Hiding in plain sight.
Influences, Illness and New Beginnings
"I like you. Your eyes are full of language." -- Ann Sexton
“I like you. Your eyes are full of language.” — Ann Sexton
When Your Own Personal Sexual Assault Narrative is No Longer Your Own
Call it what it is and don't trivialize it — especially if you aren’t on the receiving end.
Call it what it is and don’t trivialize it — especially if you aren’t on the receiving end.
Combating Rape Culture: An Interview with ‘I Cannot Complain and Operation Consent’ Founder, Cyborg Shawty
Rape culture is at the top of the list of social justice issues we should tackle.
Rape culture is at the top of the list of social justice issues we should tackle.
Influences, Illness, and New Beginnings
How is a singular influence on a poet an important piece of their own narrative?
How is a singular influence on a poet an important piece of their own narrative?
When Your Personal Sexual Assault Narrative Is No Longer Your Own
People will hijack an interesting or unusual disclosure for their own purposes and you have little recourse other than dealing with it.
People will hijack an interesting or unusual disclosure for their own purposes and you have little recourse other than dealing with it
The Multiracial Activist: Mildred and Richard’s Sacrifice is Our Obligation
How do we call out hatred and racism in plain language even---or especially---if it hurts people’s feelings?
How do we call out hatred and racism in plain language even—or especially—if it hurts people’s feelings?
When Ideology Trumps Humanity
That is not how an ally behaves
Embed from Getty Images — Conversations about male victims of crime and male survivors as talking points to demonstrate a concern for women are fraught with misunderstanding, denials, and attempts at silencing. Often, the trauma is co-opted without the slightest acknowledgment of the crime and trauma the male victim suffered. In particular, the almost knee-jerk…
Survivor Advocacy Isn’t A Competition (Or You Aren’t Actually Helping)
James A Landrith on the equalization of healing between male and female sexual violence survivors.
Performance Reviews Are Not Performing Well
Distorting a process that determines pay raises and employee growth should not be an acceptable defense for nefarious behavior.
Dead Trees and Pixels (or Creativity Is The Real Answer)
James A. Landrith compares the differences between books and e-books, and what he finds might surprise you.
Male Rape Survivors Are People, Not Talking Points
James Landrith, on how not to create a hierarchy of suffering.
Keep Your Bags to Yourself (or You Aren’t A Transit Ninja)
James Landrith thinks that it’s worth talking about people who believe they are entitled to take up more than their fair amount of space in public. But those people are not all men.
Dear Allison (or Vile Female Rape Apologists Are Vile)
James Landrith believes that compassion should not have gender labels, nor be attached to a cynical hierarchy of suffering.
Advocacy and Ego Don’t Mix (or Get Over Yourself and Start Being Effective)
James Landrith reminds us that advocacy is about the end goal and not an individuals ego.
Reflections on Five Years of Healing and Speaking Out
James Landrith has spent five years speaking out as a male rape survivor. Here is what he has learned.