Tag: Abuse

Outputs of the consumer Internet product development process are launched into consistently adversarial online environments. Products are often weaponized in ways their developers never imagined by highly-motivated adversaries who engage surprising creativity. Seemingly innocuous produc...

Yesterday, I published a story about the awful state of children’s welfare in Tennessee. It’s a piece I spent three days working on, trying to help readers connect some dots and understand how truly corrupt and hypocritical our lawmakers can be. It’s easy enough to read separate...

Ifanyone was to try to find the bright side in someone being found liable for sexual abuse, it would be an attorney for Donald Trump. On Tuesday, a New York jury in a civil trial found the former president liable for sexually abusing writer E. Jean Carroll in a Manhattan department stor...

A protection order had been served against Amber Maloney, ordering her to immediately stop providing child care. According to a recent news update, Amber-Lee Maloney has been charged with human trafficking and administering a noxious substance, among other crimes. I hope this means h...

Every single post I’ve seen about Ruby Franke’s arrest has at least one person echoing the same sentiment in the comments. It’s always worded a little differently, but it’s something along the lines of, “I didn’t know it was THAT bad.” This makes me ...

A big story out of Utah this week is the arrest of and criminal charges filed against LDS Momfluencer and YouTube star Ruby Franke (2.4 million followers) and her live-in “business partner” Jodi Hildebrand on multiple accounts of intentional aggravated child abuse (against Ruby...

Supporting individuals struggling with drug and substance abuse requires a compassionate and comprehensive approach. A lot of us are quick to judge these people without understanding their circumstances and what led them to this rabbit hole. Some people struggle with life challenges that break them ...

Avoid saying “hope you are well” or “hope you're feeling better” or “heal soon” or “speedy recovery” to an abuse-survivor (whether domestic violence, sexual assault, hate crime, etc). Unless we have told you that you have our consent to say such...

As a Black, American woman who is married to an African man, that only seems to have used me for my citizenship, I find pleasure that this story has a positive ending. However there are more people that need to be arrested from the stories I’ve heard from some American women. There is a Bla...

I’m sure most of us have heard this story by now. Jerry Edmond, a Black man, attended his first NFL game last Saturday when his team, the New England Patriots, played the Las Vegas Raiders at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. This should have been a happy and joyous occasion fo...

I know what it feels like, and geez some days are worse than others. It’s like this empty void that can’t be filled. You may not feel anything. No emotions whatsoever. You may feel so empty, that you may be wondering whether it will ever get better or if you will ever feel happines...

Ever since my father died of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) in 2016, I’ve been researching this mysterious and misunderstood condition. The truth is, my father had this condition for many years; we just didn’t know. Likewise, those who drink heavily may also have ALD in its early stages, ...

In light of the current opioid epidemic and increasing heroin and synthetic opioid problem plaguing our youth, many are asking, “What can we do about this growing problem?” One potential answer is the Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT), a comprehensive eviden...