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Asheville’s Helpmate Hosts a Vigil to Help End Domestic Violence
A portion of the royalties from my latest book, Spine, will be used to benefit Helpmate, a local non-profit organization that helps women and their children who are in, escaping, and recovering from domestic violence situations. There’s a popular myth that women stay because they love their abusers and think they’ll change. That is certainly…
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Beating Your Wife is Cool if You Have a Record Deal*
I very rarely read entertainment news, but a story today caught my eye, and what I read was absolutely appalling. Three years ago, a pop musician named Chris Brown was arrested for assaulting his girlfriend. He beat her about the face until she bore no resemblance at all to who she was before the assault.…