![]() ![]() “The fact is that trauma and risk taking hadn’t become scarier over the years it had become more normal,” she writes of her oscillating regret and resignation during the detention at a Kadafi prison and guesthouse. Addario expresses throughout the memoir her aversion to being seen as “the girl,” more easily scared and inclined to leave the scene. The Libyan experience conveys effectively the judgment lapses and regrets that consume journalists when they ignore the ever-present subconscious hazard detector.įailure to heed those warnings is an occupational hazard, especially for female journalists traveling with male colleagues. She and three other veteran conflict journalists were taken captive by Kadafi’s gunmen, who bound and blindfolded them for the hourslong ride in the back of a pickup during which the men were punched and rifle-butted and Addario was fondled. ![]()
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