Category: Abuse

Was It Really the First Time? What Repeat Offender Statistics Reveal About Violence and Abuse
The recent UK review that found serial rapists and offenders r [...]

The Dangerous Myth of the First-Time Offender: Why So Much Violence Comes With a History
Another week. More headlines.
Three fathers allegedly killed [...]

When Someone Refuses to Leave You Alone: Understanding Forced Access
When Someone Refuses to Respect Distance
It's one thing to ta [...]

She Didn’t Need Better Boundaries. She Needed Him to Respect Them.
One of the best docuseries that I have seen about "for [...]

Juneteenth: Proof That Even Our Freedom Is Seen as “Too Much”
Juneteenth is not just a holiday. It is a mirror [...]

A Slap to the Ear Is Not “Just a Slap”: What Survivors Need to Know About Ear Injuries, Concussion Symptoms, and Strangulation
Some injuries announce themselves wi [...]

Walking on Eggshells: Recognizing Peer-Driven Control Before It Burns You Out
People tend to move on and forget the people we lost d [...]

Grief That Echoes: Honoring the Women Amiri Baraka Lost to Violence
There are wounds that don’t stop bleeding just because the [...]

E. Lynn Harris: The Visionary Black Author Who Gave Us Stories We’d Never Seen—But Always Needed
Long before mainstream platforms embraced diverse stories, he [...]

Human Beings Were Enslaved Here in the US
You have no idea how much that 1% and 2% who owned slaves ma [...]