So, things are back online again at Triggered By Media, the successor to Movies That Trigger. After getting hacked repeatedly at our last webhosting company, the website has been resurrected […]
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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.
‘I had to graduate with my rapist’: We spoke to the sexual assault survivors behind the letter to Betsy DeVos
news • Jul 13 2017 ‘I had to graduate with my rapist’: We spoke to the sexual assault survivors behind the letter to Betsy DeVos ‘Where would I be without […]
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No, Your Questions Are Not Valid (or Concern Trolling is the Devil)
It is always fascinating when people who are not survivors or involved in victim services or survivor advocacy work have weird fixations with shit they couldn’t possibly understand – usually […]
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Mildred and Richard’s Sacrifice is Our Obligation
The Multiracial Activist Mildred and Richard’s Sacrifice is Our Obligation June 13, 2017 50 years ago yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court officially disagreed with anti-miscegenation laws. Starting it all […]
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TMA Founder’s Statement on Loving Day 2017
The Multiracial Activist Statement on Loving Day June 12, 2017 Dear Readers, As this is Loving Day and so much has changed in the last few years, I am reposting […]
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Sorry George (Or Male Survivors Are Not Props)
For a few years now, there has been a meme in circulation containing a quote by George Takei — “You know, when a man is raped you never hear […]
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Ally vs. Abuser: Choose One
Seriously, you cannot be an ally and a smug silencer at the same time. Pick one.
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Influences, Illness and New Beginnings
I only took a few books with me to Operation Desert Shield/Storm. Anne Sexton’s “The Complete Poems” was one of the few I included to read. It was dog-eared, highlighted […]
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Female Rapist Robs Cabbie (or Language Matters)
Craig Shoup, writing for The Times-Messenger, on “Fremont woman charged in cab driver rape“: A Fremont resident has been indicted on first-degree felony rape and aggravated robbery charges in Hancock […]
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When Ideology Trumps Humanity (or That Is Not How An Ally Behaves)
Conversations about the use of male victims of crime and male survivors as talking points to demonstrate a concern for women are fraught with misunderstanding, denials and often – attempts […]
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