Celebrity Advocates for the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act
By Mikayla Shave Celebrity Paris Hilton, known for her resilience and entrepreneurial spirit, spent the week on Capitol Hill urging the GOP-led House to pass the Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act. This pivotal legislation, for which Hilton has passionately lobbied over the past three years, cleared the Senate unanimously on December 11. In an emotional […]
Strangulation Awareness: Escalating Lethality and Lessons from Gabby Petito’s Story
By Iris Pendleton Strangulation is one of the most devastating forms of domestic violence and a chilling indicator that a relationship has reached a lethal level. The tragic story of Gabby Petito in 2021 brought global attention to the dangers of intimate partner violence (IPV) and the critical need to recognize warning signs like strangulation […]
A True Story of Escaping Violence and Finding Freedom
By Anonymous Survivor This is the true story of how one brave survivor chose escaping violence and finding freedom over her abuser. **The following is written by survivors of domestic violence and abuse. Names have been changed to protect all involved.** Online Dating Escalates Quickly I met a guy online, he seemed like the perfect […]
Domestic Violence: She Has a Pattern of Abuse
By Survivor Shawn This is the true story of how survivor Shawn escaped domestic violence. Meeting on Facebook I am a victim of Domestic Violence. Beginning in the month of December of 2020, I took it upon myself to seek a relationship on a dating site for Facebook. It was a new feature offered by […]
Abuse by Proxy: A Mother’s Heartbreaking Journey
By Survivor Jammie *The following story of abuse by proxy is written by a survivor of domestic violence and abuse. Names have been changed to protect all involved.* Hurting the Kids to Hurt Me The fact that the abuser creates a climate where the other parent is forced into submission is a form of child […]
A Journey Through Childhood Trauma and Domestic Violence
By Survivor Julie **The following is written by survivors of childhood trauma domestic violence and abuse. Names have been changed to protect all involved.** Parental Abuse and Childhood Trauma My story goes back a long time ago with two different abusers. One being my dad. He use to tell me I was fat. I was […]
