#TBT to another time The Atlantic mentioned my survivor story as part of a larger discussion of female predators. If you keep at it long enough, people do start to […]
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Category: Blog, Commentary and Articles
A section containing all blog entries, articles and commentaries. Many of these entries were imported from my earlier Blogspot, MovableType and WordPress blogs. In addition, political commentary, articles and essays written for publication and coursework can be found here. Much of the commentary in this section was published in The Multiracial Activist, The Abolitionist Examiner, The Good Men Project and Interracial Voice. Many essays in this section were written for coursework at the American Military University.
Satirical Victim-Shaming Is Still Victim-Shaming
I have spoken before about overzealous online activists attempting to satirically victim-shame male survivors because they stupidly believe we don’t get victim-shamed appropriately. Yes, this is a fucking batshit crazy […]
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11 Years of Talking About My Rape in the Public Sphere
This was an interesting read in The Atlantic regarding Chanel Miller’s recent decision to step out of anonymity and share her story via memoir. It got me thinking about the evolution of […]
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Ally Pro-Tip: It is Real Work
Being an ally is real work. More so, especially if you approach it with pre-conceived notions, ideological blindspots or biases. #metoo #metoomovement
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Stay classy WMATA
Stay classy WMATA.
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Sorry, I’m Not Naming My Rapist
There is a lot of discussion around the #metoo movement about survivors needing to name their abusers. I told my story publicly over a decade ago. I chose not to […]
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Ranking Roger and Musical Histories
Growing up as a teenager in a small town in the mid-80s Midwest, there were not a lot of places to hear new wave, ska, goth, punk post-punk and other […]
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Downsizing for 2019
Tom Weber and Tracy Mumford writing for MPR News on No one wants your stuff, Mom: 10 tips for downsizing: There is a scene playing out over and over again across […]
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Conservative Civility Is A Lie
“Politeness” and “civility” are the new buzzwords of the racist right and their cowardly apologists. If your “civility” comes with racism, homophobia, transphobia, and rape apologia I’ll fucking pass. I […]
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No Smugness Like Brand New Advocate Smugness
LOL, my inner dialogue nearly every time some netizen who likely didn’t even exist when I began my advocacy career in the early 1990s just MUST ‘splain my own areas […]
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