FBF – Eavesdropping Coalition Letter
#FBF to that time in 2010 when I signed onto a diverse (left to right) coalition letter coordinated by Just Detention International and Prison Fellowship. Oh yeah, my future employer signed it too,...
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TBT – Rick Baker
#TBT – Growing up in Central Illinois with bad seasonal allergies, I spent many summer days indoors. The library was one of my favorite places to keep out of the pollen storms. Being...
Discussion Is Good and Agreement Is Awesome – But Getting Stuff Done Is The Goal
Monica Torres, writing for Ladders, on “Why ‘agreeing to disagree’ is a bad management tactic“: When you are a good leader, you know that “agreeing to disagree” is not enough to move goals forward....
No One Cared, Kenny
While cleaning up some old emails, I came across this gem from homophobic assclown Sailor-boy Kenny Golden. While he is probably still a homophobic asshole, he never did make it to Congress, or City...
Don’t Be Such A Cry-Baby (or Toxic Masculinity Is Only Part of the Picture)
June Gruber, Jessica L. Borelli for Scientific American on “The Importance of Fostering Emotional Diversity in Boys“: As early as infancy, boys’ and girls’ emotional landscape differs. One study reported that when watching an infant being...
Ally Competency 101
If your first response to hearing a male survivor’s public story is, “he won’t get asked what he is wearing”, you are not an ally. You’re an abusive asshole with a severe empathy deficit....
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.
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...