I’ve spent the last three weeks arguing about the word “grandfather.” VPR v. VT DIGGER Vermont Public Radio found the word “grandfather” too specific and VT DIGGER didn’t think it was specific enough. Both media outlets refused to broadcast/publish the piece as I wrote it, so I’m publishing it at the end of this post. […]
Living in Place
Thank You For Your Support
THANK YOU I’m so grateful to my readers for the outpouring of support in response to the publication of He Was My Grandfather, my story of being silenced for telling my story of childhood sexual abuse. The response has been as astounding as it’s been affirming. I thank everyone who sent messages of support by […]
When Does Editing Become Censorship?
WHEN DOES EDITING BECOME CENSORSHIP? I recently had to answer this question when Vermont Public Radio prohibited me from using the word “grandfather” to name my childhood abuser. They insisted on alternatives, like “male relative.” I refused. For ten days we went back and forth, trying to find a way through this editorial impasse until […]
Ordinary, Daily, Demeaning Sexual Abuse
ORDINARY, DAILY DEMEANING SEXUAL ABUSE One of the reasons I came to Vermont in the summer of 1984 was to avoid the ordinary, daily, and demeaning sexual abuse that I experienced walking down the sidewalk, riding the subway, and trying to enjoy the outdoors of Riverside Park in New York City, where I then lived. […]
Commuting with Bears, by Megan Moody
As promised in Living in Place in Alaska, this week’s post is by Megan Moody, a writer who lives on in Outback Alaska. ~DLL COMMUTING WITH BEARS I trudge along the muddy rainforest trail that skirts the ocean, headed towards home. The river ahead reeks of pungent, rotting salmon-flesh. Habitually, my brain registers each blind […]
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