Diane Tarantini
@writingdianet.bsky.social
Writer, blogger, journalist
Child sexual abuse survivor and CSA prevention educator
Body safety educator in public schools
Author of “The Brave Knight" and “Everyone Was Silent: A memoir”
dianetarantini.com
Child sexual abuse survivor and CSA prevention educator
Body safety educator in public schools
Author of “The Brave Knight" and “Everyone Was Silent: A memoir”
dianetarantini.com
Holy crap! This is disgusting.
ICE agents using ZipTies on the wrists of kids in detention.
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ICE agents using ZipTies on the wrists of kids in detention.
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May 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Holy crap! This is disgusting.
ICE agents using ZipTies on the wrists of kids in detention.
www.instagram.com/reel/DKSPehw...
ICE agents using ZipTies on the wrists of kids in detention.
www.instagram.com/reel/DKSPehw...
This is one of the better memes I've seen about the current situation.
May 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
This is one of the better memes I've seen about the current situation.
Reposted by Diane Tarantini
Thank you writer friend, Amy Deal, for telling the story of how I came to be a child safety educator in the Charleston Gazette-Mail and the Herald Dispatch here in West Virginia.
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WV Book Team: Author tells own story to prevent sexual abuse of children
This month we spend some time with Diane Tarantini, who uses her experiences and her words to prevent other children from enduring what she did as a child.
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May 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Thank you writer friend, Amy Deal, for telling the story of how I came to be a child safety educator in the Charleston Gazette-Mail and the Herald Dispatch here in West Virginia.
tinyurl.com/mu5kheue
tinyurl.com/mu5kheue
What was the highlight of my day? Today I recorded a clip over at @TMZ talking about how THE episode of White Lotus Season 3 feels to a sibling sexual abuse survivor.
Any other SSA survivors out there? Yoohoo? Anybody?
Any other SSA survivors out there? Yoohoo? Anybody?
April 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
What was the highlight of my day? Today I recorded a clip over at @TMZ talking about how THE episode of White Lotus Season 3 feels to a sibling sexual abuse survivor.
Any other SSA survivors out there? Yoohoo? Anybody?
Any other SSA survivors out there? Yoohoo? Anybody?
Screenshot of a message sent to me by a male acquaintance.
Back in January. How you like me now, dude?
Back in January. How you like me now, dude?
April 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Screenshot of a message sent to me by a male acquaintance.
Back in January. How you like me now, dude?
Back in January. How you like me now, dude?
Today's the day, friends.
Wherever you live, gather together with good people to demonstrate your desire to change the future. This is way bigger than today. Bigger than this year or the next four.
And so we march with love and purpose. Together.
Wherever you live, gather together with good people to demonstrate your desire to change the future. This is way bigger than today. Bigger than this year or the next four.
And so we march with love and purpose. Together.
April 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Today's the day, friends.
Wherever you live, gather together with good people to demonstrate your desire to change the future. This is way bigger than today. Bigger than this year or the next four.
And so we march with love and purpose. Together.
Wherever you live, gather together with good people to demonstrate your desire to change the future. This is way bigger than today. Bigger than this year or the next four.
And so we march with love and purpose. Together.
Don't check your retirement accounts. Just don't. Our one account didn't lose $10k, didn't lose $20k, didn't lose $30k... Fuuuuuuudge!
April 4, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Don't check your retirement accounts. Just don't. Our one account didn't lose $10k, didn't lose $20k, didn't lose $30k... Fuuuuuuudge!
I posted this question on Facebook yesterday and wow! The responses were so very heartbreaking.
"If your life is different—better or worse—than it was on January 20, what has changed?"
What about you?
"If your life is different—better or worse—than it was on January 20, what has changed?"
What about you?
February 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I posted this question on Facebook yesterday and wow! The responses were so very heartbreaking.
"If your life is different—better or worse—than it was on January 20, what has changed?"
What about you?
"If your life is different—better or worse—than it was on January 20, what has changed?"
What about you?
And the leader of this pack says this: "“The sexual act cannot be made into an egalitarian pleasuring party. A man penetrates, conquers, colonizes, plants. A woman receives, surrenders, accepts.”
February 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
And the leader of this pack says this: "“The sexual act cannot be made into an egalitarian pleasuring party. A man penetrates, conquers, colonizes, plants. A woman receives, surrenders, accepts.”
