About this site
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This publication is part of a fight to save the country I live in.
Not in the flag-waving sense. In the factual sense.
It exists to document what is actually happening in America—particularly to women—inside systems that claim to provide protection, care, or relief, and often do not. And to explain why it is happening: the incentives, distortions, and power arrangements that quietly reward failure and punish resolution.
This work is rooted in a belief that patriotism means demanding that America live up to its promises—not defending the stories we tell to avoid accountability.
What you’ll find here is firsthand reporting, careful sourcing, and plain language about violence, trafficking, homelessness, institutional collapse, and managed crisis. Some pieces are investigative. Some are explanatory. Some are personal—not as memoir, but as evidence. Personal experiences appear here only where they illuminate system behavior, incentives, or failure—not for confession or catharsis.
If you are looking for reassurance, this may not be the right place. If you are trying to understand what is happening to this country, you are.
What This Is
- Independent journalism and analysis
- Grounded in lived experience and verification
- Focused on systems, not abstractions
- Written without euphemism or institutional PR language
I am not affiliated with a nonprofit, government agency, political party, or advocacy organization. That distance is intentional.
What This Is Not
- Not trauma content for spectacle
- Not ideological branding
- Not policy-by-press-release
- Not stories smoothed down to make institutions comfortable
You will see uncomfortable facts stated plainly. You will also see restraint where certainty is not warranted.
Where to Begin Reading
If you’re new, start with these:
- What’s Actually Happening in America — If you read one piece, read this. A firsthand account of how violence against women is systematized, why failure is rewarded, and what patriotism looks like when institutions abandon the law.
- Calling Out Bullshit — a series dismantling false narratives about homelessness, violence, and “services,” using concrete examples and incentives rather than slogans.
- Investigations — reported pieces examining how systems fail, who benefits, and what is quietly ignored.
- Essays — contextual pieces that connect individual experience to structural reality.
(Links will be added here as the body of work grows.)
Standards
- Claims are based on direct experience, documents, or corroborated reporting.
- Sources are cited where possible and protected where necessary.
- Errors are corrected. Corrections are visible.
- Silence is preferred to speculation.
- This work is done without institutional backing, legal protection, or financial security.
Why This Exists
Because the story Americans are told about how systems work does not match lived reality.
Because public language has been decoupled from outcomes, and accountability has been replaced with optics.
Because entire funding structures now depend on problems remaining unresolved—particularly when those problems affect people with the least power.
And because when people with firsthand knowledge describe these realities clearly, they are treated as destabilizing rather than informative.
This work is an attempt to close the gap between narrative and reality.
Support
This work is independent. If you value it, the most useful support is reading carefully, sharing responsibly, and—when available—supporting it directly.
Details on support and funding are available on the Support This Work page.
If you want context on who I am and how I work, see About. If you have information, corrections, or tips, see Contact.
You don’t need to agree with everything here. You do need to read honestly and bravely. As I frequently say: first, find your spine.