Book Review: The Moment of Lift
Buy the book. You’ll need a pack of highlight pens because it is packed with wisdom. The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates will […]
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The Myth of False Allegations
Over the weekend, I had an epiphany about the myth of false allegations of sexual assault and violence against women. It springs from an encounter I had with a sportscaster […]
Book Review: Quicksand
“Quicksand” is an apt metaphor for being in an abusive relationship. We can be so in awe of a walk on a beach that we don’t notice the quicksand until […]
Bravo: Eve Ensler and V20!
Twenty years before #MeToo, Eve Ensler broke down the silence on violence against women on V-Day, 1998 with the first production of The Vagina Monologues. It has evolved into a […]
Bravo: Victor Rivers!
A Private Family Matter by Victor Rivas Rivers is by far my favorite survivor memoir. He was in Everett, Washington on Thursday to be the keynote speaker at the Hope […]
Book Review: The Making of Donald Trump
Knock the crap out of them. I’ll pay your legal fees. – Donald J. Trump at a campaign rally in Cedar Rapids Donald Trump is the judge with more money. […]
Your Vote = Your Voice: Hillary Clinton Is a Champion for Us
When there wasn’t one person anywhere in the United States ~ not my family, not my friends, not one DV advocate or shelter ~ who would protect me from Oregon’s […]
Book Review: Brave Enough
Desperation is unsustainable. – Cheryl Strayed, Brave Enough Cheryl Strayed is an abuse survivor akin to Grandma Gatewood. Her hike of the Pacific Coast Trail was featured in the book and […]
Happy 4th of July: Celebrating Independence
Chicago’s fireworks celebrations are always epic, and they are what I miss most about living in Chicago. There’s something equally epic about seeing Lady Liberty in the midst of the […]
Sexual Assaults on Campus: The Hunting Ground
Rapists can rape with impunity on campus. – Andrea Pino Co-ed rape survivors are silent no more. The Hunting Ground is a documentary about rape on campus. It was produced by […]
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