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Posted in Anecdotes-n-Quotes on Feb 28th, 2007
“We accept no more abuse from others than we are willing to inflict upon ourselves.” –anonymous
Monthly Archive for February, 2007
The Empowered Woman
Posted in Anecdotes-n-Quotes on Feb 28th, 2007
The Empowered Woman, she moves through the world
with a sense of confidence and grace.
Her once reckless spirit now tempered by wisdom.
Quietly, yet firmly, she speaks her truth without doubt or hesitation
and the life she leads is of her own creation.
She now understands what it means to live and let live.
How much to ask for herself […]
Obsessional Politics
Posted in Anecdotes-n-Quotes on Feb 26th, 2007
“I was damaged by a hit-and-run emotional rape with a radio shock jock. It may help your readers to know that emotional abuse can happen outside of a long-term relationship.” –Beverly Seinberg
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What my activist friends don’t know
Is that I didn’t care about the ‘04 election,
Not really, not passionately,
Until Janet Jackson:
The N!pple […]
The Abuser’s Blame Game - He Outs Himself
Posted in Diary on Feb 25th, 2007
One day, the Ex was rearranging furniture in his house (we didn’t live together).
He didn’t finish and left dresser drawers sitting outside of the dresser on the bedroom floor for days. One of those days, he stubbed his toe on one of them.
He later told me that in his mind, he tried and tried to […]
Seven Signs You’re in a Verbally Abusive Relationship
Posted in Anecdotes-n-Quotes, NewNewz, Resources on Feb 23rd, 2007
O, The Oprah Magazine
Verbal Abuse: How to Save Yourself
How to save yourself from a bad guy: an interview with author Patricia Evans.
By Annie Gottlieb
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.
How many women think of that schoolyard rhyme while reeling from a partner’s put-downs or angry outbursts? The rhyme’s a […]