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Link – Opinion | The Rape Jokes We Still Laugh At

ByMikeM July 14, 2018July 9, 2024 Reading Time: 1 minute

This could not be any more true, and any more wrong.

“The “Me Too” movement has made Americans more aware about sexism and sexual consent, but that sensitivity often does not extend to prisons, where over 200,000 inmates are sexually assaulted every year.”

Sadly, I’ve seen some of the same people who claim to support sexual assault awareness, and proclaim that no victim is ever to blame, make these same kinds of jokes about a sex offender. If it’s wrong, it’s wrong for everyone. No human being deserves to be sexually assaulted.

Period.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/opinion/contributors/the-rape-jokes-we-still-laugh-at.html

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Sharing – Now Is the Time to Re-Examine Stigma About Mental Illness
ByMikeM December 12, 2020December 12, 2020 Reading Time: 2 minutes

We have gotten better at discussing some mental health issues, but there’s still so much more to do. It’s still not safe for too many people to even admit they need help with anxiety and depression, even though right now we all need support. There is still a severe shortage of help available, and we still treat other mental health issues with something other than fear.

If not now, when? Those of us who can share our stories, should be doing exactly that. For all the people who can’t. And, maybe even more, we need to remind the world that these issues affect people everywhere, from all backgrounds. It’s not just Hollywood, and it’s not just on poor neighborhoods, it affects plenty of people that we probably come in contact with every day. People we know, people we love, people we work with, neighbors, friends, family, etc. are, or have been, struggling with their mental health.

Maybe once we convince enough people of that, they’ll care enough to do something about it.

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Link – Leaving No Kid Behind: The Need For More Child Psychiatrists
ByMikeM July 11, 2017July 8, 2017 Reading Time: 1 minute

This seems like a huge problem… Given how few children and adolescents get the care they need, schools too often become the de facto front line for explosive children who might have behavioral problems for a host of complicated reasons, including the possible toxic combination of ADHD and trauma. Researchers have found that children who…

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Sharing – Why cat lawyer and other funny videos help during COVID-19
ByMikeM February 20, 2021February 20, 2021 Reading Time: 1 minute

As the article says, right now for many of us, there’s a lot of sucky stuff going on. There’s been a lot of sucky stuff going on for a long time. We need something to laugh at. We need something to smile about. We need to know that we can enjoy one moment of life and be ourselves again. So watch more silly videos. Make more stupid jokes. It helps.

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Reading – Internet Safety: How to Keep Your Kids Safe Online
ByMikeM July 1, 2015June 30, 2015 Reading Time: 1 minute

In a word, communicate. But there’s more advice in this article about how to keep those lines of communication open between you and your kids so that you know what they are doing online, and with whom. It also points out the importance of being a little tech savvy yourself, so that you know what…

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Shared Links (weekly) Jan. 22 2023
ByMikeM January 22, 2023January 21, 2023 Reading Time: 1 minute
- Supporting a Loved One in the Aftermath of Sexual Assault
- Successful Trauma Therapy Does Not Require Forgiveness
- How Social Media Can Add to Your Well-Being (Not Detract From It)
- Veterans Get Expanded Suicide Crisis Care Coverage Starting Tuesday
- New Study Shows Why Depression in Black Women Is Often Overlooked by Their Doctors – “A December 2022 paper published in Nursing Research revealed that Black women are less likely to report classic symptoms of depression, such as sadness or hopelessness. Instead, they note trouble sleeping, self-criticism, irritability, and an inability to experience pleasure.”
- You Are Enough—but It’s OK To Seek Self-Improvement Too
- Black men and therapy
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Sharing – Children in a mental health crisis can spend days languishing in the ER
ByMikeM August 19, 2025August 19, 2025 Reading Time: 2 minutes

What we don’t hear a lot about are the details, specifically, about what happens when the treatment resources don’t exist to meet the need. We may not think we are rounding up unhoused people and putting them in jails, but where do we think they will go when there aren’t enough treatment options? That’s going to include a lot of kids escaping abusive homes. Other kids end up hanging around the ER waiting for treatment if they aren’t in a penal facility already. Plenty of others remain in dangerous situations while they and their parents stay and search for somewhere to get treatment.

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