Rape Made Me a Feminist by guest @SbethCaplin
Image courtesy of imagerymajestic / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Please welcome author and blogger Sarahbeth to the blog today as she shares her story of rape culture and feminists. I was raised by a strong...
View ArticleSpeaking 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:...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleOnce 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...
View ArticleThis Is The Reason Austin Jones Is A Filthy Pervert
As you may have seen, a rather successful YouTube-based singer was arrested recently on two counts of producing child pornography. He’s twenty-four-year-old Austin Jones and the alleged illegal photos...
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