Posted on Mar 31, 2023
Filmmaker Jennifer Fox Says Olympic Rowing Legend Ted Nash Sexually Abused Her as a Child
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Filmmaker Jennifer Fox talks more about surviving childhood sexual abuse and her decision to reveal that her abuser 50 years ago was the legendary Olympic rower and coach Ted Nash, who died in 2021. Fox is the director of The Tale, a narrative memoir based on Fox’s own life experience.
Filmmaker Jennifer Fox Says Olympic Rowing Legend Ted Nash Sexually Abused Her as a Child
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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..."NERMEEN SHAIKH: Yes. Thank you, Jennifer. That’s actually a very, very important distinction and clarification. So, if you could also — you didn’t get a chance to answer the question about the sequel, the things that you’ve been thinking about in the last four years that may constitute the second part of this film, The Tale.
JENNIFER FOX: Look, when I made The Tale, I still was struggling with the word “victim.” I still hate that word. I see myself as a survivor. I think all of you out there have to be very careful with the word “victim,” because “victim” actually hurts the person that is hearing it. It makes us weak. It makes us unable to respond. In fact, all of the people who have been victims of child sexual abuse, 99% of them go on and survive. So, let’s name us for what we are so.
But making The Tale, I still had trouble seeing the victim part of me. I still had not dealt with the damage that the sexual abuse had done to me. And I think, look, I am both a survivor and a victim. But to be a whole person, I actually have to include both parts of me in myself and accept both parts. And making The Tale, to be honest, I hadn’t really still faced the damaged part or the part of me that had been hurt. And that has happened since The Tale. And that process, which is still going on, is something I’d like to investigate in a part two, either a book or a film, someday down the road. We’ll see. Maybe Laura Dern will play me again. Who knows?
AMY GOODMAN: Well, Jennifer Fox, we want to thank you so much for being with us. Jennifer Fox is a writer and director who made the 2018 Emmy-nominated film called The Tale. Now she has come out and named her abuser, abused at the age of 13. The New York Times ran it on the front page. The headline, “For Years She Said a Coach Abused Her. Now She Has Named a Legend.” And she named the rowing coach and rower Ted Nash."
..."NERMEEN SHAIKH: Yes. Thank you, Jennifer. That’s actually a very, very important distinction and clarification. So, if you could also — you didn’t get a chance to answer the question about the sequel, the things that you’ve been thinking about in the last four years that may constitute the second part of this film, The Tale.
JENNIFER FOX: Look, when I made The Tale, I still was struggling with the word “victim.” I still hate that word. I see myself as a survivor. I think all of you out there have to be very careful with the word “victim,” because “victim” actually hurts the person that is hearing it. It makes us weak. It makes us unable to respond. In fact, all of the people who have been victims of child sexual abuse, 99% of them go on and survive. So, let’s name us for what we are so.
But making The Tale, I still had trouble seeing the victim part of me. I still had not dealt with the damage that the sexual abuse had done to me. And I think, look, I am both a survivor and a victim. But to be a whole person, I actually have to include both parts of me in myself and accept both parts. And making The Tale, to be honest, I hadn’t really still faced the damaged part or the part of me that had been hurt. And that has happened since The Tale. And that process, which is still going on, is something I’d like to investigate in a part two, either a book or a film, someday down the road. We’ll see. Maybe Laura Dern will play me again. Who knows?
AMY GOODMAN: Well, Jennifer Fox, we want to thank you so much for being with us. Jennifer Fox is a writer and director who made the 2018 Emmy-nominated film called The Tale. Now she has come out and named her abuser, abused at the age of 13. The New York Times ran it on the front page. The headline, “For Years She Said a Coach Abused Her. Now She Has Named a Legend.” And she named the rowing coach and rower Ted Nash."
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So so many victims hide their abuse due to fear and shame and confusion.
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