History/Herstory

  I’m learning that many of us who lived through the 1970’s, 1980’s, & 1990s psychiatric and abuse scandals see many of today’s social issues very differently.  I think our …

  People ask strange questions about sexual violence that they wouldn’t think to ask about other crimes like robbery or physical violence. Consider this: People have asked:  Why would he …

    A letter from Michele de Cuneo,  Columbus’ shipmate during his second voyage, talks about how the “Lord Admiral” (AKA Columbus) kidnapped a woman for de Cuneo to rape.  …

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  The Transformative Power of PainMen, your pain over losing the women you love can be a transformative force. It’s not just personal — it’s political. When you let that …

  Survivor and victim’s advocate Tonya GJ Prince addresses how making assumptions about who is or isn’t capable of violence silences Survivors of violence and abuse. Using stories of victim’s …

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  “This was Mississippi, where for years whites shot blacks for any reason or no reason and no one cared; where whites raped blacks and it was considered sport; where …

It is easy to the thing we fight against because we live in it and we were raised within it. We have to make sure that as a society, as a …