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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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
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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Per the Norm, Mainstream Media Gets It Wrong On Rape
Melissa McEwan of Shakesville on "lol your ugly ": "So there's this woman, Bernann McKinney, who was recently in the news for paying to have five puppies cloned from her […]
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Things this rape survivor could do without hearing again in life…
As I've begun to unravel the tight ball of emotions related to my rape, I've been given a lot of advice, some good and some bad. Most of it is […]
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The Aftermath of Being Temporarily Owned By Another
Another excellent posting from Cara at The Curvature on Explaining Rape : The crime of rape is the imposition on another person’s body. The crime of rape is taking away […]
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Renee Martin: Male Rape
Saturday, July 19, 2008 Male Rape by Renee Martin Originally published at Womanist Musings. Yesterday I read the account of a rape victim. He wrote very eloquently about being raped by […]
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On Releasing Old Secrets
It was very difficult to make the decision to share the story of my rape publicly. After all of this time in denial (which ended abruptly in early May), I […]
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Getting It Right on Raped Males
An excellent blog posting by John Markley at The Superfluous Man on Cheerleading for rapists: The public’s attitude towards men raped by other men (in prison or otherwise) is almost […]
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Introductory Post at Re-model 4 Life
Pasted below is my introductory posting as a new blogger for Re-model 4 Life: As I am a new blogger here, I’ll begin with an introduction. I’ve been an internet […]
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