A community portal about Domestic violence with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Domestic violence occurs when a family member, partner or ex-partner attempts to physically or psychologically dominate or harm the...
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A community portal about Domestic violence with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Domestic violence occurs when a family member, partner or ex-partner attempts to physically or psychologically dominate or harm the other. The term "intimate partner violence" is often used synonymously, other terms have included "wife beating", "wife battering", "Man Beating", "husband battering", "relationship violence", "domestic abuse", "spousal abuse", and "family violence" with some legal jurisdictions having specific definitions.
Related Posts This post is probably going to piss a few people off at first. And a few of them may stay pissed off. Which is too bad, but I'll cope. So here goes. Domestic violence is not a "women's issue". And trying to label it as one does a disservice to all of the victims. No, I'll amend that. It ill serves everyone . I'll stand back now and let you throw what you will. Feel better now? Okay. I'll explain. I wouldn't ever, ever attempt to minimize the impact that the epidemic of... Read Full Story
Related Posts Shortly after I read artist Michelle Major's post on Violence UnSilenced for Monday, I saw an article in the local weekly free paper about a group I'd never heard of called Hidden Voices . One thing, as it so often does, leading to another I found myself heading west to Durham on Tuesday evening to the artists reception for an exhibit called "Speaking Without Tongues". While Hidden Voices supports all marginalized communities and not only survivors of domestic violence, this... Read Full Story
One of the things I love most about SiteMeter is that it tells me how people arrive in my humble corner of Blogaritaville. And this morning I noticed that somebody had gotten here searching for YouTube Videos about domestic violence. In following their search string, I ran across this video. The story told here is painfully similar to those told every week on Violence UnSilenced . But in this case, by watching and listening to the story, you can actually directly benefit survivors of... Read Full Story
Okay try to stay with me here. A little over a year ago I followed a blogger I read regularly to a guest post she did at a blog I don't read regularly. And in the comments on that guest post I noticed a blogger I'd never heard of. But I really dug her avatar photo, so at the end of my comment I asked the poster, "PS: You think you can introduce me to that Maggie, Dammit girl up top there? She's hawt !" The rest of that conversation was the usual bloggy slap-and-tickle with much jocularity... Read Full Story
Today is the last day of October and of Domestic Violence Awareness month . Obviously in what I would believe to be a better world such an observance would be completely unnecessary. Since that is not so, I wanted to take the opportunity to share the work of Maggie Dammit of Okay, Fine, Dammit , and Violence Unsilenced , a site with the goal of "shedding light on the epidemic of domestic violence and sexual assault by giving its survivors a voice." Maggie is one of my writing inspirations... Read Full Story
Everyone hates to watch true life legal television shows with me. I offer an annoying commentary on the rulings of the judge, sleaziness of defense counsel, missed opportunities of the prosecutor, and bungling cops. But last night only my pets had to endure my hysterical screaming , though probably the neighbors down the road were rousted from their sleep. I was watching the story of Jenny Eisenman on 48 Hours Mystery . I don't know whether Jenny is innocent or not, but I do know the judge... Read Full Story
Maggie is someone who truly believes in the power of speaking out, and telling it like it is. Not only is she an accomplished writer and much-loved blogger, but earlier this year she set up Violence UnSilenced - a website where victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse can tell their stories, and help each other get access to the support they need. Maggie believes that talking widely about these issues strips abusers of their favourite weapons: secrecy and shame. Read More Read Full Story
The Body Shop have recently launched the Campaign to Stop Violence in the Home . Portions of the proceeds from their special edition ultra-shiny Hi-Shine Lip Treatment lipgloss will be donated to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence in order to support women and children affected by domestic violence. The shimmery, translucent pink gloss retails for $11.50 and offers intense moisturization and conditioning for the lips.
If you are not a fan of lipgloss, the Body Shop is... Read Full Story
In the first few months since Violence UnSilenced first launched, the response has been nothing short of staggering. Literally thousands of visitors have come to bear witness to the awful truths in its pages. and the support and empathy in the comments has been astonishing. In fact, there's only been one thing missing. Answers. Answers to the hundreds of questions burning in the minds of readers as they ache for the surviviors and fear for those still trapped in the cycle. Maggie made it... Read Full Story
To Rihanna and Chris Brown please get help your actions may save someone’s life.
If we are not already facing enough anxiety about money and layoffs, and foreclosures and now the secret is out in the open again. The truth is it never goes away, it has to be addressed.
Our family values about violence in the family is to not talk about and act like it does not exist so that men don’t go to jail and women will not press charges. so they will not end up alone or hurt again.
It does... Read Full Story
