Tanya Selvaratnam - "Assume Nothing" - Abuse Survivor Writes Her Way Out of the Darkness

Tanya Selvaratnam’s new book, Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate
Violence, speaks truth to power by exploring her journey through
an abusive relationship with the very powerful politician, former
NY Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, who was forced to resign
based on Tanya's revelations. Covered extensively in Time
Magazine, The New Yorker and beyond, Tanya's narrative has
created profound conversations about violence against women and
the next phase of the #MeToo movement. Tanya is a writer, artist,
and Emmy-nominated and multiple Webby-winning producer with more
than twenty-five years of experience in the arts & social
justice. Selvaratnam’s producing range includes films, branded
content, live events, large-scale convenings, and exhibitions.
Her films have played on HBO, PBS, Showtime, Vice, the Sundance
Channel and more. Born in Sri Lanka and raised in the States, she
is a cofounder w the artist Laurie Anderson and the producer
Laura Michalchyshyn, of The Federation: a coalition of artists,
organizations, and allies committed to keeping cultural borders
open and showing how art unites us. She has also been an advisor
and producer for For Freedoms. “My Swan Dive was writing this
book, because it helped me write my way out of the darkness which
I found myself in after I had come forward against the former New
York State Attorney General in 2018. And, I was inspired to write
the book because I had so many people reaching out to me sharing
their own stories of intimate violence, and I decided I would
write this book for them and also for the millions of people that
experience it ... to take the reader along my journey from victim
to survivor and thriver and, hopefully, help others find their
light.” says Tanya.


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