Founder of Once Upon An Eden and survivor of extreme child abuse, Michelle Carmela, gives her opinion on Facebook’s issue of child sex abuse images
2013
LA Reggae Band, Arise Roots, Bring Music to the Booth With Their Album ‘Moving Forward’
About ninety per cent of the music we create comes out of jam sessions. We get together and just start playing without any guidelines or barriers. The feel, the mood, the vibe itself is what dictates what we play. It doesn't take long to tell if it is a tune worth keeping. The ones that we dig get developed a little more until we have a song...
In the Booth with Ruth – Rachel Moran, Author and Survivor of Prostitution
Chong Kim, a Survivor of Sex Trafficking, Talks About Eden, The Newly Released Film Based On Her Life
Author, Tom Gillespie, is in the booth with his People’s Book Prize Finalist novel: Painting by Numbers
When I started, I had a very loose idea of where I wanted my story to go. I had a beginning, a few sketches around the middle and then a few months in, I had the ending. Then I would juggle stream of consciousness writing with a more controlled, editorial approach, slowly crafting and shaping the narrative structure out of the mess of scribbles, notes, words and ideas. As PBN is fairly complex, I used post-it notes on a big board to keep track of everything that was going on...
Red Hood Project, bereaved parents Todd & Canning dismiss new Facebook ad policy
“Rape, child sexual abuse and exploitation images in social media are not “controversial” and they’re not a joke,” says Glen Canning, father of Rehtaeh Parsons. “They devastate victims and destroy families. It is no answer to my daughter’s memory that Facebook thinks it’s good enough to take the ads off these pages. The pages themselves should be removed."
No Words. Just Pictures. #HoodieStillUp4Trayvon
George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, igniting a national debate on racial profiling and civil rights, was found not guilty late Saturday night of second-degree murder. He was also acquitted of manslaughter, a lesser charge... We The People, Didn’t Like That.
Crime writer, Paul D. Brazill, is in the booth with his latest books: Guns of Brixton & Gumshoe
Byker Books have published Guns Of Brixton as part of their Best Of British series. It’s a knockabout, foul-mouthed and violent gangster yarn... Pulp Metal Fiction have just published Gumshoe, a blackly comic story of a middle aged divorcee living in a run-down English seaside town who decides to become a private eye.
Child trafficking survivor & advocate, David Zimmerman, speaks out about child sex abuse images on Facebook
Facebook could start by including better options for reporting violations of policy and criminal activity. There could be direct links to appropriate agencies for the range of crimes committed online, from child sexual abuse images and trafficking to cyber stalking and bullying. Facebook could employ a moderator system that allows faster detection and timely responses. There could be an active law enforcement presence...
In the Booth with Ruth – Gabriella Apicella, Screenwriter
Staying Safe: The Merseyside Model – Ruth Jacobs interviewed on Policing Today (Part 1)
Guns Of Brixton: Out Now!
The Merseyside Model Saves Lives – so why is it not being rolled out nationally? | Impolite Conversation
Not making the hate crime approach the national standard for people in prostitution is a hate crime in itself while women are being beaten, raped and murdered as the state looks the other way... If a particular policing approach was known to be achieving a 67% conviction rate for those who rape people in society in general, and yet it was only being used in one part of the country, there would be public uproar.
In the Booth with Ruth – Howard Linskey, Author
Ruth Jacobs 