There were many lies in my childhood. My abusers told all sorts of stories for why it was my fault I was treated so poorly and how I would never be able escape. I learned horrible things about myself and …
The past few years have been very different from the life I used to live. This may come as no surprise based on the amount of inner work I have done. It has a tendency to change the external in …
An exchange regarding a post on this site the other day brought up the too often reaction of victim-blaming. A person claiming to have been working as a social worker for the past 20 years blamed the poor for “their …
Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW SJS Staff Writer Warning: this article may be a trigger. In Ending Rape Illiteracy, Jessica Valenti discusses how our society views and deals with rape. Covers topic such as victim blaming, sexism, and politics.
