I was thinking about kids playing and the "game" of "keep away" came to mind.

That's where someone snatches something of someone else's and a group of kids "keep it away" from the owner. Can be harmless fun.

But usually it *isn't*. Because they'l grab it from some kid who isn't big enough to make them give it back nor fast enough to catch one of them ( Read more... )

While talking about a number of things with
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We see a very different side of a character in Questionable Content ( Read more... )

(this is an edited version of a comment I made on one of Fayanora's posts a few years back. Figured it deserved wider distribution:

"There’s a form of mental torture called “gaslighting,” its name taken from a play in which a man..." http://t.co/bMtUp2LccQ Abuse survivors deal with this a lot, and even more so when they are still being abused ( Read more... )

http://fayanora.tumblr.com/post/147780318077/animatorzee-people-will-tell-you-that-emotionalRead more... )

Break Up to Make Up by The Stylistics just came up on my playlist. And it got me thinking.

*Way* too many "love songs" are about *severely* screwed up relationships.

This post got me thinking. And while it's appalling I realized something about the way guys are "indoctrinated ( Read more... )

This post raises some interesting issues about consent ( Read more... )

I've been working my way through an interesting person's tumblr (warning, she's got a *lot* of NSFW content) and I ran across this entryThe comments about "forced socialization" are *so* true. Yet somehow most teachers, parents and other adults don't seem to even *consider* the possibility of any of this ( Read more... )

On the kingdom mailing list, there have been a number of comments about kids and making them safe (triggered by some unclear rule changes about what sort of supervision kids need at events ( Read more... )