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Bad Things Come In Threes by guest @hiyacynthia
I ask my guests to dig deep. This is an especially harrowing guest post by writer and blogger Cindy Brown. I’m honored this is her very first guest post. When I suggested something raw and honest about...
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I Can Taste The Grief by guest @LK_Editorial aka Loren Kleinman
Beyond honored to have author and editor Loren Kleinman join me today. I’ll let her amazing voice speak for itself. From I Want No Paradise By Loren Kleinman “Even so distant, I can taste the...
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Speaking Up About Rape: Brave or Foolish? by Guest @SbethCaplin
Please welcome author and blogger Beth Caplin to the blog today as she shares her brave story about speaking up. *Trigger Warning* The lyrics to “Brave” by Sara Bareilles hit me hard and personally:...
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The Reason Batman Failed the Boys Who Idolize Him by @willvanstonejr
Please welcome new contributor Will Van Stone Jr. to the blog! Will has been a huge help with #MondayBlogs and I’m pleased to have him to share his Superheroes & Survivors series with us. Damien...
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The Secret You Shouldn’t Keep by guest Allison J. Kennedy (@authorajkennedy)
It gnaws at the frayed edges of your nerves. It makes you wish you were invisible. It rests quietly and doesn’t speak until you close your eyes to go to sleep. It spills out of your eyes and burns...
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General Hospital’s Fail: How Rape Became Seduction by @willvanstonejr
Luke and Laura are the super couple that all other super couples on daytime (and sometimes nighttime) soap operas are compared to. The two of them saved the world more than once, acting like a pair of...
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Nonconsensual Sex is Still Rape, Game of Thrones by @willvanstonejr
*potential trigger warning — non graphic content* [share ]Game of Thrones is well known for its depiction of rape[/share]; in Westeros, even King’s Landing where the king rules from the Iron Throne,...
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Reign: An Honest Portrayal of the Brutality of Surviving Rape
Okay, so I know that I’m usually here bitching about how horribly writers royally screw up rape scenes and the act’s aftermath by treating it like some poor soul can’t find their damn car keys, or...
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This is How a Poem Comes to Life
I’m honored to have Gravity Imprint author C. Streetlights here today with us to share her story. Look for C’s amazing book, Tea and Madness, out now! I never told anyone the specifics of what had...
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The Other Boleyn Girl: A Frustratingly Wrong Portrayal of Rape
There’s a right way and a wrong way to write historical fiction. Remember the heaps of glory for Reign? That was a right way. This month is, annoyingly, about the wrong way. The oh-so-wrong-way it...
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The Reasons Hollywood Has A Pedophile Problem by @willvanstonejr
*Trigger Warning* So a few months ago, I rediscovered one of the best bad horror films I’d ever seen. When I first watch Clownhouse, I must’ve been ten-ish and on my friend’s beat-up sofa munching...
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Once Upon a Time: Ignoring Rape in a Modern Fairytale by @willvanstonejr
The other day, I was happily watching the latest episode of ABC’s Once Upon a Time when Zelena/The Wicked Witch, Regina/Evil Queen’s half-sister, was allowed to see the baby she’d recently given birth...
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When I Said No: How Family Abuse Creates Trauma by @Wholisticmuse
***Trigger Warning*** Non-explicit mention of sexual abuse, secondary trauma He hurt me on a fall afternoon in the nineties. I was seventeen and he was more than two decades older. Everyone knew him...
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Dear Abby: Reinforcing Rape Culture is REALLY Bad Advice by @willvanstonejr
Guest post by staff writer Will Van Stone, Jr. I’ve been a fan of yours for a while now and have enjoyed your wit and wisdom on many a morning. I haven’t always agreed with every word you typed but...
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When the Accused are More Valuable than Their Accusers
by staff writer Will Van Stone, Jr. As I’ve bitched about before, anyone who makes Hollywood piles of cash can get away with very bad things and not be destroyed like their victims, who are more...
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What if Allegations of Sexual Assault are False? by @KW_Writes
“What if the allegations of sexual assault or abuse are false?” This is the question proposed during a conversation I had recently with a good friend of mine. Domestic and sexual assault have been...
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Forcing Victims to Speak Won’t Stop Rape by @willvanstonejr
Forcing Victims to Speak Won’t Stop Rape Georgia politicians think they’ve found the answer to their state’s rape college problem. It’s called HB 51 and it basically says that anyone a college student...
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This is the Reason I Started #WhySurvivorsDontReport and Why it Matters Now
Regardless of where you stand on the Cosby mistrial, you have no doubt heard about it. It’s unavoidable right now. And that’s okay. This is a necessary conversation whether you are a survivor or not....
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This is How a Poem Comes to Life by @cstreetlights
I’m honored to have Gravity Imprint author C. Streetlights here today with us to share her story. Look for C’s amazing book, Tea and Madness, out now! I never told anyone the specifics of what had...
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The Other Boleyn Girl: A Frustratingly Wrong Portrayal of Rape by...
There’s a right way and a wrong way to write historical fiction. Remember the heaps of glory for Reign? That was a right way. This month is, annoyingly, about the wrong way. The oh-so-wrong-way it...
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