest is Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.
0:52.4	Christine is a professor of psychology at Pala. Dr. Christine Blasy Ford.
0:52.6	Christine is a professor of psychology at Palo Alto University
0:56.3	and a clinical professor at the Stanford University
0:58.8	School of Medicine, where she is also a biostatician.
1:07.2	You may remember seeing Christine's name in the headlines back in 2018.
1:15.9	In July of that year, she leveled a sexual assault accusation against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who at the time was a Supreme Court nominee. By September 2018, she was thrust into the public eye when she testified before the
1:21.7	Senate Judiciary Committee, where she alleged that Judge Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a high school party in the 80s.
1:29.0	What Christine initially thought was going to be a private testimony turned out to be
1:33.9	nationally televised as more than 20 million people tuned in.
1:38.0	Judge Kavanaugh has denied the allegations and ultimately was confirmed to the Supreme Court.
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