Important lessons to learn from Gabby’s tragic life and death. Based on the body camera video posted by the officers who pulled Gabby and her fiancé over for suspicious driving, some viewers assumed Gabby was suffering from mental illness and Brian was the stable one.Some people may have assumed both partners were equally abusive and … Continue reading Gabby Petitto
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The Inaccessibility Cycle
A Nothing Revolution
Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP Many of the faces were already familiar. We saw them in real-time, smashing Capitol building windows, scaling walls, and…A Nothing Revolution
It’s Trump’s Privilege, Not His Mental Illness That Brought Us Here
Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Reuters For years, people have been talking about Donald Trump’s “mental state,” throwing around the term mental illness as a…It’s Trump’s Privilege, Not His Mental Illness That Brought Us Here
We Haven’t Even Gotten to The PTSD Yet, America
Yesterday, a friend of mine and I were talking about the excruciating wait for Inauguration Day: watching the president attempt every desperate and …We Haven’t Even Gotten to The PTSD Yet, America
Americans Need To Get Out of This Abusive Relationship
Photo: Fresco/Getty It’s heartbreaking to see someone you love in a toxic relationship: watching them be continually torn down and berated, treated …Americans Need To Get Out of This Abusive Relationship
‘Twas The Fight Before Christmas (Trigger Warning)
'Twas the fight before christmas and all through the house Shrieked one final scream of a drunken man's spouse As she lay on the floor, not one eye did she flutter When the final punch came, not one word did she mutter The children were crying, hid under their beds With visions of dad hitting … Continue reading ‘Twas The Fight Before Christmas (Trigger Warning)
Why I Believe Christine Blasey Ford
Why I Believe Christine Blasey Ford https://johnpavlovitz.com/2018/09/19/the-opportunism-of-saying-you-were-sexually-assaulted/ — Read on johnpavlovitz.com/2018/09/19/the-opportunism-of-saying-you-were-sexually-assaulted/
Gratitude
While Children Are In Cages
While Children Are In Cages https://johnpavlovitz.com/2018/06/18/while-children-are-in-cages/ — Read on johnpavlovitz.com/2018/06/18/while-children-are-in-cages/
Parrots, Prose, and Poetry 