It is always interesting and frustrating that so many professionals and incompetent activists rush in with “sorry you’re triggered” as a kneejerk response to even slight disagreement or justifiable anger when working with vocal...
Starting in 2008, I first started talking about my experience as a survivor of a likely serial female predator. Over the years, I switched from national activism to volunteer advocacy to paid advocacy as...
I’ve been telling my story publicly since 2008. I’ve told it to millions via broadcast, print and internet media as well as during live presentations on college campuses and military bases. One of the...
Since 2008, I’ve told my story to millions via various broadcast, print, and internet media. I’ve also spoken on several college campuses and military bases, among other locations. Following every presentation or training where...
Folks, in 1998, I decided to get in some “good trouble” by quietly picking a fight with a racist evangelical college in South Carolina. I published evidence of something they didn’t want to put...
This week, one of my favorite musicians and a beautiful human being passed away after a long fight with cancer. Along the way, he helped countless others with his nonprofit and advocacy work. Mike...
As part of my recurring male survivor class, I recently started talking about the difference between activism and advocacy. For male survivors, incompetence among activists is a frequent source of revictimization and victim-shaming. Soooo...
Periodic reminder that collusion is for the weak. No one is going to forget your shame when this is all over. I’ve been a civil liberties activist for DECADES. That hasn’t changed just because...
Anonymous feedback forms aren’t evil, but they sure aren’t always actionable. Anonymous, nonspecific feedback can also cause a kneejerk reaction from those who don’t understand how easily they can be weaponized to target people...
The message is still timely and especially poignant in the current, hostile environment: “These are dangerous days, to say what you feel is to dig your own grave.”
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