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What Would a Truly Intersectional Anti-Violence Movement Look Like, Anyway?

Oct 21, 2017

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in anti-violence, Blog Entries, decolonization, intimate partner violence, professional training, social commentary

In 2014, I was getting ready to move across the country, so my activism was mainly limited to reading articles and joining Twitter chats. Here’s what I wrote for that year’s “Decolonizing The Anti-Miolence Movement” conversation, which coincided with Domestic Violence Awareness Month. As always when I post these older pieces, I share this one…

Film Friday: IN The Eye Of The Beholder (The Diane De Vries Story)

Oct 9, 2015

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Robin

in Blog Entries, Films, intimate partner violence, Physical Disability, Relationships

diane De Vries was born without arms and legs. This fast-paced, hard-hitting and beautifully honest documentary takes us through Diane’s life, through the ways the fear of her devoutly religious grandmother and the physical neglect of her mother shaped her childhood, through the ways being physically different impacts her interactions with others as an adult…

Relationship Violence Awareness: People With Disabilities

Jul 23, 2015

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Robin

in ableism, Abuse, accessibility, anti-violence, Blog Entries, commentary, disability, healthcare, intimate partner violence, Relationships, social commentary

What do you do when your abuser is also your care provider, someone who bathes you, or dresses you, or whose assistance you need if you want to leave the house or communicate with other people? What do you do if people constantly tell you not only how good a person your abuser is, but…

Category: intimate partner violence

What Would a Truly Intersectional Anti-Violence Movement Look Like, Anyway?

Film Friday: IN The Eye Of The Beholder (The Diane De Vries Story)

Relationship Violence Awareness: People With Disabilities