Reading Time: < 1 minute In case you have some friends that still don’t understand systemic racism đ (via act.tv)
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Reading Time: 4 minutes If youâre looking around your life baffled by why someone else is showing up as a class one asshole, you probably donât need to look any further than yourself for the explanation. Your self-worth is sub-par, probably really subpar. Youâve got work on you to do.
You canât change anyone else. You can only change you.
Work on yourself.
Love on yourself.
Be with yourself tenderly.- Informed
Fast Company: This platform wants to fix the disturbing lack of data on police violence
by Confluenceby ConfluenceReading Time: 4 minutes In the U.S., police brutality is a known problem: all-too-numerous headlines in recent years have detailed the deaths of Philando Castile, Freddie Gray, and Mike Brown, among many others. But recent research suggests that police kill around three people per day in the U.S., and those people are disproportionately black men. Those findings, though, still fail to account for other violence and verbal and physical abuse people face at the hands of police.
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3 Stories You Should Read 4/22/2019: Matt Shea, Larry Mitchell Hopkins, LGBTQ Rights
by Confluenceby ConfluenceReading Time: 2 minutes Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know. In the…
Reading Time: 6 minutes The approach of this sentiment is to gain empathy or understanding from the other person by encouraging them to imagine that the rape or abuse could have happened to their female family member. People would most likely assume that by using this retort, the person might think âOh gosh, yes, I would hate it if that happened to my own daughter, maybe I need to re-evaluate why I blame women and girls for rape?â
The reality is a little bit murkier than that. The reality is less optimistic and less effective than that.
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3 Stories You Should Read 4/19/2019: Sarah Huckabee, United Constitutional Patriots, Republicans for the Rule of Law
by Confluenceby ConfluenceReading Time: 2 minutes Confluence Daily is your daily news source for women in the know. In the…
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NO SPIN ZONE: Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), chair of the House Intelligence Committee Press Conference
by Confluenceby ConfluenceReading Time: < 1 minute Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), chair of the House Intelligence Committee, is holding a press conference now in the aftermath of the Mueller report release. Attorney General William Barr spoke to the press about the report this morning, hours before it was made available to Congress and the public, but after the White House counselâs office had been briefed by the Department of Justice, according to the New York Times. Schiff has invited Special Counsel Robert Mueller to testify before his committee. âAfter a two year investigation,â Schiff tweeted today, âthe public deserves the facts, not Attorney General Barrâs political spin.â
Reading Time: 3 minutes So often we want permission to do, be or have something and when we do not get permission (or assume that we will not) we settle for something else. Â We betray our own soul in an effort to keep from disappointing someone else.
There is no shame in wanting to meet someone elseâs expectations. We all do it, it feels good to have someone express that they are happy with our work, or pleased with something weâve done, or approving of some choice weâve made. Most of us have had a desire to be acknowledged and validated practically from the time we were born.
But when we meet other peopleâs expectations at the expense of fulfilling our own dreams and desires we are not truly free. We can become trapped in a web of needing approval and permission.
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3 Stories You Should Read 4/18/2019: The Mueller Report is Finally Out
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My Boyfriend Wants to try Rape Fantasy Play – I’m a Sexual Assault Survivor
by Confluenceby ConfluenceReading Time: 3 minutes Rape roleplay isnât inherently bad or good, but Iâm curious about your partnerâs interest in it, and his role in it.
When children play games itâs not unusual for them to sometimes choose the âvillainâ role, because role play is a safe(r) way to experience something new, but itâs disconcerting and suggests a power imbalance if he pressures you to proceed with this, especially if he knows that youâve been hurt by a rapist in real life.