Exploring “Framed: Women in the Family Court Underworld” with Dr. Christine Cocchiola + Amy Polacko

Conversations about domestic abuse are often focused on what’s visible—physical violence, bruises, the tangible evidence of harm. However, physical violence is an instrument used to enforce regimes of coercive control in which victim-survivors are carefully groomed from subjugation using a pattern of psycho-emotional manipulation called coercive control. Over time, the cumulative effects of this type of abuse lead to the…

The Dangers of Hobosexual Season

As autumn settles in, we enter a new season: hobosexual season. As the air turns crisp and the leaves start to fall, these slick-talking opportunists prowl around seeking to exploit financially secure, independent women. ​​ While the term may elicit a chuckle, the harm inflicted by these con artists can be severe. While low-level hobosexuals love-bomb their way into a…