psy·chot·ic leop·ard sīˈkädik/ˈlepərd/ noun · anything that is funky, interesting, beautiful, niche, useful, and grabs one's attention

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How The Florida Project Brought Me back to one of the greatest American Pictures

Posted by Lisa Johnson on

How The Florida Project Brought Me back to one of the greatest American Pictures

  I am not the kind of person who’s into “stuff.”  For special occasions, I like to be taken out to a funky ethnic restaurant, or even better, whisked away for a weekend.   Being a December baby, the holidays push right up against my birthday.  As I’d already had an awesome getaway earlier that month, I knew that another would be unrealistic, and that was fine.   However, when my boyfriend, Chris, started talking about how much I would love my Christmas gift way back in October, I knew he should stop getting his own expectations up.  He announced...

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UNMASKING THE ABUSER: Commentary on Dina McMillan and How To Prevent Abuse & Domestic Violence

Posted by Lisa Johnson on

UNMASKING THE ABUSER:  Commentary on Dina McMillan and How To Prevent Abuse & Domestic Violence

Being the parent of a teen daughter, and having just finished a domestic abuse advocate a certification course, I keep thinking about what I can do for my kids to make sure that they don’t end up in the same situation I was in, being married to an abusive partner.   How did I, a smart, educated and competent woman, end up in something so outrageous?  It was my sister who first said, “Lisa, you have been in an abusive relationship,” when I finally extracted myself after eighteen years, and my reaction was nothing short of shock.   There is...

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