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'Too often, the law protects abusive men and further endangers abused women, and the media aids and abets this abuse.' An excellent piece by my friend Brijana Prooker.

'Taking those years off was not a waste. Those years of compulsive reading were necessary. I needed to read great literature, to live, and to discover what I had to say.'--Anna Rollins 💕 via Dinty W. Moore

brevity.wordpress.com/2024/04/26/i-g…

#mustread power piece. Well done Brijana!

How To Stay Safe From Violent Men and the Laws That Shield Them

For YES! Magazine, I wrote about Dr Alexia Casale's THE BEST WAY TO BURY YOUR HUSBAND — and how the law fails domestic violence survivors, forcing them to take matters into their own hands. 💜

yesmagazine.org/culture/2024/0…

'Though there was no traditional seder or readings, my mom told me the abridged story of Passover as Broadway records played in the background. We laughed, listened to music and her matzah ball soup warmed my whole body.'

Beautiful piece, Blake Turck ♥️
kveller.com/finding-my-mom…

Oh my goodness, this means so much to me, Alexia! 💜 Thank you for your kind words, for writing THE BEST WAY TO BURY YOUR HUSBAND, and for using humor to kick-start important conversations about domestic violence and the gender bias in the legal system.

Sending so much love!💕

YES! 🙌 Friends, families, colleagues (and THE MEDIA!) often conspire to look away from survivors of domestic violence, while celebrating abusers as 'nice guys'.

It's sickening, and needs to end.

So grateful you took the time to read this and add your thoughts, Ingrid! 💜

This makes me so nostalgic for my (too brief) time living in NY...

'Becoming a regular at a New York restaurant is like finding a home away from home; you invest in the people and the vibe and it, in turn, invests in you.'--Vivian Manning-Schaffel via Memoir Land

Too often, the legal system punishes domestic violence survivors rather than abusers.

🔥To stay safe and out of prison, women frequently have to (green thumb or not) take matters into their own hands.🔥

'What would my adult life—or any of our adult lives—have been like if we’d gotten the message early on that our bodies were worth adorning just as they were?'--preorder MORE, PLEASE (out 7/9/24) 🔥🔥 via Vogue Magazine

vogue.com/article/thick-…

'I grasp the top of the wall as it breaks my momentum, panting, internally recording an accomplishment that can’t be measured by a stopwatch, needing no one’s approval now.'--Heather Sweeney 🙌🙌 via The Indomitable Roi Fainéant Press roifaineantpress.com/post/muscle-me…

Huge thanks to Brijana Prooker for shining a thoughtful spotlight on domestic violence in this informative piece. Honored to have my quote included.

#womenempoweringwomen #journalism

Thank you Brijana for your thoughtful journalism!

There is a practical side of self-defense that can be empowering. But the concept is often grounded in a misogynistic idea that women who are harmed are deserving of that harm and are solely responsible for their own safety.

How To Stay Safe From Violent Men and the Laws That Shield Them

For YES! Magazine, I wrote about Dr Alexia Casale's THE BEST WAY TO BURY YOUR HUSBAND — and how the law fails domestic violence survivors, forcing them to take matters into their own hands. 💜

yesmagazine.org/culture/2024/0…

We had a very happy Saturday and hope you did, too! 🥰

'I wasn’t going to be able to therapy my way out of this one.'

Black women face added stigma regarding mental health, despite experiencing PPD at a higher rate than white women.

Important piece by L’Oreal is such a TYRANT (she/her) on deciding to take Zoloft to combat PPD.

milk-drunk.com/antidepressant…

How about “domestic abuser who tortured Nicole Brown for 17 years before brutally murdering her and her friend Ron Goldman, is dead”

'Perhaps the greatest terror of domestic abuse is how the world conspires to look away.'--Moira Donegan theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Editors of my network, I am available for assignments for #AsianHeritageMonth in May. I cover themes related to diaspora, systemic racism and anti-Asian hate, intersectional feminism, queerness, community and community building, solidarity, environmental justice and more!