Racism, is it for reals? (or MUH FLAG!)
Since ya’ll can’t get enough of this flag and anthem controversy. I’ve carefully tried to encapsulate the argument from the average white person in America. Enjoy.
Category: Blog, Commentary and Articles
Website Re-Launched III
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 one more time. We...
‘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 Title IX’ by Taylor...
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 because they don’t really...
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 off earlier, Mildred Loving...
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 my 2015 statement as...
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 about what he was...
Ally vs. Abuser: Choose One
Seriously, you cannot be an ally and a smug silencer at the same time. Pick one.
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 and underlined throughout. Back...
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 County after police allege...