Cyntoia Brown is granted clemency after serving 15 years in prison for killing man who bought her for sex – CNN

Cyntoia Denise Brown, a woman serving a life sentence for killing a man who bought her for sex when she was 16 years old, has been granted clemency, the Tennessee governor’s office said Monday.
— Read on www.cnn.com/2019/01/07/us/tennessee-cyntoia-brown-granted-clemency/index.html

The Extinction of the White American Dinosaur

Not a minute too soon.

The Extinction of the White American Dinosaur
— Read on johnpavlovitz.com/2019/01/04/the-extinction-of-the-white-american-dinosaur/

MIA Survey: Ex-patients Tell of Force, Trauma and Sexual Abuse in America’s Mental Hospitals – Mad In America

Nightmare come to life for me, patients

robbing a wealthy patient of her precious

jewlery , dental patients who had all teeth

removed at once .

A diabetic who had both legs amputated.

An El-Vira co patient on watch , who attempted

to choke me to death 1st night in..

Not a healing place

Added trauma , Added Abuse , I went home

changed and rearranged , knowing how

unsupported I was , owing my abuse , I

took my fragmented self home, to

” comply” as a wife, and to mother our sons.

Complying meant being away from sons

in order to support partner .. 5 years later

I complied with psychiatry that I was mentally

ill, instead of abused , surrogated , lied to

and cheated on.

5 years later , I as well as our sons where abandoned

for his happiness .

In a MIA survey of former patients in mental hospitals, nearly 500 respondents told of an experience that was traumatic and involved force and abuse.
— Read on www.madinamerica.com/2018/12/mia-survey-force-trauma-sexual-abuse-mental-hospitals/

The creation of patriarchy: How did it happen? – writing by renee

I have much reference on this truth , which I’ll share

for reference …

I began with the conviction, shared by most feminist thinkers, that patriarchy as a system is historical: it has a beginning in history. If that is so, it can be ended by historical process. Gerda Lerner, The Creation of Patriarchy This essay draws heavily on three texts: Gerda Lerner’s ‘Creation of Patriarchy,’ Marilyn French’s ‘The…
— Read on reneejg.net/2018/12/19/creation-of-patriarchy/

‘Why Family/CPS Courts Target ‘Fit’ Parents & Why the General Public is Unaware of this National Crisis’ (short version) | HuffPost

“Rich, poor, middle-class — no child in America is safe.” These words of award-winning investigative journalist Keith Harmon Snow (author of The Worst In… I am crying , rejoicing.. #WeGotThis
— Read on www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-familycps-courts-target-fit-parents-why-the_us_59cf1dc2e4b034ae778d4ab1

Red River snow sculptures honour murdered, missing Indigenous women and girls | CBC News

If you’re out skating the river trail this weekend you may notice snowy figures stretched out across the ice.
— Read on www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/red-river-snow-sculptures-mmiwg-1.4967005

High Lies – A Constant in plus 40 years , required of All who are inclusive in the NPD life ..

abuse-recovery.com/2019/01/06/lies-in-abusive-relationships/

Finally Liberated From Being Targeted , I pray for transformation of hearts 🦉

afternarcissisticabuse.wordpress.com/2019/01/06/what-about-those-stories-you-have-heard-about-your-narcissist-doing-so-well-or-moving-on-and-in-love-again-and-what-about-the-things-that-you-are-hearing-as-far-as-you-being-the-disordered-a-5/

Ireland expands legal definition of domestic violence to include emotional, psychological abuse | TheHill

The UK already implemented minimum 5 year

prison sentence for abusers of any gender . USA should

also, and I hope to impress upon Virginia its a good thing

and all the many reasons why .

Ireland has expanded the legal definition of domestic abuse to include “coercive control,” which includes emotional and psychological abuse.
— Read on thehill.com/policy/international/europe/423487-ireland-expands-legal-definition-of-domestic-violence-to-include

Mother on the run with her three-year-old son pens emotional letter | Daily Mail Online

Ellie Yarrow-Sanders, 26, of Basildon, Essex, disappeared with Olly Sheridan six months ago and has insisted she will ‘never let any harm come’ to her three-year-old son.
— Read on www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6557835/Mother-run-three-year-old-son-pens-emotional-letter.html