Counselor creates ‘Gentleman’s Club’ to teach students life lessons

Originally published on WSMV.com on February 24, 2016 By Meaghan Wallace. CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) – EDITOR’S NOTE: Since we first brought you this story, Raymond Nelson, the student support specialist who created this group has renamed it. The new title, according to Nelson, is “Boys With Purpose.” A counselor at a Lowcountry school…

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Why We Smile at Men Who Sexually Harass Us

Originally published on  medium.com on February 23, 2016 By Hanna Brooks Olsen Why do you always engage them? If you didn’t engage them, they wouldn’t keep talking to you.” It is nighttime and it is bitterly cold and I’m at a bus stop with my then-boyfriend. We’ve just left a…

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How My Bum Eye Helped Me Look In The Mirror Again

Originally published on BlogHer.com on Dec 30, 2015 By Kelly Wilson “What do you hate about your body?”                                                                                                    My Weight Watchers leader posed this question to our group at the opening of a recent meeting. A supportive group of survivors, we were understandably confused. This meeting was our sanctuary. To…

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I’m Thinking Out Beyond — Meet Me There?

Originally published on MariaShriver.com on November 22, 2015 By Maria Schriver. It’s been a couple of weeks now since I turned 60 years young and I’m still basking in the glow of all the love and support I received. I’m choosing to focus on that instead of what I read…

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