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25 Feb, 4 tweets, 2 min read
*Stares in 2015 me who was averaging about a hundred threats a day and who couldn't speak in public without a police escort because I had spoken about sexual harassment at the Royal Military College*
Two. Chiefs. Of. The. Defense. Staff. In. A. Row.
Perhaps this news will help you understand why I'm so furious with @Women_Canada

This has HUGE implications for Canada domestically but this is also a major blow to Canada's reputation on the world stage.

We go around, touting our feminist Prime Minister, and two top military leaders in a row are accused of sexual harassment.

It's deplorable.

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24 Feb
I'm working on a piece about incest as the last big taboo of the #MeToo era.

Looking to speak with a few victims/survivors for the piece.
Preferably Canadian/living in Canada. Any gender or age.

Please reply or contact me through my site if you feel safe. 💛
My DMs are closed for my own safety reasons. Apologies I have to make you go through my site, but yeah. The world sucks sometimes.

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Addendum : I am shook by how many people I've heard from in the last hour. I am humbled by how many people trusted me to reach out.
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11 Feb
When I found out that @Women_Canada scrubbed the word "masculinity" from the new CAF directive on addressing sexual violence in the military, I flipped my wig.

I was told by both Canadian Armed Forces & Status of Women Canada to relax.

But this photo says it all, doesn't it?
This has consistently been my experience working with the CAF : Either outright hostility or absolute ignorance with an almost "Oh, golly gee. Sorry there, little lady. We done goofed."

And to find out that Status of Women is enabling this nonsense is infuriating.
And if you don't believe me, I have a "justification" in writing from the Canadian Armed Forces. I also spent weeks asking to meet with someone from @Women_Canada and all my requests were ignored.
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18 Jun 20
As an educator who works with young women AND as someone who was 5'10 in the 8th grade: I cannot implore you enough to talk to the young women in your life about the ways older men will hit on them & make them feel like it's a sign of their maturity.
Regardless of YOUR gender, if you know any 11-12 year old girls, please debunk all the pop culture nonsense about muses, groupies.

Our culture is saturated with examples of older men using young women's minds and bodies as inspiration.

It needs to stop.
Young women deserve to know the truth about how proximity to power is a trap.

Please speak frankly with them about how it *does* feel good to get attention, especially from people who have power. Validate their feelings. Then debunk the whole thing.
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4 Jun 20
I am drowning in "BUT IF WE DEFUND COPS, WHO WILL PUNISH RAPISTS?!" messages.

*Deep breath*
I've been working with sexual assault survivors since 2003.

I have, without exaggeration, supported literal thousands of women and girls in my lifetime.

I can count on ONE hand the amount of women who got a conviction. I don't know a single one whose rapist went to prison.
But I do know two hands full of women who were killed by men they had formally reported.

I also know two hands full of women who took their own lives because they were so badly traumatized by the legal system.
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12 May 20
I was born & raised in rural/Northern Ontario.
I've done work to end violence against women for 17 yrs.

Some quick facts you should know about violence against women in a rural Canadian context:
1- Guns. Guns. Guns.

I grew up in a house of guns and I literally did not know a single person growing up who did not have guns in their house.

Domestic violence gets cranked up to 11 when you know the man has access to a firearm.
2- Confidentiality is largely a joke.

Everyone knows everyone. Everyone knows you. Everyone knows your abuser.

The officer assigned to your case might be the same guy who busted you for underage drinking when you were 15.
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24 Apr 20
If you break up with your partner, reject a guy on Tinder or ignore a man catcalling you, and he then goes on a rampage, harming others - It is not your fault.
If you survive abuse and do not report that abuse, and he goes on to hurt others - It is not your fault.

If you survive abuse and report that abuse and the system does not believe you, so he does it again to someone else - It is not your fault.
If you reject a man and that man then harms himself - It is not your fault.
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