December 28, 2016 Dear Rep. Donald Beyer, Senators Timothy Kaine and Mark Warner: As Congress considers the Fiscal Year 2017 federal budget, I ask you to support funding for programs […]
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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
Letter to Senators Kaine and Warner and Representative Beyer on Rape Kit Backlog
December 28, 2016 Dear Rep. Donald Beyer, Senators Timothy Kaine and Mark Warner: As Congress considers the Fiscal Year 2017 federal budget, I ask you to support funding to address […]
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Sorry Gary and Dawn Noling, You Don’t Get A Veto Vote Over My Traumas
So, while tidying up my old Facebook reader’s page before deleting it (merged old entries and comments to my website) I found some lovely old hate mail from two of […]
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Female Predator Enabled By Orange County DA (or Per the Norm, Prosecutor Faces No Consequences for Screwing It Up)
Travis M. Andrews, writing for The Washington Post on “Woman impersonates ex-boyfriend on Facebook and nearly wrecks his life“: “On Wednesday, Lawson was convicted and sentenced to one year […]
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A Word for the Silenced
A Word for the Silenced written by Zoya on December 3, 2016 Late night, 1990 – James Landrith, an adult male, was raped by a woman. He didn’t register the fact that […]
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Presidential Proclamation — National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, 2016
The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release September 30, 2016 Presidential Proclamation — National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, 2016 NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, 2016 – […]
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Tsongas, Turner host briefing on Male Military Sexual Assault to give victims a voice
Tsongas, Turner host briefing on Male Military Sexual Assault to give victims a voice 09/21/16 *** JOINT PRESS RELEASE *** Rep. Niki Tsongas (MA-3) & Rep. Mike Turner (OH-10) Contact: […]
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Tell Me Again Who Shames Male Survivors? (or Claudia Pandolfi Doesn’t Get A Veto Vote Over Male Survivors)
Photo credit: PinkMoose via Foter.com / CC BY Tell Me Again Who Shames Male Survivors? (or Claudia Pandolfi Doesn’t Get A Veto Vote Over Male Survivors) Once upon a […]
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Sexual Violence Allies vs. Ideological Opportunists
Sexual Violence Allies vs. Ideological Opportunists Why are so many internet activists and arrogant third-wavers prone to co-opting male survivors as disposable talking points? This is not competent advocacy. It […]
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Pentagon Hosts 2nd Annual SAAPM Event, “Walk-A-Lap for a Survivor”
Pentagon Hosts 2nd Annual SAAPM Event, “Walk-A-Lap for a Survivor” Story Number: NNS160506-17Release Date: 5/6/2016 2:03:00 PM http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=94580 By Lt. Ashley Valanzola, Sexual Assault Victim Advocate and Event Lead WASHINGTON […]
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