Patricia Debney
@patriciadebney.com
Writer/Survivor/Activist. Award-winning four poetry collections, novel. Next: memoir re Child Sexual Abuse LEAVING LOCUST AVENUE. Extracts in blog. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 https://patriciadebney.com/
#CSA #ChildSexualAbuse #EDS #MCAS #writer #memoir
#CSA #ChildSexualAbuse #EDS #MCAS #writer #memoir
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Patricia Debney
@patriciadebney.com
· Nov 8
PATRICIA DEBNEY
One in 6 children is sexually abused, 90% by someone they know and trust, within the family fold. I was one of those children. An author of five books, I now turn myself to raising awareness, break…
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So what I do in life is write and teach writing. Who I am of course is much more layered, and an important part of how I am in the world is linked to being a #survivor of #childsexualabuse #CSA, perpetrated by my father. More about all of this on my website: patriciadebney.com
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Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
April 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
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MIT following Harvard's lead here
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
MIT following Harvard's lead here
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This event might be of interest: on creative works about child sexual abuse and the cultural ramifications of creative works (& we would appreciate a repost) @survivorsrise.bsky.social
Join us for the CSAReps project online launch event Apr 29th & 30th
With esteemed speakers @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social Chris Godwin David Hanauer & Emilie Pine
Register: www.eventbrite.ie/e/csareps-pr...
Contact: CSAReps@ucd.ie
With esteemed speakers @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social Chris Godwin David Hanauer & Emilie Pine
Register: www.eventbrite.ie/e/csareps-pr...
Contact: CSAReps@ucd.ie
April 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This event might be of interest: on creative works about child sexual abuse and the cultural ramifications of creative works (& we would appreciate a repost) @survivorsrise.bsky.social
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I would not have predicted that large universities would show more courage than either Big Law or corporate media. Good for them.
April 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I would not have predicted that large universities would show more courage than either Big Law or corporate media. Good for them.
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Join us for the CSAReps project online launch event Apr 29th & 30th
With esteemed speakers @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social Chris Godwin David Hanauer & Emilie Pine
Register: www.eventbrite.ie/e/csareps-pr...
Contact: CSAReps@ucd.ie
With esteemed speakers @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social Chris Godwin David Hanauer & Emilie Pine
Register: www.eventbrite.ie/e/csareps-pr...
Contact: CSAReps@ucd.ie
March 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Join us for the CSAReps project online launch event Apr 29th & 30th
With esteemed speakers @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social Chris Godwin David Hanauer & Emilie Pine
Register: www.eventbrite.ie/e/csareps-pr...
Contact: CSAReps@ucd.ie
With esteemed speakers @drcisme.bsky.social @theflyingchild.bsky.social @hazelklarkin.bsky.social @brenrooney.bsky.social Chris Godwin David Hanauer & Emilie Pine
Register: www.eventbrite.ie/e/csareps-pr...
Contact: CSAReps@ucd.ie
If you need help, you create structures to help. If more people need to be part of the process, you find the people. You figure it out. You think outside the default. Not investigate sexual abuse because it was ‘overwhelming’? This smells of fear. #CSA #welby
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Justin Welby was too ‘overwhelmed’ by scale of abuse in C of E to take action
In first interview since resigning, former archbishop of Canterbury says more cases were arriving every day and he ‘got it wrong’
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
If you need help, you create structures to help. If more people need to be part of the process, you find the people. You figure it out. You think outside the default. Not investigate sexual abuse because it was ‘overwhelming’? This smells of fear. #CSA #welby
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
For anyone who hasn’t seen this group yet. 💪
Thank you to everyone who has joined the resistance! Our ranks grow stronger every day.
February 16, 2025 at 8:58 AM
For anyone who hasn’t seen this group yet. 💪
First they came for gender identity….
I wonder if the gender critical brigade will EVER admit that their agenda is a profoundly right wing one? But the reality is here: erasure of trans and queer people.
Because wow that 1% of the population is such a threat.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I wonder if the gender critical brigade will EVER admit that their agenda is a profoundly right wing one? But the reality is here: erasure of trans and queer people.
Because wow that 1% of the population is such a threat.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US park service erases references to trans people from Stonewall monument website
National monument commemorates 1969 riot led by trans women of color outside historic New York City bar
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
First they came for gender identity….
I wonder if the gender critical brigade will EVER admit that their agenda is a profoundly right wing one? But the reality is here: erasure of trans and queer people.
Because wow that 1% of the population is such a threat.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I wonder if the gender critical brigade will EVER admit that their agenda is a profoundly right wing one? But the reality is here: erasure of trans and queer people.
Because wow that 1% of the population is such a threat.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.
February 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.
These children are no longer protected. They are being systematically raped. Shame on you Trump and Musk. And unfortunately - shame on the US for allowing this to happen. I’m an American living abroad. And it’s so heartbreaking to watch all of this.
and shame on Trump who has paused funding to protect these women and children: “One mother recounted to our staff how her six daughters, the youngest just 12 years old, were systematically raped by armed men while searching for food.” www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/...
