“I do not condemn any personal choices for intimate relationships. Love is love. I detest only the violence and trauma that any self-centered conduct can cause to others.” SelfChoicesCausesLove IsViolenceTraumaIntimateSelf CenteredLove RelationshipDetestIntimate RelationshipsPersonal Choice Author:Akiane Kramarik
“Terrifying mass shooting and high-profile officer-involved incidents have dominated the national conversation on gun violence in recent years. But most deaths by gun are not headline-grabbing massacres. They`re more private, more intimate, and perhaps in that way, even more horrifying. Domestic violence, make no mistake, domestic violence is a gun issue.” WayYearsMistakeIssuesViolenceInvolvedConversationMassGunShootingIntimateOfficersDomestic ViolenceIncidentsHeadlinesProfileGun ViolenceMassacresGrabbingHigh ProfileMass Shootings Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“According to the CDC, more than one in three women and one in four men in the United States have been victims of domestic violence. It is a widespread public health problem, and every year 1,600 women and 700 men are killed by their intimate partners. One of the biggest risk factors that domestic violence will become fatal is the presence of a gun.” MenYearsHas BeensStatesProblemThreeUnitedUnited StatesFourViolenceRiskGunVictimPartnersFactorsIntimateDomestic ViolencePublic HealthHealth Problems Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“Intimate justice touches on ideas of gender inequity, violence, bodily integrity, physical and mental health. I don't expect a 15-year-old girl to have that figured out; it's hard enough to have it figured out when you're 50.” YearsIdeasHardEnoughGirlJusticeViolenceIntegrityMental HealthGenderIntimate Author:Peggy Orenstein
“HIV-positive people can lose custody of their children, lose their housing, and face intimate partner violence.” PeopleChildrenFacesLosesViolencePartnersIntimateHousingHivPositive PeopleCustodyHiv Positive Author:Sean Strub