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Review: A Place For Paedophiles (2009, BBC)
Louis Theroux’s Documentary A Place For Paedophiles is a film made at Coalinga, a “halfway house†jail for Californian paedophiles who have served their primary sentences but who have been deemed unsafe for release back into society. Theroux wrote a companion article about the documentary on the BBC News website and you can read it…
Shared Links (weekly) April 25, 2021
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The Influencer World Is Still Insisting Happiness Is A Choice
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This oversimplification is dangerous for all our mental health.
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To All the Abused Kids Who Are Dealing with the Consequences as Adults…
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Ask a Black therapist: 4 ways to support Black people’s mental health
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The Man Who Scares Me Most Is Me. Will I Become A Monster, Too?
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4 Experts Share Ideas For Restoring Mental Health In The Black Community
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‘Break the silence’: Two Columbus men share their stories of sexual assault
Link – The Benefits of Laughter
Laugh a little, and since we know that social media companies are designing themselves to show you more of what you already think, watch a few more things that make you laugh, so they can show you more. It’s good for you, and it goes a long way toward keeping us sane when our healing…
Link – The lifelong impact of child abuse
Sadly, this did not surprise me. “Around one in five adults aged 16 to 59 (an estimated 6.2 million people) had experienced some form of abuse as a child, according to the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) for the year ending March 2016. But the impact of what is often a hidden crime…
Trafficking Happens In All The Places We Assume It Doesn’t
Kathleen’s point is an important one. We aren’t going to see change when so many people see trafficking, abuse, etc., as something that happens to “those other people.” We need to continue telling our stories so that we remind people that trafficking isn’t something that happens only with immigrants or poor people. It’s the same thing with abuse, sexual assault, mental health. It happens everywhere, and if you don’t know anyone who was trafficked or survived sexual abuse or assault, it’s probably because you don’t seem like a safe person to talk to about it.
