Child sexual abuse

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 …

Nearly every fan of music has seen the Fugees Killing Me Softly Video. At the time, it was striking and ground-breaking. The song and the video. It was directed by Aswad …

Across social media and public conversations, there is a pattern many Black women recognize immediately. When a crisis emerges somewhere in the world, voices appear demanding that Black women: organize …

Like every abused woman and child Black Americans reside in a county that pushes us to “move on“,  “get over it“, and “forgive and forget“. Heavy emphasis on the forget. …

You are seen. You are heard. Survivors are speaking in this moment.And when they speak, something important shifts. Not toward labels. Not toward debates.Not toward protecting identities that were never …

Adults. Adults can either create safety or harm.  We play a hand in upholding abusers and harmers of children. A larger part than we want to admit.  Not just in …

We arrived here because too many people rush to shield their favorite men instead of listening to the harmed. We can stop. Right now. We arrived here because discomfort feels …

This is how the rest of us end up in therapy for yearssss. Dealing with people who run to console, protect, and shield grown sturdy men and not hurting and …

Enough! Enough rushing to protect your favorite men. Isn’t that how we got here? There is a new trend here in the West and I hope it does not catch …