Criminal “Justice” System: Justice or Criminal?
It’s not a system. It’s not about justice. It’s just criminal. – Unknown Julie Owens posted this quote on Facebook on Friday. Today seems an apt day to publish it. […]
Tag Archives: dating abuse
Farewell, Dear Visitors
This is my 548th post, and it will likely be my last. I will never find a survivor story as powerful as Pat Conroy’s The Death of Santini. He captured the […]
YWCA’s Week Without Violence™ Campaign: 10/14 – 10/20/13
Please join me in celebrating the YWCA’s Blog Carnival this week. If you don’t have a blog, please spread the word via social media. Let’s celebrate everyone ~ including us […]
Free @ Last. I Am Free @ Last. Freedom Is a State of Mind.
It’s like he stole my soul. – Anna Quindlen, Black and Blue Yesterday was the 21st anniversary of the awful night of the guns. I was trapped and terrified. […]
Movie Review: Tyler Perry’s Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
When seduction becomes obsession, the last person you can trust is yourself. -Tyler Perry This will shock folks who know me well: I’m falling out of love with Tyler Perry. […]
Justice: One Billion Rising, 2014
ONE BILLION RISING FOR JUSTICE is a global call to women survivors of violence and those who love them to come together in community and solidarity outside places where they […]
“The View from the Victim Room” by Courtney Queeney
The New York Times published this amazing op-ed by Courtney Queeney on June 30. Ms. Queeney is an award-winning poet and abuse survivor who lives in Chicago. “The View From […]
Mark Twain: Explore. Dream. Discover.
V-Day was Navigating Uncharted Waters’ 4th anniversary. This inspirational Mark Twain quote which was posted on my Facebook timeline by Julie Owens seems like a great way to celebrate how […]
#1BillionRising
It’s like a huge feminist tsunami. – Eve Ensler One Billion Rising will start today in Samoa and spread around the world to all 200 countries! One Billion Rising is […]
“Still I Rise” Poem by Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise. Does my sassiness upset […]
Anne Caroline Drake 