#TBT to 2000, 2004 and 2007 when Al Gore, John Kerry and the DNC used my advocacy work on the anti-miscegenationist Bob Jones University in press releases, blog postings, campaign handouts, etc. The...
Don’t be so “woke” that you can’t be taught. Ideology without competence makes you a zealot. Zealots are dangerous and especially threatened by competence. This is a systemic issue within sexual violence advocacy work.
When I discuss women trivializing sexual violence when the perp is also a woman, this is what I am talking about. Also, when I talk about allies gaslighting us, it is because they smugly...
Fascinating to watch all of the white people who bizarrely see Melania Trump as the epitome of class, now clutching their pearls at the sight of a couple of beautiful, talented Latinas with empires...
Condescension, smug dismissals and being talked down to are common experiences for male survivors – even within allegedly “woke” sexual violence advocacy. As a trained victim advocate with thousands of hours of direct experience,...
I’ve talked about her before, but I decided to put together a graphic to share on my social media accounts. This is just a tiny bit of taking back some power from Shannon. ...
People often make demands of me regarding what I did to “cause” my own rape. They insist upon asking why I didn’t fight back or react in the way they are so sure they...
I hate doing it, but talk of war always forces me to thin out the fellow vets in my friends lists. More of you are outing yourselves with racist banter, endorsement of genocide, utter...
I really miss this guy’s anti-war perspectives – especially right now, so I meme’d him. Feel free to share.
I’ve talked previously about my female rapist. I’ve not talked much about a form of sexual assault that is often downplayed or dismissed – groping. When my (then) girlfriend’s bestie groped me repeatedly by...
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