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Meg Stone @megstoneimpact.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

True crime or false safety advice? Thank you Crawlspace podcast for this conversation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIsg...

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667 // The Reality of Baseless Protection w/ Meg Stone

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Thank you for making one of my favorite podcasts. May we all continue to challenge each other to do better.

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This academic article by Sarah Ullman outlines some of the roadblocks that explicitly feminist interventions face when trying to get research funding www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Rape Resistance: A Critical Piece of all Women’s Empowerment and Holistic Rape Prevention

True, these are smaller studies. Some with no control group, others qualitative. But research funding is not politically neutral. Some treatments (like CBT) have strong evidence both because their good and because their advocates have access to research funding.

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In an ecological model, many strategies and tools are needed to help respond to sexual assault in terms of risk, response, recovery, and prevention. A holistic strategy should be based on empirical...

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And other psychological benefits: kiahaumaru.org.nz/wp-content/u... pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35572464/ jocelynhollander.com/wp-content/u... That have long-term impact: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37644854/

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Responsible self-defense training has therapeutic benefits. This description written by clinical psychologists Gia Rosenblum and Lynn Traska gives an overview: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24742869/ Some research shows reductions in clinical trauma symptoms: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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What the most famous book about trauma gets wrong

I asked Bessel many times to stop using outdated descriptions of our work and retire references to Model Mugging. He didn’t listen. Much like the women researchers @eminietfeld.bsky.social interviewed for her @motherjones.com piece, Bessel misrepresented our work. www.motherjones.com/media/2024/1...

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People kept telling me to read "The Body Keeps the Score." I was shocked at what it actually says.

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Mother Jones is an award-winning national magazine widely respected for its groundbreaking investigative reporting and coverage of sustainability and environmental issues.

I'm Executive Director of an org that split off from Model Mugging decades ago for reasons including the un-fact-checkable story of the woman black belt who was raped and this 1990 Mother Jones investigation of sexual harassment by Model Mugging founder Matt Thomas: books.google.com/books?id=Aec...

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I know that most thoughtful people would rather prevent sexual violence by teaching boys and men not to rape, but this meta-analysis shows that most male-focused programs are ineffective: www.researchgate.net/profile/Nels...

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They include: explicitly challenging victim blame and placing responsibility for sexual assault on those who perpetrate; Encouraging women to trust themselves and to look critically at the ways societal sexism affects their intimate relationships.

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This article names the common characteristics of self-defense programs that work: jocelynhollander.com/wp-content/u...

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I agree 100% with your statement, “Trying to like diagnose the problem as like, like, people aren't fighting back enough. That feels like really dangerous.” It is. Which is why every responsible self-defense teacher is vigilant about challenging victim blame.

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Other quasi-experimental studies found similar outcomes. Here’s a review article: jocelynhollander.com/wp-content/u... And another study published after the review: jocelynhollander.com/wp-content/u...

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Efficacy of a sexual assault resistance program for university women - PubMed

A NEJM RCT found college women who got 12 hours of self-defense training were 63% less likely to experience attempted rape and 46% less likely to experience rape. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26061837/ A follow up study found that effects were maintained for 2 years. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29503496/

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A rigorously designed and executed sexual assault resistance program was successful in decreasing the occurrence of rape, attempted rape, and other forms of victimization among first-year university w...

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Let’s start with Peter’s statement: “The benefit of taking a self-defense class like this is like 99.9% psychological.” Not the case.

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To be fair, if you’re basing your opinion of self-defense solely on Bessel’s descriptions, it sounds ridiculous. But other sources exist.

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You’re right a lot of the substitutes for evidence-based therapy he presents in the second half of the book are kooky at best, but I wish you had done a Michael Hobbes-style deep dive before mocking self-defense training.

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I resonate with your critiques of cringe-worthy descriptions of patients (except blameless male war veterans!). I presented at Bessel’s conference a few times in the 2010s. More than once overheard his women colleagues’ hushed conversations act misogynistic, inaccurate descriptions of patients.

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Meg Stone @megstoneimpact.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

I love @ifbookspod.bsky.social Became a subscriber the day you launched your Patreon and listen to every episode. I’m also an abuse and violence prevention expert. I take issue with one claim you made in your otherwise delightful takedown of The Body Keeps the Score.

