Bravo, SCOTUS: Love Wins Again
Where were you when SCOTUS ruled that same-sex couples were granted the fundamental right to marry? I had just woken up and turned on CBS This Morning. It was breaking […]
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Charleston, SC: Love Wins
Evil happens when good people do nothing. How can good people be so silent in the face of rampant racism? How many shooting rampages need to happen for people to […]
Book Review: Grandma Gatewood’s Walk
Why doesn’t HE leave? It’s time to change the conversation on intimate terrorism (domestic violence). Grandma Gatewood would probably slap any DV advocate who dared to call her a victim […]
Celebrating 600K Visitors: Urban Photo Safari
To thank all 600,000 of you from around the world who have visited Navigating Uncharted Waters, I want to celebrate by sharing photos from my urban safari last week. My […]
Bravo: Potty-Mouth Princesses Cursing for a Cause
We want to break the silence on domestic violence. In our household swearing is absolutely unacceptable, but if it takes princesses saying the F-word to raise awareness, we will call […]
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 […]
Book Review: My Father’s Wives
What sort of man divorces five women? – Mike Greenberg, My Father’s Wives Sen. Percival Sweetwater III walked out on his son Jonathan’s ninth birthday and never returned. Shortly before his […]
Big Bad Wolves
Ladies, when the big bad wolf comes knock, knock, knocking at your door, don’t open it. Don’t invite him into your home. Don’t make him dinner. Don’t have sex with […]
Happy International Women’s Day!
Get the heck off of my shoulders and get to work! – Amelia Boynton Robinson Today is the 50th anniversary of the Selma March. Amelia Boynton Robinson is a 103-year-old […]
Happy V-Day: Celebrating Navigating Uncharted Waters’ 6th Anniversary!
We all need healthy love in our lives to thrive and find joy. Yet, abuse survivors are conditioned to confuse abuse with love. We don’t recognize healthy love when it […]
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