Archive - Domestic Assault

When They Push You Out, Then Blame You for Leaving

How coercive control can turn exclusion into evidence against the person being excluded

10 hrs ago • Joyce Strong

Massachusetts Now Recognizes Coercive Control as Abuse

The law now recognizes something survivors have understood for a very long time: abuse can be a pattern long before it becomes a physical assault.

10 hrs ago • Joyce Strong

The Dead Get a Rewrite. The Living Carry the Truth.

What happens when death turns an abusive person into someone to honor—and leaves the survivors holding the history.

11 hrs ago • Joyce Strong

I Watched Mica Miller’s Story. I Recognized the Pattern.

What stayed with me wasn’t only how Mica Miller died. It was how much was visible before she did.

11 hrs ago • Joyce Strong

Domestic Assault: Why This, Why Now

Recognizing the patterns of abuse, coercion and control—in our relationships, our institutions and our country.

11 hrs ago • Joyce Strong

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