Rakicevic Nenad / Unsplash Breaking up is hard. Breaking up with someone who has abused you is even harder. You will feel confused and traumatised for some time. It’s not all terrible though — distance will make you realise you’re stronger. Trauma doesn’t stay with you forever, and there are actually several positives from what […]
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Are You In a Verbally Abusive Relationship? (And What to Do About It)
“Shut up!!” “Don’t be so lazy!!” “What’s wrong with you?” These types of phrases frequently come out of people’s mouths every day. So, is there really anything wrong with saying them? I mean, we have all said some of these things ourselves – or at very least had these thoughts. But is it verbal abuse? […]
7 positive lessons you learn when you leave a toxic, abusive relationship behind
Rakicevic Nenad / Unsplash Breaking up is hard. Breaking up with someone who has abused you is even harder. You will feel confused and traumatised for some time. It’s not all terrible though — distance will make you realise you’re stronger. Trauma doesn’t stay with you forever, and there are actually several positives from what […]
China must ban abusive gay ‘conversion therapy,’ rights group says
Hospitals and other medical facilities in China are subjecting LGBT people to ‘conversion therapy’ that in some cases has involved electroshock, involuntary confinement and forced medication, a human rights group says. CBC | Health News
Thor Ragnarok SHOCK: ‘Odin is an ABUSIVE father who does TERRIBLE things to his children’
WARNING SPOILERS FOR THOR RAGNAROK AHEAD The King of Asgard has appeared in all three movies of the Thor trilogy, but is he an abusive father? This is something Reddit user EmperorJoker firmly believes, based on Odin’s actions across the movies. The theorist writes: “So this is covers pretty much the whole franchise but I […]
R. Kelly’s latest accuser alleges the singer paid her to keep quiet about an abusive underage sexual relationship
In the latest R. Kelly-related investigative report by BuzzFeed News, Jerhonda Pace, an alleged victim of the R&B singer, claims she received “cash settlements” from the singer in return for “signing nondisclosure agreements” crafted to cover up a sexual relationship she had with Kelly that turned abusive when she was 16 years old. Pace, now 24, says she felt the need […]
BuzzFeed Releases Chilling Accounts Alleging R. Kelly’s Running an Abusive Sexual “Cult”
BuzzFeed News has shared a chilling investigation into the lives of numerous women living on R. Kelly’s Atlanta and Trump Tower, Chicago properties. Beyond detailing the ways in which the musician (with a famed history of allegations of sexual misconduct) allegedly controls every facet of their lives, imposing lifestyle rules that apply to eating and […]
Indian minister arms 700 newlyweds with wooden bats against drunk & abusive husbands
Published time: 1 May, 2017 02:48Edited time: 1 May, 2017 02:57 An Indian state minister has armed some 700 brides with wooden bats to be used in self-defense should their husbands ever raise a hand on them. “Police won’t intervene,” reads the reassuring inscription, encouraging its use on alcohol-dependent spouses. The foot-long wooden bats were […]
Big Little Lies episode 4: Will Celeste crack and take down abusive husband Perry?
Episode four titled ‘Push Comes to Shove’ delved deeper into the life of Celeste (played by Nicole Kidman) and her rocky relationship with husband Perry Wright (Alexander Skarsgård). Their tense and abusive relationship has been seen in all episodes so far, but in the latest instalment viewers saw Perry attempt to control Celeste’s way off […]
Twitter will filter abusive tweets out of your timeline
Twitter is delivering three new tools to help battle abusive users just one week after admitting it hasn’t moved fast enough to curb rampant harassment taking place on the platform. In a blog post published this morning, VP of engineering Ed Ho announced three new features that’ll be on Twitter soon. Perhaps the most immediately […]