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Answer me, oh my love, just what sin have I been guilty of? Won’t you tell me where I’ve lost your love? Please answer me sweetheart….so goes the first verse of an old song by Nat King Cole. I grew up with this song….I can hear my father crooning the words along with the radio… [Continue Reading]
This line is borrowed from a very popular Simon and Garfunkel song. It starts off with, “Hello darkness my old friend, I’ve come to talk to you again…” This is the song of abuse. Abuse is cyclical. Life is “good” and then there is an event, some supposed affront….then comes the violence, whether physical,… [Continue Reading]
Such a small word….yet, so many hidden consequences. I do not know if modern wedding vows still tell a woman to obey her husband…this always bothered me. Who decided that “certain” groups should OBEY certain other groups? Children should obey their parents, even when the parent says to NOT tell the truth about sexual… [Continue Reading]
Do you remember the childhood poem, “sticks and stones can hurt my bones But WORDS will never hurt me”? That is DEAD WRONG! All we need to do is look at the number of teen suicides caused by verbal bullying to know that words can not only hurt but they can KILL the spirit. Verbal… [Continue Reading]
I had the GREAT fortune to attend the Omega Women and Power Conference last month. The line-up was powerful enough make activists faint! -Eve Ensler -Isabel Allende -Sally Fields -Elizabeth Lesser- Co-founder of Omega Elizabeth Lesser gave a house raising key note and one of the points that resonated most with me was this… The… [Continue Reading]
One Billion Women violated is an atrocity. One Billion dancing is a revolution. See this revolutionary new film and share it with everyone, spread the rising.
I first heard about Tatty from a dear friend. Tatty was in an abusive marriage for 11 years. She was not allowed to work and her husband was an alcoholic. She faced his wrath nightly. My friend, Jackie, told me that from time to time Tatty would call her in the middle of the night and beg for… [Continue Reading]
Why should you care? Why should anyone care about Domestic Violence? Domestic Violence is insipid. If you have never heard this term, the definition of domestic violence is the inflicting of physical injury by one family or household member on another; also : a repeated or habitual pattern of such behavior . Domestic violence is one of the most… [Continue Reading]
When I was growing up in Trinidad, I was repeatedly told that I was "too emotional". I have struggled with that label for … [Read More...]
It was the size of a small marble for more than 10 years, the lipoma on my shoulder. I used to feel it right under … [Read More...]
What is the basis of this question? The basis of this question is approval or disapproval. Will people … [Read More...]