Jane Doe, You Are Not Alone
Once again, there has been a rape case involving football. This time it was a young woman in Steubenville, Ohio. Predicatably, there has been sympathy for the young men who raped her. She has...
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Military Rape Survivors Are Actual Human Beings, Not Your Gun Control Talking Points
NOTE: Yes, there will be sarcasm, snark and profanity. That's what you get when people co-opt the struggles of military survivors for political or ideological arguments unrelated to their traumas. My PTSD is not...
New York Times Bestselling Author Patrick A. Davis – Book Signing At Lowe’s of Alexandria
New York Times Bestselling Author Patrick A. Davis Book Signing Event at Lowe’s of Alexandria!!! Saturday, March 9, 2013 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Lowe’s of Alexandria 6750 Richmond...
FACT SHEET: Combatting Violence against Women
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release March 05, 2014 FACT SHEET: Combatting Violence against Women **Funding in the President’s FY 2015 Budget Aims to Reduce Backlog of Untested Rape...
More Than A Love Story: Cassandra By Starlight
More Than A Love Story: Cassandra By Starlight I’m not one to read romances, like, ever – with the exception of Dorothy Eden’s “Winterwood” from 800 years ago or so. I was looking...
Think Back and Remember Your First Day…
This is for my colleagues doing time as a human resources professional in retail. As you struggle to staff your locations and meet your goals, I feel your pain. Once again we face harsh...
This Is Why Male Rape Survivors Don’t Come Forward (or Gendered Victim-Blaming)
Well, today I was treated to some of the worst victim-blaming I've received yet from rape denialists and self-appointed gender police. I'm so tired of this garbage. Why is this okay? Why is this...
More on Female Predators
From Dean Esmay, who also experienced sexual violence at the hands of a female, on "Raped on Active Duty: Why He Didn't Report": "James is still regularly harassed and abused for telling his...
Raped on Active Duty – Why I Would Not Report
I recently attended the House Armed Services Committee hearing on the sexual assault investigations at Lackland Air Force Base on January 23, 2013. A group of female and male survivors attended to support witness...
Burning the Past While Destroying the Future
Luke Harding, from The Guardian, on Timbuktu mayor: Mali rebels torched library of historic manuscript: Islamist insurgents retreating from Timbuktu set fire to a library containing thousands of priceless historic manuscripts, according to...