Yesterday’s post got me thinking about some of the things people — particularly women — can do to protect themselves when using online dating services. Any dating site worth its salt is going to make this kind of information available to its members, but given my work with sexual assault victims and survivors, I’m of [...]
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Taking online dating offline…safely
Posted in Crime and punishment, Current Affairs, Love, News items, Web/Tech on April 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
An Open Letter to Match.com
Posted in Crime and punishment, Current Affairs, Love, News items, Web/Tech on April 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Dear Mandy (Ginsburg, Match.com President), I’m a former Match.com subscriber (and, I might add, a satisfied customer — I met my current boyfriend through your service.) I also work part-time as a victim advocate for a rape crisis organization that serves three counties in my area. Simply put, I am “on call” several days each [...]
Mental illness, violence, and falling through the cracks
Posted in Current Affairs, Health, News items, Random thoughts on January 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’m taking a brief hiatus from my little series on marriage (much to my boyfriend’s relief, no doubt ) to weigh in on the recent tragedy in Tucson, AZ. It seems everyone has an opinion about what happened there, and I’m no different. For myself, though, I’d prefer not to venture into the right vs. [...]
Aaaaaand, she’s back
Posted in Blathering, Current Affairs, Holiday thingies, News items, Random thoughts, Religion, Status report, tagged Blathering on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have neglected this little blogular garden for way too long. And today I got an email from someone who stumbled across it and begged me not to stop writing. So, thanks to Delores in Decatur, IL for the ass-kick I needed to get back into this. Wow, it’s been a while since March. A [...]
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