Shared Links (weekly) July 6, 2025
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Link – As a criminologist studying child abuse, I feel like I live in the upside ‘down’.
I haven’t ever seen the show, but this sounds about right: There’s a moment in Stranger Things where one of the young protagonists confronts a monster from the ‘upside down’, and it invades him. When I’m confronted by people who deny the seriousness of sexual abuse, I wonder if that’s what they are afraid of…
Sharing – New Research from Thorn: Financial Sextortion on the Rise, Targeting Teen Boys
The use of AI is a new twist. It’s not enough to tell young boys not to send explicit selfies; they also need to understand that someone may use AI to create an explicit image of them regardless. Education must include societal-wide awareness that an image may not be what it appears to be. That has to be part of this. The extortionist’s main weapon is the shame of having explicit photos of their victim out among their friends and family. Shame is powerful. When we live in a world where anyone with an internet connection and a photo of your face can turn that into an explicit image of you, we need to eliminate the shame. There’s no shame to be had for someone else’s bad actions.
Webinar – Talking to Your Children About Your Mental Health
I’m not a parent, but I saw this webinar being put on by the folks at DBSA on the evening of July 19th and thought it might be of interest to anyone out there who is a parent, and is also living with mental health struggles. As they say in the description of the event:…
