“The standard U.S. military approach to sexual assault is designed “to help women get raped better,” Army criminal investigator Sgt. Myla Haider says in the movie.” Washington Post, June 21, 2012 Though I had escaped it for the better part…

A quick note to say hello and that I have a few posts in the hopper. As you have seen from my Twitter feed @afbwoman, there seems no dearth of cases in the news, namely this one in Ft. Collins …

Someone once asked me what I thought would be an appropriate punishment for Marco Tamburro, the man who attacked me. I did not have an immediate answer. To me, Marco has a broken brain; he is a defective human. He…

I have been compiling a small list of issues I’d like to touch on as I continue to receive training as a rape crisis counselor. I find much of what I learn eye-opening and I work to find ways to…

Yes, I am going to make as many references to Ricki in the headers for the forseeable future. Forgive me. It’s just been two very encouraging days over here at the blog with new comments posted, more than 7,000 page…

It’s been a CRAZY day. I am just overwhelmed with gratitude to The Ricki Lake Show for presenting my segments exactly as they were with little to no editing. She allowed me to talk and to share and to be…

Well, tomorrow’s the day. The episode I appear in for the two-part series The Ricki Lake Show produced on Women Who Fight Back will be aired. And all of us shall see what 10 lbs of stage makeup on my…

My whirlwind visit west was definitely one of those “Am I really doing this?” moments. I had such nerves about the appearance, it’s a wonder I got through it. I have never been on a talk show and I was…

As I listen to the morning news anchor discuss ways to avoid frostbite – it is 8 degrees here – I evermore am looking forward to a very quick trip west tonight. A few weeks back, The Ricky Lake Show…