When one woman left her husband alone with their kids for 11 days, she came home to her house destroyed. While she seemed to find it funny, it struck others as a clear case of retaliation.
When Lisa Johnson was in an abusive relationship, she and her now ex-husband went on a vacation to the Caribbean. While she expected the abuse to stop whilst on holiday, the eggshells, threatening looks, mood swings, and violent outbursts continued as if they were at home.
Glenna Gill's daughter, Victoria, lived with an aunt while Gill was struggling to leave her abusive husband and get her life together. When she visited her daughter, Victoria seemed to have forgotten her, and Gill knew it was time to do the hard work on herself and get her daughter back.
Earlier this week, I had the distinct displeasure of introducing you to our new House Speaker, Mike Johnson, who’s previously blamed school shootings on abortion, compared abortion to the Holocaust, and stressed the need for women to pop out “able-bodied workers” to fund social security. But don’t worry, there’s more: Mother Jones and watchdog groups have resurfaced a slate of atrocious comments from the far-right Republican leader on the specific issue of no-fault divorce—a policy that allows p
Glenna Gill got out of an abusive marriage through a no-fault divorce, but now Republicans are trying to end no-fault divorce for good. This is dangerous, as it could trap many people in abusive relationships.