India, July 31 -- How does a woman reclaim her space when it's been taken from her - right in the middle of doing what she loves? That's the question singer Rebecca Baby, frontwoman of the French rock band Lulu Van Trapp, raised this week in a powerful act of protest. After being sexually assaulted during a live performance, she responded not with silence, but with action - by going topless on stage and turning her trauma into defiance.

The incident occurred on Saturday at the Le Cri de la Goutte festival in Menthieres, France. As part of her usual routine, Rebecca descended into the crowd - mic in hand, immersed in the moment. But what followed was anything but routine. "In the middle of the show, as I often do, I went down into the pit...