Podcasts about assaulted women

Warning! The podcast this week is on a more serious note than our normal foray and covers the heavy topic of abusive relationships. Some listeners may find the content disturbing as an abusive relationship is no laughing matter unlike some of the other topics covered on this podcast. If you know someone or are in an abusive relationship please reach out for help because your worth it! :) Resources are posted below. Keep Babbling, Jeanne Canada Ontario:  Assaulted Women’s Helpline: http://www.awhl.org/ Call:  1-866-863-0511 (Toll Free) 1-866-863-7868 (TTY) 416-863-0511 (Toronto) Quebec: Domestic Violence Hotline: www.sosviolenceconjugale.ca Call: 514-873-9010 or 1-800-363-9010 (toll free) Alberta: Family Violence Info Line: https://www.alberta.ca/family-violence-get-help.aspx Call: 780-422-5916 or (Toll Free) 310-1818 Other Provinces and Territories Please refer to https://www.dawncanada.net/issues/crisis-hotlines/ for information on the crisis lines. United States of America: https://www.womenshealth.gov/relationships-and-safety/get-help The National Domestic Violence Hotline: Call 800-799-SAFE (7233). The National Dating Abuse Helpline: Call 866-331-9474 or 866-331-8453 (TDD). The National Sexual Assault Hotline:  Call 800-656-4673. The National Domestic Violence Hotline: https://www.thehotline.org/ 1-800-799-7233  or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY) International: Wikipedia has a list of international helplines on their page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_domestic_violence_hotlines

On this week’s episode, I sit down with Somaly to talk about her experience with Sexual Abuse. I invite you to listen to this episode as part of an very important, while varied, ongoing conversation. She shares her experience, her healing process and the impact it has on her life and relationships. If you require immediate help or assistance or are a danger to yourself or someone else please contact 911 or the resource you feel most comfortable with. Crisis Services Canada 1-833-456-4566 http://www.crisisservicescanada.ca Kids Help Phone - 1-800-668-6868 https://kidshelpphone.ca/get-involved/contact-us/ Assaulted Women’s Helpline - 1.866.863.0511 http://www.awhl.org/contact-us Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services http://www.women.gov.on.ca/owd/english/ending-violence/help.shtml

*Cue creaking door and cauldron bubbles* It’s that time of the year again my pretties...when goths can be themselves, you have an excuse to watch The Craft five more times, and the freaks come out to play. Relive your teenage Halloween nightmares - complete with ghost stories and reflections on the horrors of puberty. In other spooky news: Girly Mags was recently nominated for Best Podcast in NOW Magazine’s Readers Choice 2018! Didja vote and enter the contest? If so, listen up because the winner of the '90s-themed Girly Mags swag bag is...announced in the episode. Come trick or treat with Ghouly Mags...if you dare. Muahahahahaha 1.  This Month in History: October 2000 2.  Humiliation Hot Sheet: Veggie Tales 3.  Body Q’s: U Stink 4.  I See Dead People 5.  May Goth Have Mercy On Your Soul 6.  Tut Tut, Shake Your Butt 7.  Quiz: Choose Your Own Adventure IMPORTANT NOTE TO OUR LISTENERS: Each episode Girly Mags likes to share the cover of the magazine featured. However, this month’s cover featured a known abuser - actor Nicholas Brendon. Girly Mags is a huge advocate of women’s rights and ending domestic assault and sexual violence, and does not under any circumstances support anyone who has a history of abusing others. It is for this reason we have chosen not to include this episode’s cover. In the current climate we are encouraged, despite the weight against us, to speak our minds and our hearts and say NO to people who hurt us, who hit us, who break us down, who call us ungodly names, who do not listen when we tell our truths. The world is starting to listen now. Girly Mags is listening. And we encourage you to be safe and ask for help if you’re in danger or if you’ve kept a secret that is hurting you. For all of the times you have stayed silent, now is the time to scream. If you are in danger, always call 911. For anyone who lives in Canada that is looking for resources to talk about assault, you can visit endingviolencecanada.org/getting-help, find anti-violence centres across the country at casac.ca/content/anti-violence-centres, or call the Assaulted Women’s Helpline at 1-866-863-0511. If you reside in the US, you can visit thehotline.org, rainn.org, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673, or the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1−800−799−7233.We hear you. We believe you.