Julie Owens finds the BEST political cartoons and comments. Thanks for the belly laughs, Julie. Why do so many pro”life” folks vote against funding to care for children once they are born? There’s wisdom in the old adage: Your actions speak so loudly I can’t hear what you’re saying. This last one was posted by Dominique Lamb … Read more
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on November 11, 2011 · 1 Comment
Tonight I’m celebrating my 400th post with Bitzie curled up next to me and wearing her purple. We are celebrating the veteran survivors of wars fought with the terrorists in our own homes. In October, I wrote 31 survivor stories and invited everyone to wear purple to express their commitment to end domestic … Read more
Filed under Journey to Joy (J2J) · Tagged with abuse of power, abuse recovery, activist, artist's date, child abuse, domestic violence, Dress to Express, emPOWERment, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Pacific Northwest, photography, photos, pit bull abusers, Safe at Home, self-care, survivor stories
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on November 7, 2011 · 1 Comment
You want a job, right? – Herman Cain Sharon Bialek has a lot of courage. She wants to give a face to the women allegedly sexually harassed by presidential hopeful Herman Cain. She’s an exceedingly attractive woman, but I noticed that the national media has opted to publish the most unflattering photos of her. The … Read more
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 25, 2011 · 1 Comment
You can recognize enlightenment because it always tastes of freedom. – Martha Nibley Beck, Ph.D. Martha Nibley Beck, Ph.D. is a frequent Oprah contributor and has written several books. Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found My Faith is a memoir about the ritualistic sexual abuse she experienced at the hands of her … Read more
Filed under Life Rafts · Tagged with abuse of power, abuse recovery, Book Review, books, child abuse, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Depression, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, faith-based response to DV, Hugh Nibley, Joseph Smith, Leaving the Saints, Martha Beck, Mormon, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, New York Times, Oprah, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, psychic numbing, PTSD, sexual abuse, survivor stories, Virginia Woolf
Job, education, emancipation. . .my new mantra. I was getting out. – Carlene Cross Carlene Cross wanted to write about the history of fundamentalism, but her publisher thought her book should be a memoir. She published her research notes on her web site, and wrote Fleeing Fundamentalism: A Minister’s Wife Examines Faith. She lives here in Seattle. She holds … Read more
Filed under Life Rafts · Tagged with abuse of power, abuse recovery, Carlene Cross, child abuse, domestic violence, emotional abuse, emPOWERment, faith-based response to DV, Fleeing Fundamentalism, fundamentalist religion, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, self-care, sexual abuse, survivor stories
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 20, 2011 · 1 Comment
Murder will continue to rise. Rape will continue to rise. All crime will continue to rise. – Joe Biden, Vice President The Republican National Committee (RNC) wants me to condemn remarks made by Vice President Joe Biden in Philadelphia. VP Biden is lobbying to keep teachers in the classroom and cops on the street, and Fox … Read more
Filed under Leadership · Tagged with abuse of power, activist, Arab Spring, Barack Obama, Boston Tea Party, Bush Tax Cuts, class warfare, Complex-PTSD, domestic violence, Harry Reid, jobs bill, Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Occupy Wall Street, Osama bin Laden, political hypocrisy, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, Republican National Committee, RNC, Scott Brown, sexual abuse, unemployment, Violence Against Women
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 20, 2011 · 3 Comments
Barbara Thompson after coroner’s jury verdict I think if you just keep hanging in there and keep working at it, you’ll finally get the end result that is true justice. – Barbara Thompson What does it take to get an arrest of Ron Reynolds? Washington State Trooper Ronda Reynolds was murdered in 1998. Her death … Read more
Filed under DV in the News · Tagged with abuse of power, activist, Ann Rule, Barbara Thompson, books, domestic violence, In the Still of the Night, Jerry Berry, Jonathan Reynolds, KOMO, Lewis County WA, litigation abuse, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, police misconduct, Ron Reynolds, survivor stories, Warren McLeod
John M. Fedders didn’t just shatter his wife’s dreams. He shattered the dreams of the middle class. He made it possible for the 1% on Wall Street to steal the money that the other 99% ~ the folks who live on Main Street ~ worked hard all their lives to earn. The protests against Wall Street greed … Read more
Filed under Life Rafts · Tagged with "family values" hypocrisy, abuse of power, activist, Book Review, books, Charlotte Fedders, domestic violence, John M. Fedders, John S. McInerney, litigation abuse, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, NOW, pit bull abusers, Reagan Administration, SEC, Shattered Dreams, survivor stories, Violence Against Women Act, Wall St. vs. Main St.
Eight people are dead. Another is clinging to life. It is National Domestic Awareness Month, but you wouldn’t know it because the media prefers the color pink. . .even though there are at least twice as many of us wearing the color purple. We flat out don’t matter until somebody ends up dead. … Read more
Filed under DV in the News · Tagged with abuse of power, domestic violence, family court reform, gun violence, litigation abuse, Michelle Fournier Dekraai, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, parental alienation syndrome, PAS, pit bull abusers, Salon Meritage, Scott Dekraai, Seal Beach CA, Tokepa KS
Posted by Anne Caroline Drake on October 13, 2011 · 1 Comment
Life is a challenge. There’s struggle and conflict. It’s what you do with that struggle and conflict that matters. – Dewey Bozella Dewey Bozella spent over half his life in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. When he was nine years old, he witnessed his father beat his pregnant mother to death. In 1983, … Read more
Filed under Life Rafts · Tagged with abuse of power, Dewey Bozella, domestic violence, Innocence Project, Justice James T. Rooney, litigation abuse, National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, prosecutorial misconduct, Ross E. Firsenbaum, survivor stories, WilmerHale
