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Date Rape: Who You Do Know Can Hurt You

Whether you know it or not, you know a survivor of acquaintance rape. Sometimes called “date rape,” this is a real and common problem in...

Talking To Children About Rape

Sexual assault is a scary topic – for both parents and children. But, talking about it is one step towards both prevention and healing....

An Uncommon Toadstool

I just sent an email to a good friend. In it, I told him that I wished to be as unnoticed and unthreatening as a common toadstool, the...

Recipe: Bacon Apple Pie

This started as a joke, sort of.  As one who has never liked, and therefore never made a good, apple pie, I finally  made a perfect one...

Recipe: Hickory Nut Pie

I love Thanksgiving. It is, barre none, the best day of the year. I get to cook all day (and heaven help the person who suggests that...

Life and Love After Rape

I was just perusing the blogs on Blogher.org, and there was a post from a member stating the obvious and shameful truth that no one talks...

Recipe: Oat Bars

For those of you following along with my attempt to make a sort of oat/ fruit / nut / power bar type of thing, I think I’ve done it. The...

Deadline Schmedline

I seem to spend my entire life with exactly two groups of people – Starteruppers and Parents. There are very few differences between...

Forty Is The New Me

I remember when 40 seemed old. Hell, I remember when 18 seemed old. Starting high school and thinking how old and cool those seniors were...

Being Roman Doesn’t Excuse Rape

Roman Polanski is a genius. No doubt about it. He’s even pretty charming, really. It does not change the fact that he entered a plea of...

JUST Chatting with Melissa Etheridge

“Hello, this is Alyssa.” “No, it’s Melissa.” “No, it’s Alyssa, you’re Melissa!” So started my chat with Melissa Etheridge. I’m a fan....

Is Print Publishing Dying?

This was a fun interview of Me, by Laryssa Wirstiuk from her very fun Comma N’ Sentence Blog. Alyssa Royse, President and Editor-in-Chief...

Food or Faux?

It’s dinner time, do you know what your food is? It may seem like a weird question, but think about it for a second. Food, supposedly,...

Homemade Soap – Good Clean FUN!

When we were putting together the first issue of JUST CAUSE Magazine, a lot of people sent me samples of products that they wanted to...

Fried Lice For Mother’s Day

“Mom, ya know, what could be a better mother’s day than this? A nice head massage, a bath, someone washing your hair…..” I laughed to...

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