New study--a robust long term study with twins even--has found an undeniable link between PTSD and increased rates of heart disease:

http://htl.li/2xShxU

Excerpt:

An unusual study released today underscores these fears. During 13 years of research, scientists followed twins who were Vietnam-era ( Read more... )

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This song helped me get up the nerve to end my abusive first marriage, among others. I sang it over and over again. Thank you, Donna, for all the love you poured into your songs.

Chris Brown still has an obvious anger management problem. Dear Chris: I don't know in what universe it is ok to steal a fan's iPhone because (gasp) they dared to take a pic of you sitting in your car. It's not like she busted out a telephoto lens and caught you naked in your house or back yard ( Read more... )

going back is just
part of the journey away
no need to condemn

Trigger Warning: domestic violence.

Dear Young Ladies Who Love Chris Brown So Much They Would Let Him Beat ThemLadies, please re-read the police report and really think about if you would want to go through that, any of it. Chris Brown didn't seem "hot" to Rihanna, he seemed fucking terrifying and she probably thought she might die. I've been ( Read more... )

Zerlina Maxwell retweeted me: Zerlina Maxwell @ZerlinaMaxwell

Yw RT @tapati: @EBONYMag @chrisbrown THANK YOU as a survivor I was so upset hurt and angry to see him glorified. He never seemed to get it.

http://www.theboombox.com/2012/02/13/chris-brown-grammys-2012-second-chance/

Exec producer of the Grammys: "If you'll note, he has not been on the Grammys for the past few years, and it may have taken us a while to kind of get over the fact ( Read more... )

(Health.com) -- Women are drastically more likely to develop a mental disorder at some point in their lives if they have been the victim of rape, sexual assault, stalking, or intimate-partner violence, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association ( Read more... )

The Disposable Woman by Anna Holmes, is a New York Times op-ed piece that asks some pertinent questions about Sheen's history and what the media chooses to focus on as well as why CBS waited so long to rein him in ( Read more... )

Clever test of how fast--or if--neighbors will react to drums vs. the very clear sounds of domestic violence, a powerful ad to encourage intervention in South Africa.

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