It’s a very emotional time. So much change. I just went back to seminary to immerse myself in Interspiritual counseling studies, which goes beyond Interfaith and into the territory of soul – before we were introduced to religion. It’s bringing up a lot of heretofore undiscovered truth for me. At the same time I’ve started …
I started to write last week after reading an article by feminist author Jessica Valenti in the Nation where she states that “Americans are very confused about rape.” She feels that rather than having needed dialogue about how to stop rape, a lot has been said about trying to “understand” the rapist. I immediately felt …
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While rehearsing a mini-version of “Asking For It” today, I came to the part where a teenager’s rape and subsequent suicide triggers a long overdue outburst from my character Bernadette. from the book… “We had been on the phone for over an hour when a segment came on a talk show and caught my attention. …
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You’ve been raped more than once and been moved to write about it. How do you feel when men who hold public office assert that “life is that gift from God. And, I think, even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that God intended to happen” or “legitimate …