WE Survive Abuse Book Club

  updated from April 4 2025 Generation X was not ready for this story, but we needed it! Our Boomer parents were not ready either, but they most definitely needed …

 If there were no rapist in the vicinity, the child would not have been raped. There is a phrase that has always bothered me when people use it to talk …

Another book from my personal shelf… Some books stay with you long after you’ve finished reading them. Bastard Out of Carolina (1992) is one of those books. But I want …

The Quiet Zone authored by Petal Kimberly Samuel There is a kind of quiet that feels like freedom. The house after everyone has gone to sleep. Sitting in the car …

Red flags aren’t just about individual people’s behavior. They are about systemic neglect, officials and leaders ignoring the community’s needs, systems demanding silence in the face of heightened danger, and …

Ann Rule is one of my faves. I liked her long before I started hearing about her connection to Ted Bundy. Her insight into the tragic stories she told was …

  The most dangerous thing adults can do to a child is not always hurting them directly. Sometimes it is failing to see them clearly. Sometimes it is hearing their …

One of the best docuseries that I have seen about “forced interaction” resulting in prolonged stalking is the Hulu docuseries Stalking Samantha: 13 Years of Terror. Samantha met Christopher Thomas …

Long before mainstream platforms embraced diverse stories, he was doing the work. Out of the trunk of his car. In beauty salons. With Black women as his first and fiercest …

updated from June 28, 2024         Listen to this blog post here   There are moments when listening is not polite or optional. Listening can save a …