We live in a cruel world. But, you already know that, right? Today, I felt the nudge to pass on someone else’s blog article not only in hopes of bringing attention to the embedded and horrific abuse pointed out by the article’s author (and victim), but in hopes of encouraging you (especially if you are…
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The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler is a poignant and witty collection of informal interviews, stories, and experiences related by women from all different walks of life celebrating female sexuality and bringing to light sexual violence against women. The book is hilarious, entertaining, poetic, at times jaw-dropping, and admonishing. As an unexpected success, The Vagina…
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It’s that time of year when all the goblins and ghosts and scary monsters come out of their holes. Some are utterly frightening and some are mildly irritating. It’s all pretty creepy if you ask me. But, what monsters am I referring to? Creepy men (yes, this blog is about creepy men, but stay with…
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“The goal of abusive conduct is to destabilize the other person and make them doubt themselves and others.” – Marie-France Hirigoyen The destructive art of making someone doubt themselves is only the beginning of emotional abuse. If a person is able to make another doubt what they just witnessed, heard, or felt, then that person…
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“It is the contempt that the [biblical] canon and civil law alike express for women that has multiplied their hardships and intensified for man’s desire to hold them in subjection.” – Elizabeth Cady Stanton I never really considered myself a feminist: a person who advocates or supports the rights and equality of women, until the…
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As a lifetime lover and student of literature and as an author myself, there are no words to describe Eve Ensler’s absolutely stunning, courageous, and profound book, In the Body of the World. I am not kidding! It is nothing less than a 21st-century original masterpiece! Ensler’s prose is so poignant, original, and raw; it will ignite the…
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It’s interesting how memories come back to haunt us. At one moment, we are thinking about one thing and in the next split second, we are taken back to the not-so-wonderful past. This happened to me yesterday as I was driving. I passed by a familiar restaurant and memories flooded my mind. What is particularly…
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Abuse is all about control. Abuse happens when one person believes they have power over another and exercises that power. Abuse is not only physical. It can be psychological, spiritual, verbal, emotional, financial, and sexual for starters. Domestic violence is a result of the abusive mindset and the behaviors associated with that belief. According to…
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Yesterday was the start of a new week after the needless shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Sandy Hook, CT, on Dec 14, 2012. I dropped off my child at school yesterday morning and was saddened to see a police car and two officers with their guns standing outside the school in place of the…
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Vilma Reynoso 