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November 15, 2009
- November 15 DESERVING Tender toes crushed by moving memories, fresh pain from ancient injuries, shock incurred from these lifeless reminiscences. Unhappy reconstructions slap unsuspecting faces. The people, who stood by to let the chips fall where they may, try to feign 'innocent bystander' now that shit is falling from the sky. Unexposed skin will burn when the flames leap high. ...
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November 11, 2009
- I staged my first revolution when I was nine years old. I was tall for my age but still had been nicknamed chicken legs and bag of bones. The oppressor state was my mother. We were about the same height but she more than doubled me in weight. And her arsenal of weaponry included extension cords, belts even hair brushes. I can't say what if that was normal for the day. It was normal at my house. ...
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November 8, 2009
- About the book The Depth of My Soul is my first book and it was published on January the 9th 2009. The idea behind the title ethnology is my depth to cover general circumstances that happen in our daily live. In the book, I also cover issues we sometimes have problems expressing our opinions about like wars, genocides, dictatorships, abuse, corruption, torture, ...
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November 7, 2009
- When I was a child, I went through many horrible things. I was a victim of incest. I was four, when my one of my aunts, Judith who’s also biological mother’s youngest sister had an intercourse with me several times. My biological mother, Catherine and her family were calling me names and they use to view me as a person with special needs or a person with down syndrome. When my biological ...
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October 7, 2009
- A few years ago, as a survivor of incest, I completed a five year program of recovery. Part of what I did was to work a 12 step program called CoDependents Anonymous. If anyone has ever worked a 12 step program they will confirm that the hardest part is getting through the first step: "I admitted I was powerless over others and that my life had become unmanageable." I wondered how ...
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October 5, 2009
- Roman Polanski’s arrest on September 26 continues to breed stories in the news and spurs me to write. In addition to the more publicized support garnered for Polanski from Hollywood (see The Guardian and NY Daily News), the writer Bernard-Henri Lévy (in The Huffington Post) has gathered signatures of celebrities, writers and artists on an informal petition to the Swiss courts to free him. His ...
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September 24, 2009
- A cabbie has been arrested for sexual intercourse with a canine. He believes he cannot be sentenced because it is a stray and not a pet dog! Mahesh Kamat while appearing before the court appealed for bail because the cops could not record the statement of the victim. He has been slapped on two charges – unnatural sex and cruelty against animals. The first one is the controversial Section 377 of ...
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September 22, 2009
- September 22 MEGAPHONE The point of surviving, or maybe the goal after survival, is enabling the voices of victims to be heard, starting with my own. I allow the surging waves of thought and feeling to rush the gates and exit. I try to bleed the bad with and without the use of leaches. So much is stumbled upon rather than sought after. Some things hound me; I run down the street ...
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September 16, 2009
- It took a lot of years and a lot of livin' before I realized that forgiveness isn't something you do. Forgiveness is all about what you don't do. You don't wake up and replay the argument when they hurt you, practicing better retorts. You don't think of what they did and said years ago to wound you, while you take a morning shower today. You don't remember, over breakfast, that you were abused ...
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August 9, 2009
- I just returned last night from the Friday, August 7, Board of Director's meeting of the foundation Let Go, Let Peace Come In in Philadelphia, PA. Other than a lack of sleep from the night before (had to get up at 2:00 am to meet the shuttle that took me to the Phoenix airport) the trip was a huge success. I was amazingly impressed with the Foundation, the work it is trying to do and ...
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