Piltdown Lad #6:
Institutionalized
by Kelly Dessaint
www.kellydessaint.com
Institutionalized
is the story of two young brothers who get caught up in the world of adult
sexual abuse and how they try to free themselves.
Institutionalized
is the story of two perpetrators – one, the children’s father, the other the
father’s 19 year old lover.
Institutionalized
is the story of how our social institutions come to the “assistance” of young
victims and how the system fails them.
This story takes place in the 1980’s. Not much has changed.
And the story is true.
Kelly has one of the most distinctive voices among zine
creators today. Institutionalized
Includes actual newspaper and court records accounts of the arrest
and incarceration of the abusers. There are pages from Kelly’s notebooks at the
time. This issue of Piltdown Lad
continues with Kelly’s compelling, page-turning writing. This is one of those
rare zines I read start to finish with no breaks.
A couple of things felt out of place in Piltdown Lad #6 –
letters of comment and zine reviews. The zine would have been even more intense
and powerful without them. Otherwise – again – Piltdown Lad is essential
reading.
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