#dvam

[allysonmariehope]

When you find out October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, & You’re Also A Spooky Babe. 💜👻 @emiliecavallari.nails makes my whole life better, always. I’m forever grateful for her. ✨ #manicure #gelmanicure #octobernails #purplenails #ghosts #nailart #handpaintednailart #glitternails #chromenails #domesticviolenceawareness #dvam #every1knowssome1 #enddomesticviolence #purplefordomesticviolence #nofilter #girlswithtattoos #fingertattoo #hope https://www.instagram.com/p/CjTpsujv-ZD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[nationaldvam]

For #DVAM2021 we turned up the heat on our call to action from last year, No Survivor Justice without Racial Justice. We MUST center, celebrate, and follow the leadership of communities of color - survivors, leaders, advocates, and frontline workers. Read more on DVawareness.org. 💜 And now as we move into November, we celebrate and honor National Native American Heritage Month. Learn more from our partners at National Indigenous Women's Resource Center & Alaska Native Women's Resource Center.

[davidtellez]

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Sadly, 20 people in the U.S. are victims of physical violence by an intimate partner every minute. Today, I’m showing my support for domestic violence awareness by wearing purple and using the hashtag #PurpleThursday, as a sign of #strength and #hope. Will you? • • • • • #WearPurpleDay #ItCanStop #DVAM #DavidTellez https://www.instagram.com/p/CGp-2W6Cuf_/?igshid=15gfrmeq41qzm

[outforhealth]

One in Eight Teenagers Experience an Abuse Known as Reproductive Coercion

It's meant to "maintain power and control in a relationship."

“Reproductive coercion is an umbrella term that encompasses a wide range of abuses, all meant to “maintain power and control in a relationship,” according to the ACOG. It commonly takes the form of active birth control sabotage — like hiding, destroying, or withholding contraception (or, according to The National Domestic Violence Hotline (The Hotline), withholding finances for purchasing birth control); poking holes in a condom or removing a condom during sex without consent (an act known as “stealthing”); failing to carry out the agreed-upon pull out method; and even physically removing contraception like IUDs, vaginal rings, and patches.”

[nationaldvam]

Surge in life-or-death calls takes toll on domestic violence crisis line workers

"I have to remind myself that I am just a person. I am not a miracle worker. I am doing what I can," one worker said.

"I have to remind myself that I am just a person. I am not a miracle worker. I am doing what I can," one worker said. #Care4Advocates is #1Thing that needs to be centered this #DVAM2021. More Jean Lee, NBC News on the #VAWnet news blog here. 📰

[veilofdisillusion]

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month 💜 #dvam #nomore #pcadv #strongertogether #sb501 #hb2060 #enddv #domesticviolenceawarenessmonth (at Harrisburg State Capital) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoZp03ZFJnk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bxe22r2ywrbv

[filmnoirfoundation]

NEW EPISODE OF NOIR TALK

The Film Noir Foundation co-presented an October screening and panel discussion of the 1944 classic Gaslight at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, MD, as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. NOIR TALK producer and host  Haggai Elitzur talked with the event's organizer, Aha! Moment Founder Tali Elitzur (aka the Noir Talk host's better half), about the origins of her idea for the event, as well as how therapists define and deal with the pattern of emotional abuse known as "gaslighting".

Film writer and historian Imogen Sara Smith, who introduced the screening and participated in the panel discussion, joins  the pair to talk about the 1944 movie and its portrayal of an abuse victim's experience, how Gaslight fits in as a film noir, and how the 1940 British movie version compares with the Hollywood version.

Author and domestic violence survivor Paula Lucas, the Founder of Pathways to Safety International,then recounts her own experience with gaslighting and describes how accurately the patterns of abuse are portrayed in the movie. We wrap up with how some of the recent high-profile stories of sexual harassment and the #MeToo movement can impact the fight against abuse going forward.

[everytown]

Rachel Dawson's children Luke, 9, and Bree, 5, were shot and killed by her abusive husband before he turned the gun on himself. "Our story will make a difference, and I continue my one life as three, living with them in spirit." Read her #MomentsThatSurvive story. 💜