My friend, occasional La Acera contributor, and mental health professional Rebecca (Krewe de Becks), recently emailed me a petition. While I normally send those emails off to the deepest depths of hell, since it was sent by a good friend…
The lights are dim at first, while everyone prepares for the big moment. Cars are parked a block away from the location. Purses and other personal belongings are hidden away like a teen boy’s secret stash of Playboy magazines. The…
When couples are head-over-heels for each other, frolick around Cloud 9 and behave in ways that make people around them keep barf bags handy, we can tell they are extremely happy. We are happy for them; Things are going “perfectly”…
When I was a child, I was told that the heavy rain happened because God was sniffing and crying. Then when I had my first encounter with a hurricane I assumed God had a bad allergy attack. Silly Rabbit, God…
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away there was a princess, who lived in a beautiful castle. She loved to sing and dance and every morning she looked out the window and dreamed of the day that…
Machista adjetivo 1 Del machismo o relacionado con él: una concepción machista de la sociedad. 2 adjetivo/nombre común [persona] Que defiende la superioridad natural del hombre sobre la mujer o da muestras de ello con su comportamiento. Machismo: El machismo…
Yesterday, on Bastille Day, while contemplating the French ideals of freedom, equality, brotherhood (Liberté, égalité, fraternité), I came across a rather intense article in the New York Times. Since I’ve been discussing the Domestic Violence topic lately, I thought to myself: “this…
Intolerancia Condicional por Krewe de Becks & Jean Vidal La violencia domestica, la corrupción, el discrimen ya sea por raza, genero o político, son temas que nunca han parado de sonar en Puerto Rico y que, últimamente, han ocurrido…
o La importancia de apoyar a organizaciones pro-mujer y albergues como La Casa Protegida Julia de Burgos. Es escalofriantemente casi normal el ver en nuestros medios de comunicación local noticias de muertes de mujeres a manos de su pareja o…
Este artículo fue publicado por primera vez el 28 de diciembre de 2009 en la versión anterior de La Acera. Formará parte de una serie de articulos sobre Violencia Domestica. En el 2005 decidí unirme al Dr. Julio Fonseca, profesor…
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