Abuse

A Casual Slap in the Face on a Typical Sunday

By damarespleasants on February 2, 2014 • ( 3 )

I was excited. It was 1998 and I had just bought a brand new set of midgets to change into my Rollerblades. They’d make it easier for me to jump rails with. I was destined to become an infamous aggressive… Read More ›

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Saudi Arabia: Lifting the Veil on Domestic Violence

By Maureen on April 29, 2013 • ( 0 )

I’m always a fan of powerful, thought-provoking ads (except those that are all rape-y). The first ad of the King Khalid Foundation’s No More Abuse campaign in Saudi Arabia is a great example. The ad (pictured above) features a visibly… Read More ›

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Reproductive Coercion is Abuse, Too

By Maureen on May 5, 2011 • ( 13 )

I caught last night’s Law & Order: SVU episode, which featured John Stamos (yummm) as a reproductive abuser (not yummm), and it got me thinking. How many viewers dismissed the episode, not recognizing reproductive abuse as a real and viable… Read More ›