Healing and Living
Erin Merryn in Learning to survivor: "After pouring my heart out being so open and honest in my last post I often wonder about others out there who are survivors and how they do...
Tagged: Sexual Violence
The Significant Impact of What’s Her Name
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 me a bit of...
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 a woman who'd been...
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 http://www.blogtalkradio.com/voicesofhope/2009/12/08/james-landrith-on-voices-of-hope-1 ...
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. After 11 years as...
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. In late June, I...
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 of featured content here: ...
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 Beta Sorority and Phi...
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 program). The plot very...
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 that we should do this or...