Scores of children raped by armed men in eastern DRC, UNICEF says
UN agency says children as young as 12 are also being enlisted or coerced to join the fighting by armed groups.
www.aljazeera.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
These children are no longer protected. They are being systematically raped. Shame on you Trump and Musk. And unfortunately - shame on the US for allowing this to happen. I’m an American living abroad. And it’s so heartbreaking to watch all of this.
So. I do get that the US ‘administration’ is committing crimes at the rate of knots. However. I feel like my brain is melting: how is firing thousands from their federal jobs ‘helping’ the economy? This seems such an obvious weakening of it. Thousands unable to support themselves/others. Really?!
February 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
So. I do get that the US ‘administration’ is committing crimes at the rate of knots. However. I feel like my brain is melting: how is firing thousands from their federal jobs ‘helping’ the economy? This seems such an obvious weakening of it. Thousands unable to support themselves/others. Really?!
And what the hell planet is he on? Are they on? I mean: they treat the world like their playground. We are being bludgeoned over and over.
February 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
And what the hell planet is he on? Are they on? I mean: they treat the world like their playground. We are being bludgeoned over and over.
Excellent. 💪
Excellent news #CSA #Itsnotok 'A three-year time limit for child sexual abuse victims to sue for damages will be removed in England and Wales under "long overdue" government reforms, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Time limit for child sex abuse claims to be removed
Victims will be able to file claims when they are ready and are likelier to receive an apology, the government says.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Excellent. 💪
Take note. More and more and more protests must happen. We have HAD IT with this crap.
February 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Take note. More and more and more protests must happen. We have HAD IT with this crap.
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“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher
Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.
www.thepinknews.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:04 PM
“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
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🏆 Governor Pritzker- Illinois - has signed an order prohibiting all J6 rioters from state employment.
January 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🏆 Governor Pritzker- Illinois - has signed an order prohibiting all J6 rioters from state employment.
This. As well as outraged about the state of the world, I am also this x 2: a zebra #CSA survivor, and a zebra #EDS person.
For my tea break today I’m celebrating all the Zebras
They’re in all our communities
Celebrate the community of CSA survivors on Zebra Day CSA.
You are not alone 🤍🖤🫂🦓
#ZebraDayCSA #11MillionSurvivors #CSA #ADazzleOfZebras #CSASurvivorPride
They’re in all our communities
Celebrate the community of CSA survivors on Zebra Day CSA.
You are not alone 🤍🖤🫂🦓
#ZebraDayCSA #11MillionSurvivors #CSA #ADazzleOfZebras #CSASurvivorPride
January 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
My dear friend. So many congratulations 🎉 and so much love, knowing something about its toll. ♥️♥️♥️ #memoir
Six weeks to publication! Couldn’t have done it without @bridportprize.bsky.social a ‘Sliding Doors’ moment
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Alice, I miss you immeasurably. This is for you.
@jolyonmaugham.bsky.social for recommending me to
Antony Topping @greeneandheaton.bsky.social
@imogengc.bsky.social for expertly guiding me
Alice, I miss you immeasurably. This is for you.
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January 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My dear friend. So many congratulations 🎉 and so much love, knowing something about its toll. ♥️♥️♥️ #memoir
I don’t even know how to make this land where it needs to land. Help.
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I don’t even know how to make this land where it needs to land. Help.
This.
Former Secretary of Transportation--who was not on The Real World or Road Rules--weighs in on the President's efforts to blame the fatal air traffic accident on DEI.
January 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This.
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Donold is blaming a plane crash that killed 67 people on “DEI” with zero evidence.
He is attempting to use racism to deflect from the fact it is HIS fault. He had just removed 100 FAA senior officials.
It’s been 11 days and there are 67 bodies in the Potomac in Washington DC because of him.
He is attempting to use racism to deflect from the fact it is HIS fault. He had just removed 100 FAA senior officials.
It’s been 11 days and there are 67 bodies in the Potomac in Washington DC because of him.
January 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Donold is blaming a plane crash that killed 67 people on “DEI” with zero evidence.
He is attempting to use racism to deflect from the fact it is HIS fault. He had just removed 100 FAA senior officials.
It’s been 11 days and there are 67 bodies in the Potomac in Washington DC because of him.
He is attempting to use racism to deflect from the fact it is HIS fault. He had just removed 100 FAA senior officials.
It’s been 11 days and there are 67 bodies in the Potomac in Washington DC because of him.
Yes Walz! Some comments here call for rallies around the country - yes yes! We are in desperate need of visible consolidation now. We mustn’t drift away in despair. We need to know that work and thinking and action are on the way. 💪
#resistance #Walz
#resistance #Walz
Walz: It’s on. The resistance is strong. You felt it. Americans, lo and behold, like democracy and feeding their children. So they're going to fight for these things.
January 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Yes Walz! Some comments here call for rallies around the country - yes yes! We are in desperate need of visible consolidation now. We mustn’t drift away in despair. We need to know that work and thinking and action are on the way. 💪
#resistance #Walz
#resistance #Walz
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Thanks to George Conway for posting Caroline Kennedy's letter so everyone is informed about RFK Jr. Please repost far and wide.
January 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Thanks to George Conway for posting Caroline Kennedy's letter so everyone is informed about RFK Jr. Please repost far and wide.