OT Contributor Network: Heard Tell Podcast w/Jennifer Greenberg
With yet another abuse scandal in the news, this time in the SBC, we turn to our friend Jennifer Greenberg to talk about how abusers operate.
Tagged: abuse
Horrific Discovery at Kamloops Indian Residential School
The remains of 215 children have been found on the grounds of former Kamloops Indian Residential School for indigenous children in Canada.
Briefly, On Abuse And Who Does And Doesn’t Endure Consequences
If those numbers seem impossible to believe, that is what is possible when abuse is spun out over decades because of an institutional refusal to intervene.
Pleather and Mace: Harley Quinn and the Joker
Harley Quinn stayed with the Joker because she did the math and she decided she was better off with him than without him. That’s the reason why women stay with everyday bad guys who aren’t Jokers.
He Was So Well-Respected
Yet with all that training, we get no instruction about what to do when the accused abuser is a fellow teacher.
Mother Sued for Uncovering Abuse
The School Board and all involved are entitled to defend themselves, but decision to counter-attack the mother because she exposed the atrocities happening in that classroom is a ruthless and tasteless move on behalf of a body of public servants.
Brooklyn Diocese Demands An Apology That It Is Not Owed
The Brooklyn Diocese wants Saturday Night Live’s Pete Davidson to apologize for comparing it to R. Kelly. But it isn’t 1992 anymore. And it isn’t going to be any time soon.
Ordinary World 25Feb19
Your Ordinary World links for 25Feb19 ft stories on Catholic Church abuse summit, North Korea, Yazidis, Brexit, 2020 POTUS race, and more
Bad Sunday for the SBC
The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest protestant denomination in the United States, and is second only to the Catholic Church in membership in the Christian faith. And they have some soul searching to do.
The Michael Avenatti Show Is Not Funny, or Political, Anymore
The problem is once again the focus will all be on the celebrity accused of abuse, and the conversation that we should be having but never seem to get around too on domestic violence will once again be relegated.
Melania Trump Demands Proof
Melania Trump demands that women be able to prove abuse they have claimed. She demands this as if proof matters.
“Can’t We Talk About Other Things?” Asks Michigan State
When it comes to abuse, Michigan State University is just like everybody else.
Briefly, On Andrew Sullivan, Katie Roiphe, and Due Process
Although Andrew Sullivan and Katie Roiphe would never acknowledge it, maybe the Shitty Media Men list was created not as an affront to the concept of due process, but because due process has so often ended up protecting abusers rather than the abused.
Gypsy Blancharde Is In Jail For Killing Her Mother
Dee Dee Blancharde abused her daughter Gypsy for more than two decades. She did so with the sanction and encouragement of medical professionals. Predictably, Gypsy is being required to pay the price.
Poor Partners
In classical art, you almost never see Athena and Aphrodite depicted together. There’s a reason for that, and it’s not the same reason you never see Clark Kent and Superman in the same room.
Nihil Novi Sub Sole
An unemployed California surfer buys lobster with his SNAP card — wait, where have I heard this before?
