#DVAM2020

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Today, our focus is on personal safety when seeking for help away from a violent situation.#DVAM2020#DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth#Sayfty4Survivors#Thread (1/7) In a recent article by Sweta Vik

#TW: domestic violenceTwo common misconceptions of #DomesticViolence are that it's easy to recognize and even easier to leave an abusive relationship. But, unfortunately, it can be extremely difficult to leave

Coercive Control & Recovering From Trauma

Victims are ALWAYS expected to acquiesce so much more than perpetrators. It starts in the relationship, when they give way to the abuser but it also continues after leaving the

Coercive Control & Recovering From Trauma

Society likes a happy ending. It doesn’t really know what to do about the endings that aren’t. These are victims who are still living the abuse even though they are

Women's Prison Association (WPA)

It's Domestic Violence Awareness Month and we need to talk about criminalized survival. According to the @ACLU, nearly 60% of women in state prison - and as many as 94%

Recovering Carceral Feminist-Ask Me How!

#DVAM2020: a thread. This #DomesticViolence Awareness Month, I wanted to share some of the anti-violence work that I'm most excited about. @freefromorg is putting money directly into the hands of