Monthly Archives: March 2016

Silence or Violence: Logan, Suicide, and the Culture of Masculine Silence

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Satyr

Our friend Logan killed himself today. I wish we had known how badly he was hurting. We just spent most of this past weekend with him, and had no idea things were nearly this bad. If we had known, maybe … Continue reading →

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Coyote Needs a Dog (GoFundMe Campaign)

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Satyr

Coyote Ashley Ward is one of us.   By “us,” I mean, she’s a badass everyday hero – a mom, a lover, a survivor of the sorts of everyday battles you don’t see in the movies. Despite an array of … Continue reading →

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Cat’s Story: Straight, Inc. and Why I Despise Nancy Reagan

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Satyr

The day before yesterday, I posted the essay “Good Riddance, You Brutalizing Hag,” about my experiences with Nancy Reagan’s pet project, Straight Inc., and the damage that it did. In that article, I said that the things that happened to … Continue reading →

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Good Riddance, You Brutalizing Hag

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Satyr

Thirty years later, my then-girlfriend and her fellow inmates still live with the psychological and often physical scars of their abuse. Some of them didn’t survive. Her brother is one of them. After the insurance refused to pay for more “treatment,” he was released from Straight, supposedly drug-free. He died a few years afterward.

THAT was Nancy Reagan’s America.

THAT is what she left behind… Continue reading →

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