This article was not written by me. It is taken directly from PEOPLE magazine, March 6, 2020. The Times they are a changing! Woody Allen's Controversial Memoir Dropped by Publisher Amid ProtestsWoody Allen‘s memoir was dropped by Hachette Book Group. The company had decided to drop the controversial director’s autobiography, Apropos of Nothing, just four…
I have heard it said that when a woman tells a story, she becomes both mother and child, teller and listener, curator and ticket holder, to this event that catalogues her life and destiny. It is true that each of us has a destiny to fulfill which may be assigned at birth. Believing that is true,…
Songs for the Forgotten: A Psychiatrist’s Record of Truth is a memoir that combines pivotal moments from my Southern upbringing in the ‘70s with case histories accumulated through thirty-five years of treating psychiatric patients, particularly those drowning in the cultural epidemic of child abuse. This book tells their stories and mine as I struggled…
Frequently, the case is made that a comprehensive intervention program for childhood trauma would not make a significant impact. Others believe that the problem can be solved. This story proves that if people stand up and speak out loud, fewer people will be victims. According to CBSSports, former Olympic doctor, Dr. Bill Moreau says he…
2/24/2020 11;18am Jessica Simpson was approached about writing her memoir several years ago. The publisher asked her to show readers, “how you became your best self, how you transformed into a successful singer, wife, mother and creator of a billion-dollar clothing empire.” This request stopped her in her tracks. She had many secrets and instead…
2/9/2020 3:30pm A national conversation about crotch grabbing, pelvic thrusting and pole dancing makes me happy. Really happy. How could a conversation about sexuality and nakedness make a crusader for the sex war against children happy? Because folks are engaged and thinking—even those who insist that butt thrusts and boob bobbles are empowering and emancipating…
France's #MeToo: Book on child-sex writer prompts outcry. France is experiencing what activists hope is a watershed moment for its fledgling #MeToo movement. He Remembers For decades, the Frenchman, Gabriel Matzneff, has been celebrating child sex through his literary works with acclimation and applause. Child sex is prevalent in France as it is everywhere but…
I wrote this poem in February, 2000. A dear friend was dying. A petty thief had robbed every house on our block but ours. (It turned out to be a young patient from my residential facility and he skipped our house because I was his doctor). A family member was sick and I was helpless…
Originally, this post was going to be about curbing consumerism during Christmas and presenting activities for families to do together to enhance the love and light embodied in the season. But as I was browsing my Instagram account, I saw, “It’s hard to get excited about the festive season when it means gathering a number of…
A recent survey of thirty-three colleges and universities collected data on sexual assault, asking men, women and TGQN students. Sexual assault was defined as physical force (includes attempted penetration), inability to consent or stop what was happening because the student was passed out, asleep, or incapacitated due to drugs or alcohol, coercion and no voluntary agreement. The data at…