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It’s Not Your Relationship That’s Abusive, It’s Your Partner – Here’s Why That Distinction Matters
Have you noticed our articles don’t say “abusive relationship?” These are some really good reasons for you to drop that phrase, too.
Read More3 Ways to Keep Yourself Safe When You’re Not Ready to Leave Your Abusive Partner
When she was being abused, she only found advice on how to leave an abusive partner. But if you’re not ready to leave, here are some tips on how to care for yourself in these difficult times.
Read MoreFamily Violence Doesn’t Discriminate – But Biased Systems Do
(Trigger Warning: Intimate partner violence, sexual assault) Family violence affects people of all backgrounds. So don’t all survivors deserve support? With her story, one woman exposes the terrible truth about the racism and stigma aboriginal survivors face when they try to pursue safety and justice. Read her powerful story of surviving intimate partner and sexual abuse, and let’s advocate for justice for all survivors.
Read MoreViolence Is Not a Culturally Specific Phenomenon: How Racist Stereotypes Damage Communities of Color
As exacerbated and reinforced by the media, our society has an extremely racialized lens of violence. While white people are generally perceived as innocent, people of color experience intensely oppressive treatments in media depiction, the prison industrial complex, the school system, and within our general society. We must decolonize our image of “criminal” now.
Read MoreConcrete Examples of How Video Games Normalize Violence Against Women
Contemporary video game narratives normalize the sexual and murderous objectification, exploitation, and violence against women so cavalierly. One can’t help but question how expose to the murderous rape culture of this media influences the perspectives and behaviors of its players. How long will we tolerate such gruesomely misogynist depictions of abuse?
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