I’m about to haul a minivan load of cack to our local Abused Women’s Shelter, which makes me so unbelievably giddy, I don’t know what to do.
Posts Tagged ‘abuse’
10 Steps Back for Afghanistan
April 3rd, 2009
Melia http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_re_as/as_afghan_women
KABUL – A new Afghan law makes it legal for men to rape their wives, human rights groups and some Afghan lawmakers said Thursday, accusing President Hamid Karzai of signing the legislation to bolster his re-election prospects. Critics worry the legislation undermines hard-won rights for women enacted after the fall of the Taliban’s strict Islamist [...]
It is society that has to change… and we are making that happen.
December 10th, 2008
Melia Many months ago, I was slapped in the face with some fairly disturbing news about my childhood. Like most survivors of childhood abuse, I chose to ignore what I knew and pretend it did not matter, until suddenly I was at a point where I had to examine certain behaviors I was exhibiting – for [...]



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