Is Domestic Violence A Pandemic?

So, I just found out on the first that October is National Domestic Violence Awareness month. I’ve decided to use this as a spring board to guide some of my reading, thinking, and, consequently, writing for the time being.

John Phillips & The Problems With Representing Rapists as “Other”

POTENTIAL TRIGGER WARNING

Gender Violence: Reflections On Jackson Katz’s Lecture

So, I just went to an powerful lecture by this guy named Jackson Katz entitled More Than a Few Good Men: A Lecture on American Manhood and Violence Against Women. Until tonight, I’m sad to say that I’d never heard of Jackson Katz. After tonight, I want to run out and buy all of his movies and books, because if he’s half as good at making movies or writing books as he is at speaking, it’ll be worth the money. The lecture was very, very good, but there was a LOT there to try to process. So, I’m going totry to give some of the major impressions I’m left with and engage with some of the content right now, with the idea that I’ll engage with it in more detail in the future.