Minimizing Rape: Phillips, Letterman, and Polanski
Young girls and women who experience incest, sexual molestation, and sexual harassment carry scars that never, ever quite heal. We tell ourselves that the sex was consensual because we can’t […]
Pres. Obama Nominated Judge Susan B. Carbon as Director, Office on Violence Against Women, Dept. of Justice
On October 1, President Obama announced his intent to nominate Judge Susan B. Carbon (NH) to be the Director of the Office on Violence Against Women (VAW) in the Department of Justice (DoJ). […]
Where’s the Color Purple? October Is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
1.3 million women experience domestic violence each year. 200,000 are diagnosed with breast cancer. You’d think with such a staggering disparity in statistics that our world each October would be awash with the […]
Calling All Foodies & Susan Wiggs Fans: Win a KitchenAid Stand Mixer on 9/23
What could be more romantic than the only daughter of a romance writer getting married? Elizabeth Wiggs is the daughter of Jay and New York Times best-selling author Susan Wiggs. […]
Journey to Joy (Day 6): Sexual Harassment Broke My Wild Filly Spirit
Why do men do it? Power and control. Entitlement too. Misogyny. Incest. Rape. Sexual molestation. Child abuse. Violence against women. Domestic violence. Sexual harassment. The criminal acts of male people with an […]
DC Sniper Sentenced: It Started with Domestic Violence
DC Sniper John Allen Muhammad was sentenced to die on November 10 by Prince County, VA Judge Mary Grace O’Brien today for murdering Dean Meyers. Muhammad was dubbed the DC Sniper […]
Journey to Joy (Day 5): Breaking Down My Own Walls of Silence
Isn’t this dancing girl precious? When we see photos like this, we assume that all little girls are loved and cherished. We assume her parents perceive her to be a […]
Journey to Joy (Day 4): Incest Pot Hole
In Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself, April is a lounge-singer who drinks too much. After her 16-year-old niece Jennifer is almost raped by April’s abusive, married […]
Happy 40th Birthday, Tyler Perry: I Can Do Bad All by Myself
Tyler Perry is having a grand celebration for his 40th birthday. I Can Do Bad All by Myself, his latest Madea movie, opened at number one at the box office on […]
Journey to Joy (Day 3): What Do You Really, Really, Really Want?
The first and most important step toward empowerment and joy is to clearly articulate where we want to go. We need a destination, or we’ll end up adrift with our […]
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