Gift with purchase if you read the mother jones article. You'll see how they want to make PUBLIC FLOGGINGS GREAT AGAIN.
February 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Gift with purchase if you read the mother jones article. You'll see how they want to make PUBLIC FLOGGINGS GREAT AGAIN.
And the SAVE ACT? That looks like it wants to take away a woman's right to vote? Extra! Extra! Read all about where that idea was birthed. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
To understand JD Vance, you need to meet the “TheoBros”
These extremely online young Christian men want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.
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February 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
And the SAVE ACT? That looks like it wants to take away a woman's right to vote? Extra! Extra! Read all about where that idea was birthed. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
And the award for dumb-ass-est government on the planet with BFF co-presidents--goes to....
February 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
And the award for dumb-ass-est government on the planet with BFF co-presidents--goes to....
Bill introduced to purchase Greenland and rename it
Red White and Blue Land. Can't make this stuff up, friends.
Pretty sure it'll be so demure. And also so mindless.
Red White and Blue Land. Can't make this stuff up, friends.
Pretty sure it'll be so demure. And also so mindless.
February 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Bill introduced to purchase Greenland and rename it
Red White and Blue Land. Can't make this stuff up, friends.
Pretty sure it'll be so demure. And also so mindless.
Red White and Blue Land. Can't make this stuff up, friends.
Pretty sure it'll be so demure. And also so mindless.
@johnpavlovitz.bsky.social is talking about this so I'm going to throw in my two cents...About Family Estrangement. Here's my blogpost on the topic. It seems to be hitting a nerve with folks: dianetarantini.com/family-estra...
Family Estrangement | What is it and how should you deal with it? - Diane Tarantini
The term "family estrangement" is currently having a moment. What is it, why is it trending, and how do youdeal with it?
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February 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
@johnpavlovitz.bsky.social is talking about this so I'm going to throw in my two cents...About Family Estrangement. Here's my blogpost on the topic. It seems to be hitting a nerve with folks: dianetarantini.com/family-estra...
Have you read this article? It is FANTASTIC. I can't wait to check out all the embedded links, too. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/04/f...
First Cracks Appear: Some Conservatives Admit We’re In A Constitutional Crisis
When even the Wall Street Journal’s reliably pro-Trump opinion page starts sounding alarm bells about the administration’s policies, something significant has shifted. When even the “th…
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February 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Have you read this article? It is FANTASTIC. I can't wait to check out all the embedded links, too. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/04/f...
Graphic design is not my forte, but as they say, "Better done than perfect!"
February 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Graphic design is not my forte, but as they say, "Better done than perfect!"
Anybody going to be on the Indivisible.org Zoom call tonight? I'm excited. I've invited like, a hundred people. Well.... 12.😀
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February 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Anybody going to be on the Indivisible.org Zoom call tonight? I'm excited. I've invited like, a hundred people. Well.... 12.😀
Once upon a time my husband and I spent some time in Bruges and fell in love with it. We thought about relocating, but... Another unfortunate life decision.
February 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Once upon a time my husband and I spent some time in Bruges and fell in love with it. We thought about relocating, but... Another unfortunate life decision.
Know what's a bummer? When you think the world--or at least your country--is on fire, but your spouse thinks, "Everything's fine. It'll all work out. Always has." Ummm....
February 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Know what's a bummer? When you think the world--or at least your country--is on fire, but your spouse thinks, "Everything's fine. It'll all work out. Always has." Ummm....
Reposted by Diane Tarantini
I’m proud to call the amazing cartoonist Ed Wexler a friend.
January 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I’m proud to call the amazing cartoonist Ed Wexler a friend.
Facebook is adding people like Donald Trump, Melania, and JD Vance to people's FOLLOWING category. Check your account(s), click on them, and BLOCK them. This is not okay!! It's happened to six of my friends at least.
January 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Facebook is adding people like Donald Trump, Melania, and JD Vance to people's FOLLOWING category. Check your account(s), click on them, and BLOCK them. This is not okay!! It's happened to six of my friends at least.
Another reason to be here.
January 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Another reason to be here.
Reposted by Diane Tarantini
go for it, hang 'em all now.
January 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
go for it, hang 'em all now.