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...
The Deafening Silence: In The Closet Of Suicide
In 2010, the tragic death of Tyler Clementi, an 18 year-old Rutgers University Freshman whose sexual tryst was broadcast across the Internet leading to his subsequent suicidal jump off the George Washington Bridge, has gay activists and advocates screaming for a call...
The Roar of Gay RIghts: Are You Listening?
I am not a second class citizen. We will not be treated as separate, but "equal." We will win because the current is too strong to stop. http://youtu.be/u62OtM_vt5k
Polaris Project Supports South Carolina Lobby Day to End Human Trafficking!
Last year, members of Here Women Talk were able to rescue and save a victim from the bondage of human trafficking. Now is a good time to carry forth and do even more for the state of South Carolina and the victims in our own backyard! Let those in our capital see...
This Week on BROADSIDED – Author Tricia Erickson on Mitt Romney and S.A.F.E. on the California Death Penalty
Never let it be said that the ladies of BROADSIDED aren’t open-minded enough to look at both sides of every issue. Conservative pundit, Tricia Erickson is an author, a former Mormon and the daughter of a Mormon Bishop – and she has a lot to say on the topic of Willard...
