It is not our job to be sweet and "everything nice" in order to protect the feelings of people who clearly don't care about our feelings (or safety). We get to draw boundaries and define who we are.
Survival: The Ones That Got Away
The victory of three serial rapists
On the surface, the three most recent serial rapists added to the Bad Guy List have few similarities. One is a white man in his 60s with salt-and-pepper hair. One is a tall African-American man in his 40s. And one is short, fat African-American man in 20s. Yet they do have several key things in... Continue Reading →
A room of her own
Bella is happy. She has a lock on her door. For the past few years, she had been sleeping in abandoned houses, under bushes or occasionally in a hotel room — all with groups of people. She had moved from place to place, never able to stay anywhere for too long before she and her... Continue Reading →
Friday Nights: Dec 29
The Fair and Square has an art deco look to it. It's two shades of teal and has an offset two-story wall that has no purpose other than to remind me where to turn. The store is very out-of-place here among the hacienda style buildings. Perhaps a tornado picked it up in Miami and dropped... Continue Reading →
WEST MESA: THIS IS NOT OVER
The murderer has not been charged The victims have not had justice The families have not had closure This is an active investigation THIS IS NOT OVER. Help to raise awareness - here
The cost of selling sex
Most women on the streets of the War Zone will do prostitution at one time or another. Because they aren’t idiots.
Women of the District 