Yesterday afternoon I saw the film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" inspired by the short story of the same name authored by F. Scott Fitzgerald (http://www.online-literature.com/fitzgerald/jazz-age/6/ ). This caused […]
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Tag: Sexual Violence
Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture. – Charlotte Bunch
Victim-Blaming 101 (or My Head Hurts Now)
I find rape apologists and victim-blamers fascinating and absurd. I've been engaging in a heated discussion on one of my favorite discussion lists. A poster shared a story about […]
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James Landrith Interviewed on Voices of Hope – 12/8/2008
James Landrith interviewed regarding male rape survivors, originally aired on December 8, 2008 on Voices of Hope: Check Out Self Help Podcasts at Blog Talk Radio with hopeforhealing on BlogTalkRadio […]
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Interesting Discussion at JREF
When I told my story online about a rape I endured many years ago, I knew it would periodically spark debate and discussion threads at various places on the 'net. […]
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Inspiring Letter From A Survivor
As long-time readers know, I am a rape survivor and only recently began to work on healing from that long ago trauma that I had repressed for nearly two decades. […]
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Carnival Against Sexual Violence – Edition 59 Published
Marcella Chester's Carnival Against Sexual Violence (edition 59) is out and one of my blog entries (Recap: Our Love Should Not Hurt) is featured. You can see the full list […]
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Recap: Our Love Should Not Hurt
Yesterday, I participated in a panel discussion on domestic violence and sexual assault. The event, titled "Our Love Should Not Hurt" was sponsored by the Alpha Chapters of Zeta Phi […]
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Why are female rapists a joke to Hollywood? (Trigger Warning)
Here we go again – triggered and angered by the television. I was watching one of my favorite shows – Life on Mars (new U.S. version of a BBC […]
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Raped and Not Reporting It
So much of what Megan has said in this blog entry at Jezebel and some of the comments resonate with my own experience: "…the thing is, it's great to say […]
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Bush White House: National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, 2008 Proclamation
For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary October 1, 2008 National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, 2008 A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America My Administration […]
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