Zero Tolerance for Domestic Violence — Long Overdue
When I learned recently of the horrific murder of one of our Here Women Talk colleagues – cutting short the life of a beautiful, sensitive woman and loving mother – my immediate reaction was anger. More specifically, I find it disturbing and outrageous that over the...
Young Men Railroaded & Unfairly Labeled Sex Offenders
When it comes to defending those who have been sexually and physically abused, I'm usually first in that persons corner, trying to help them through their own personal trauma. But when it comes to those who are framed and falsely accused- I get rather angry! As of...
The Opinionated Bitch – On The Susan G. Komen Foundation
Every day this week has brought a different story, a different excuse and a different justification from CEO Nancy Brinker for the “Board of Director’s” decision to cut funding for breast cancer screenings to Planned Parenthood. As of this moment, Ms. Brinker has just...
This Week on BROADSIDED – Voter Suppression Laws and Are Corporations People?
There are two burning issues threatening Democracy today: corporate personhood and voter suppression - and we're going to discuss both of those issues this week on BROADSIDED. With the passage of Citizens United, the floodgates of secret campaign money have opened up...
I’ve never considered myself an abuse victim.
I’ve never considered myself an abuse victim. Well, definitely verbally/emotionally, but physically... not really. Although there have been experiences that probably crossed that threshold, compared to my mother and the majority of my women friends, no. I haven’t...
This is a Call to Action. Have You Been Touched by Abuse? Honoring Life of Member Stacie, Slaughtered by Boyfriend
It’s in our Here Women Talk family, and this is a Call to Action. Last week one of our Here Women Talk members, 39-year-old Stacie DeSantis-Dorego from Rhode Island (pictured above), loving mother to three beautiful children, was stabbed to death by her boyfriend...
The Will Of The Majority v. The Rights Of The Minority
Governor Christie has always vowed to veto any gay marriage bill that passes his desk. What’s more, to compound his blatant ignorance, he publically remarked on the progress towards marriage equality made by the New Jersey State Senate Judiciary Committee, whereby he...
Global Health Threats: Is Contagion a Reality?
Meningoencephalitis Virus One (MEV-1) is a highly contagious and lethal virus that could kill millions of people globally. Luckily, this particular disease is fictional and was made up for the plot of the 2011 film Contagion. However, Senior Fellow for Global Health...
Who’s Tracking You? This week on BROADSIDED: GPS Tracking, Cell Phone Safety & CA Death Penalty
Attorney and Computer/Cell phone forensics expert Steve Abrams will be with us to talk about safely using your computer and cell phone. How do we keep our information safe from spyware? How do we keep from transmitting our gps location via pictures we take with our...
