Weaponizing Race at the Expense of Survivor Safety and Abuser Accountability - Yet Again!
Imagine attending a #BlackLivesMatter organizing meeting and hearing the organizers spout #AllLivesMatter or #BlueLivesMatter as a rallying cry. Imagine going to a Title IX policy workshop that touted itself as a solution to strengthening accountability of campus rape and sexual assaults, then hearing the speakers refer to Brock Turner, not as a convicted rapist, but...
When Cultural Policing Becomes a False Antidote to Accountability
Excerpt from bell hooks’ “Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life” Yesterday, John McCain, long-time Republican Senator from Arizona, passed away after a long battle with cancer. It was sad that he died, but death and mortality are a part of the human condition, however, his passing was particularly sad in that it was due to a...
Understanding Voter Disenfranchisement as “Coercive Control”
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court issues a 5–4 ruling in the Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute case that allowed Ohio to continue its practice of purging voter rolls for voters who were deemed “ineligible” by virtue of non-voting or not responding. So, for example, if you fail to vote in a federal election...
The First Step to Healing is Admitting You’re in an Abusive Relationship
When I woke up this morning, I found this great tweet that summed it up perfectly — America is in an abusive relationship with her ‘president.’ I’ve been saying this since the election. I’m sure we can all remember what we were doing that night — November 8, 2016 — and how we felt the next morning. For me, that grim...
Lessons from the G-7 Visit
Original German comment cropped out By now, many of you have probably seen the above photo which has been circulating for several hours already, posted on Germany Chancellor, Angela Merkel’s Instagram account. World leaders gathered in Quebec for the summit. The original caption in German vaguely referenced the spontaneous nature of this meeting, but not the...
Welcome to the en(gender)ed podcast!
Greetings podcast listeners and welcome to our show! Definition of ‘Engendered’ To have caused or given rise to a feeling, condition or situation. To have procreated or propogated. Our name is inspired by the ways in which society, culture and policies shape our “gender” identity and how those identities manifest themselves in attitudes, beliefs...
