What if it was your daughter?
“What if it was your daughter?” There isn’t a domestic violence or rape survivor who hasn’t asked this question. So many of us face callous indifference. We feel like the girl […]
Tag Archives: abuse of power
Rape Survivor Confronts Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) Over Rape of Halliburton Employee in Iraq
“What if it was your daughter who was raped? Would you tell her to be quiet and take it? Would you tell your daughter to be silent?” A brave rape […]
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 […]
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 […]
Beauty & the Pit Bull Beast: Miss WA, Elyse Umemoto, Experienced Domestic Violence
She’s beautiful, talented, and brilliant. She was Miss Washington in 2007 and second runner-up in the 2008 Miss America pageant. When little girls think of beauty queens, they never imagine those beautiful […]
AGT: No Real Standouts Tonight
Sorry, AGT judges, I don’t agree with you. Acrodunk wasn’t all that exciting except for that leap through the flaming hoop. The Texas Tenors were about as sexy and thrilling […]
Litigation Abuse & Judicial Misconduct, 101
Where do you turn and to whom do you ask for help when you experience litigation abuse and/or judicial misconduct?
Eve Ensler Takes the “Terminator” to School over Cuts to California’s DV Shelters
Eve Ensler’s got a way with words! She absolutely took “The Terminator,” California’s Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger, to school in today’s Huffington Post.
Pat Conroy: “I write for the people who can’t speak.”
Pat Conroy is a champion for social justice. He’s done more to break down the walls of silence surrounding domestic violence and child abuse than anyone. He summarized his quest early on in The Lords of Discipline (1980) in a passage that chills my soul every time I read it.
Yes, America’s Got Talent, but it got sent home
What’s up with America’s Got Talent? With so much amazing talent this season, I was looking forward to see who would emerge as best of the very best. But, it appears the judges […]
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