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Boston-area folks: I hope to see you at my book launch May 13th at @portersqbooks.bsky.social Boston edition in conversation with @bostonfdn.bsky.social's Candace Burton. @beaconpress.bsky.social

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Meg Stone @megstoneimpact.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

All the most ridiculous advice you've ever heard about avoiding #Violence, repackaged for the 2020s. Come see what #TikTok is telling young people about crime, violence and safety! Spoiler alert: it's ridiculous.

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Meg Stone @megstoneimpact.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

A little behind, but it was an honor to present at this year's National Sexual Assault Conference #NSAC2025 last week. Thank you @valor.us for inspiration, challenge, critical conversation and fun!

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

20 years ago, Hurricane Katrina thrashed lower Louisiana in the eerie early morning hours of August 29. 6 days after landfall, NOPD officers shot 6 Black citizens on the Danziger Bridge and hatched a cover-up with their supervisors. #TDIH

“I knew this was a bullsh*t story, but I went along with it”: Police violence after Katrina and how it was covered up - Salon.com

The truth behind the Danziger Bridge killings in New Orleans has been hard to unravel . Here's how it went down

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/08/2025

NEW: The Texas Republican lawmaker who blocked Democrats’ effort to filibuster the state’s gerrymander suggested “shoot, shovel and shut up” as a way to deal with immigrants — a comment that could boost legal efforts to block the state’s map. From: @jenrice.bsky.social

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Texas GOPer Who Blocked Filibuster Shared Approach to Immigrants: ‘Shoot, Shovel and Shut Up’

Read more here.

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

There’s not enough evidence about what makes us safer. But @megstoneimpact.bsky.social says the evidence we do have is that self-defense programs that are explicitly feminist and that focus on familiar sexual assault reduce sexual assault by 50% or more.

Episode 29: The Cost of Fear - with author Meg Stone - Breaking Down Patriarchy

we save our own lives

Meg Stone @megstoneimpact.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

It is not compliance that makes us safer, but resistance, critical thinking, self-advocacy, and choice. - Meg Stone That’s true for safety. It’s also true for visibility. 🎧 Hear how Meg wrote a bold, brave book - and got published without playing small. www.lanelit.com/blog/how-to-...

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How to Turn Your Advocacy Into a Book That Demands Attention

Learn how Meg Stone turned decades of advocacy into a bold, publishable book - and how you can turn your mission into a message that gets noticed.

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Meg Stone @megstoneimpact.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Fascinating history. I didn't realize the role the AIDS crisis and the Reagan administration played in our current sex ed landscape. Can't wait to read this book!

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

In the world we’re living in now, every definition of gender-based violence has to be inclusive of trans people, non-binary people, and men. @megstoneimpact.bsky.social

Episode 29: The Cost of Fear - with author Meg Stone - Breaking Down Patriarchy

we save our own lives

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Reverend Aiden @sweetfnlucifer.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Ghislaine Maxwell raped over a thousand little girls and right now she's at a Club Fed in Texas eating better food and receiving better health care than America's working poor. A clear symptom of a terminally ill society. If this doesn't piss you off, you are sub-human scum.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 12/08/2025

NEW: Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a way that could result in cartel-like behavior. By @heathervogell.bsky.social

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America’s Largest Landlord to Stop Using RealPage Rent-Setting Software, Makes Deal With DOJ

Greystar, which manages nearly 950,000 apartments, has agreed to stop using “anti-competitive” algorithms to suggest rents. ProPublica previously showed how such software lets landlords set rents in a...

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Meg Stone @megstoneimpact.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I am really looking forward to reading this book!

Meg Stone @megstoneimpact.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

If you're tired of racist, sexist, fear-mongering, stranger-danger safety advice (or you just want to know what your teenager is seeing online) check out this free workshop! TOMORROW 8/7, 7pm Eastern. (And again in September)

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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Throughout her travels across the globe, @sgriest.bsky.social observed that art holds many meanings for women artists. Art is a form of reconciliation. Art is a form of dissent. For her, art is a form of healing.

Local author talks 'Art above everything'

Local author, Stephanie Elizondo Griest talks 'Art Above Everything' and her journey as a writer.