British Documentary Chosen, one of the earliest reviews from the Survivors News and Reviews section, won an award for Best Single Documentary at the BAFTA British Academy Television Awards on Sunday 26th April. Our congratulations to the production team, director Brian Woods and Alistair Mark and Tom who took part. Hopefully the award will result…
What did I get when I read A Brother’s Journey by Richard Pelzer today? A shot of confidence and a flash of inspiration from a male physical abuse survivor. A wish to write my own story tempered with the need for a new day job, but renewed optimism and self-esteem in making that application and…
Kelley was kind enough to send me a link to a St. Petersburg (FL) Times special report about an all boys reform school. For Their Own Good They were screwed-up kids, sent to the reform school in Marianna for smoking, fighting, stealing cars or worse. The Florida School for Boys — that’d straighten them out….
According to cornut32, Friday April 17th is Wear Blue to Work Day, as part of April being Child Abuse Awareness Month. So, get your blue on, be sure to share with your friends why you’re wearing blue, and then check out the Blog Carnival Against Child Abuse, which is scheduled to be published that same…
NOTE: The CSI Episode is from the current season, so if you want to avoid spoilers, skip the latter half of the review I made reference to “Quarry†from the (2005) 6th Season of Law and Order Special Victims Unit (SVU) in my earlier TV reviews. It actually takes the line of investigating a cold…
Caroline Lehman’s book Strong At The Heart from 2005 features interviews with 11 survivors, 4 male and the rest female. She very wisely sets the tape recorder going, lets the interviewees tell their stories and takes their pictures, otherwise her intro at the beginning is her only other contribution aside from a few listings for…
