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About Me

Myspace SafeSpace is a resource for survivors and their allies, a place for building a supportive cyberspace network that is informed, invested in and willing to work toward ending sexual violence worldwide. We encourage ALLIES to join SafeSpace. An ally is someone who openly offers their support to the community of survivors of sexual violence, and is willing to take a stand against sexual and domestic violence, gender inequality, and other forms of discrimination.SafeSpace is also a place where survivors of sexual violence can come to feel supported and encouraged. Feel free to use Myspace SafeSpace as a forum for discussing difficult issues, and also as an outlet for expressing emotions and experiences you have trouble expressing elsewhere. All participants are asked to remain non judgmental, practice good, patient, attentive, "listening" skills and to not make assumptions about others on this website.This community is a non denominational, religiously unaffiliated spiritual community, tolerant of many different expressions of faith. We encourage and accept expressions of religion or faith with the understanding that faith is a very personal matter, that all faiths represented in the forum are respected equally, and that this is not a forum for evangelizing or proselytizing.Please feel free to recommend movies or books that you feel inspire and encourage you.(SafeSpace suggests that survivors who are uncomfortable publicizing their experiences create anonymous Myspace profiles so that they can use Safe Space in anonymity. You are also encouraged to send a message if you would like to be added to the private SafeSpace group.)I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

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My Blog

Hooked On A Feeling

always always searching always searching for someone always searching for someone to erase that smudged granite from the page of my life that was scribbled on erratically by his ugly ugly number 2 pe...
Posted by on Sun, 20 May 2007 09:22:00 GMT

The War Against Women in Darfur

Posted by on Thu, 17 May 2007 18:23:00 GMT

The Devil In Disguise: Myths about Sexual Assault

Posted by on Wed, 09 May 2007 08:50:00 GMT

Why Being a Survivor is So Hard

1) You feel dirty.2) You go into denial.3) After you come out of denial, you blame yourself for what happened.4) You fear others will judge you and blame you too.5) They ...
Posted by on Mon, 07 May 2007 19:05:00 GMT

Human Sex Trafficking, Presentation by Lori Brandt, UCLA

Posted by on Mon, 07 May 2007 07:50:00 GMT

Survivors' Song

sometimes we scream and nobody hearssometimes we crybut shed not one tearsometimes we singjust to feel freesomedays all we can dois drop to our kneesand pray for a dayfor feeling more freesomething t...
Posted by on Sun, 06 May 2007 07:58:00 GMT

Who's An Ally?

An ally is someone who... ...is not afraid to confront oppression. ...is actively supportive. ...is a good listener. ...interrupts the status quo. ...is well-informed, self-taught and doesn't exp...
Posted by on Sun, 06 May 2007 01:36:00 GMT

Got Consent?

The elements for having consent to engage in sexual activity are: C- comprehension that the act is taking place O- optional for both parties N- negotiation with partner S- sobriety- must have knowled...
Posted by on Sun, 06 May 2007 01:12:00 GMT

Global Gender Justice

Here are websites that are dedicated to global gender justice: Human Rights Watch: "Defending Human Rights" http://www.hrw.org/ HRW Women's Rights http://www.hrw.org/women/legal.html/ HRW Internati...
Posted by on Sun, 06 May 2007 01:00:00 GMT

"Pimp Myspace?"

I've just opened Pandora's Box. Prior to attending my first workshop on sexual violence awareness, I was somewhat innoculated against perceiving how pervasive and normalized sexual violence in A...
Posted by on Sat, 05 May 2007 22:13:00 GMT