Interview with Sarah Marloff
Title
Interview with Sarah Marloff
Description
This interview contains descriptions of sexual assault.
Sarah Marloff is an award winning journalist and Arts Editor for the Washington City Paper. Sarah reports mostly on LGBTQ+ rights and culture, arts and culture in DC, and the criminalization and impacts of sexual abuse. In this interview, Sarah speaks to her former editor at the Austin Chronoicle, Amy Kamp, and Murphy Anne Carter about reporting on sexual abuse and the how it’s addressed by the US criminalization system. Sarah speaks about the various stereotypes that are perpetuated regarding what a survivor and a sexual perpetrator looks like. She discusses how survivors are often excluded from this narrative due to their gender, race, or sexual orientation. She also speaks about the normalization or rape and sexual assault from graphic media portrayals as well as the laborious process of taking assault to trial. Sarah shares the continued trauma of assault from medical rape kits and the lack of community and legal support for survivors when they do not meet the aforementioned stereotypes. Sarah hopes that we can reimagine how rape and sex are discussed in a way that can foster healing for survivors, without necessarily involving the injustices of the carceral system.
Sarah Marloff is an award winning journalist and Arts Editor for the Washington City Paper. Sarah reports mostly on LGBTQ+ rights and culture, arts and culture in DC, and the criminalization and impacts of sexual abuse. In this interview, Sarah speaks to her former editor at the Austin Chronoicle, Amy Kamp, and Murphy Anne Carter about reporting on sexual abuse and the how it’s addressed by the US criminalization system. Sarah speaks about the various stereotypes that are perpetuated regarding what a survivor and a sexual perpetrator looks like. She discusses how survivors are often excluded from this narrative due to their gender, race, or sexual orientation. She also speaks about the normalization or rape and sexual assault from graphic media portrayals as well as the laborious process of taking assault to trial. Sarah shares the continued trauma of assault from medical rape kits and the lack of community and legal support for survivors when they do not meet the aforementioned stereotypes. Sarah hopes that we can reimagine how rape and sex are discussed in a way that can foster healing for survivors, without necessarily involving the injustices of the carceral system.
Creator
Sarah Marloff
Publisher
Texas After Violence Project
Date
June 4, 2021
Contributor
Amy Kamp, Murphy Anne Carter, Karen Cheng, Emily Henry
Rights
Language
English
Type
Interview
Identifier
tav00121
Coverage
North America--United States--Texas
Player
Vimeo
Interviewer
Amy Kamp, Murphy Anne-Carter
Interviewee
Sarah Marloff
Location
Remote
Duration
1:12:35
Citation
Sarah Marloff, “Interview with Sarah Marloff,” Sheltering Justice, Texas After Violence Project, accessed November 4, 2025, https://shelteringjustice.texasafterviolence.org/items/show/167.