rainsinger at Rain's Place has an interesting blog entry on "Women’s ‘Revenge’ Films": One of my favourite genres of all, films where women "return fire", usually for rape/assault, but also […]
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Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture. – Charlotte Bunch
No Points for “Bravely” Admitting and Then Defending Gender Based Bigotry
Nicole Sprinkle, guest blogging for the Motherlode section of the New York Times on "Tarring Men ": Recently, I was in a big child care bind. My daughter began a […]
Read moreMovies That Trigger Re-Launched II
This website, formerly located at moviesthattrigger.com, has been relaunched here using the Joomla CMS. I decided to put this resource back online as I believe it to be a vital […]
Read moreWounding With Words 101
From time to time, rape survivors are confronted by callous or unintentionally invalidating remarks by friends, family, colleagues, fellow survivors or random strangers. Sometimes input has been solicited and is […]
Read moreHASC Hearing on Sexual Assault in the Military – Victim Support and Advocacy
HEARING ON SEXUAL ASSAULT IN THE MILITARY: VICTIM SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY Date: Monday, November 15, 2010 – 9:21am Location: 2118 Rayburn Watch Live Wednesday, January 28, 2009 – 10:00 am […]
Read moreOn Gendering Rape: The Statistics Defense
Once I began to speak out on my own rape, I was surprised at the number of men and women who wrote to me or called me to talk about […]
Read moreJames Landrith Interviewed for Courage Network – 8/20/2010
James Landrith interviewed regarding male rape survivors for the Courage Network on 8/20/2010: http://vimeo.com/14066871 http://www.couragenetwork.com/videos/view/interview-w-james-landrith-sexual-assault-advocate-_287.html
Read moreCoalition Letter on Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) standards
August 2, 2010 The Honorable Eric Holder Attorney General, United States of America U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 Dear Attorney General Holder, We represent […]
Read moreBeing A Survivor Shows You Who is Real
My recent contribution in the thread “losing friends because of rape“: Poodledoodle, I’m sorry to hear about how you’ve been treated by small-minded folk who have no lives and revel […]
Read moreInterviewed by the Courage Network
I was interviewed today by Lyn Twyman of the Courage Network . Previously, they have interviewed Judge Lynn Toler (of TV show Divorce Court), motivational speaker Tony Gaskins, and Mildred […]
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