Kristin McFarland on Let Women Speak for Women: How John Scalzi Pissed Me Off: Scalzi, Rothfuss, and Whedon are—right now—wealthy(ish) white men writing about problems only women face. They are […]
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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.
Male Rape and Romance Novels
I’ve just started reading Cassandra By Starlight, the first in a series of three novels by Susan MacNicol. I don’t normally read romance novels – as in NEVER. However, I […]
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Executive Order – Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking In Persons In Federal Contracts
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 25, 2012 Executive Order – Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking In Persons In Federal Contracts EXECUTIVE ORDER – – […]
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A Simple Gesture of Hope, Strength, and Courage
A Simple Gesture of Hope, Strength, and Courage by Natasha Hagan Showing support to Rape and Sexual Assault survivors can be shown from a simple gesture of ‘Hope’ and […]
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Our Peaceful Holy Wars of Empire (or My God Kills Better Than Your God)
Anyone, like your average "Christian Conservative", who wants to have "my religion is better than yours" wars should feel completely free to actually fight themselves, rather than electing proxies (like […]
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Pious Cupcakery (or Why Your Religious Beliefs are Suspect)
It is always fascinating how so many of the people who are intolerant of same sex marriage because it violates their "religion", expect everyone else to bend over backwards to […]
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Selected as One of The Best of GMP’s Men’s Stories
Wow, my survivor story "I've Got the T-Shirt…" was chosen as one of The Best of GMP's Men's Stories: http://goodmenproject.com/good-feed-blog/the-best-of-gmps-mens-stories/ When I wrote it, I truly did not expect the level […]
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Sexual Violence Survivorhood and Selective Reading (or It is Time to Get Over the Stupid Internet)
I’ve been having an interesting discussion with artist M.K. Hajdin on male rape survivors. She linked to a blog commentary by Wayne Myers – On Being A Male Rape Survivor. […]
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Executive Order — Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Veterans, Service Members, and Military Families
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release August 31, 2012 Executive Order — Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Veterans, Service Members, and Military Families […]
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Dear Huffington Post: Cherry Picked Rape Myths Do Not Equal Innocence
Dear Huffington Post: Cherry Picked Rape Myths Do Not Equal Innocence by Matt Atkinson David Protess, writing for the Huffington Post on Did Oklahoma Wrongfully Convict a Chicago Hoops […]
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