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Will You Accept This Rant? Clare Crawley, Oct 20

Hello hello hello and welcome to all our readers, people who accidentally stumbled here from Twitter, and a special hello to all the people who were just admiring our incredible new website design and just happened to end up at ...

Who matters?

Who matters when we think about domestic violence and sexual assault? Who are we protecting and who do we silence? Over the course of the last few months, our country has been forced into a reckoning of whose pain is ...

Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness

Hey all you cool cats and kittens! We’ll admit it, we jumped on the bandwagon and dove deep into the wild world of Tiger King – and as always, we have some thoughts (Spoilers coming—but if you haven’t seen the ...

We’re not safe.

Content Warning: discussion of domestic violence and murder . . . . . A DeKalb County man recently returned to the area fleeing California after allegedly shooting another man to death. (Links to local reporting on the crime HERE and HERE). Mark Sypien had a host ...

Stalking Awareness Month

January is National Stalking Awareness Month.  How many of us would recognize the signs of stalking or feel confident that we'd know what to do?  Do we think of stalking as a "James Bond-style" incident?  A stranger in an unmarked ...

Runner

I am not, nor have I ever been, much of a runner.  However, when my partner volunteered me for a Thanksgiving 5K Race, I realized I had better figure it out. I've been working through a Couch to 5K program ...

Sorry Not Sorry

Public apologies: the quickest way to say you're sorry without having to actually show any remorse. We've seen a slew of public apologies since the #MeToo movement began, but if we think back, we can see they're really nothing new.  ...

Remembering

The massacre at Columbine High School was 19 years ago today and listening to the voices of students, it feels like not much has changed.  School shootings are still common and mass violence has become all too familiar.  From students ...

Child Abuse Prevention Month

We've been spending a lot of time preparing for April's Sexual Assault Awareness Month, but did you know it is also Child Abuse Prevention Month?  Read our article in DeKalb's Daily Chronicle to learn how we are working with our ...

I’m not throwing away my shot

My partner and I went to see Hamilton last night.  For those of you who aren't familiar, Hamilton the Musical is the story of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who came to America as an immigrant, fought in the Revolutionary ...