Tim Barrus Blog
Posts tagged with abuse
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Tim Barrus, New York Times
Donny John and the Big Boy Pants We are told in kindergarten that we are a society of laws, not men. By first grade, we begin to realize we are a society of both laws and men. And women. Especially teachers. Whose authority shapes both behaviors and students. I have…
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Tim Barrus New York Times
When it comes to reopening schools in the middle of a Covid pandemic, foster children walk a very fine line. It is very easy for them to lose their balance. When we cover parenting, we forget about thousands when we leave foster parenting out of our focus. Foster parents are…
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The Nightmare of Cops Who Rape
Tim Barrus: New York Times The crisp uniform of the police officer conveys power and authority. When a police officer puts on his or her uniform the officer is perceived in a very different way by the public. He or she is viewed as embodying each person’s stereotypes about all…
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How Do We Reach the Hard-to-Reach
I call them Boys-At-Risk. The label is inaccurate. It puts human beings in a box we don’t want to look at, and it’s language as racism personified. I loathe the terminology. But I am at a loss, not in terms of examining the many challenges, but how do I reach…
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Tim Barrus: New York Times
There are times when I do not write about the Smash Street Boys. It is not always appropriate. There are other takes on life. There is life with kids. A huge part of who I am and what I do. There is life in Art. There is inner life. The…
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Assisted Suicide Should Be a Federal Holiday Like Christmas
assisted suicide could go a long way toward ending medical abuse the abuse we endure letting them inside us after they abuse us they have to kill us you know it’s what they want you can smell it like the water from the lake drips from the towels hung on…
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Video: Good Night Sleep Tight Don’t Let The Bed Bugs Bite
but narrower, the sanctum/ deep wells had never been your thing that was where the monsters lived/ in the dark dark no i said dark how dark was it fucking dark and i do not mean the lack of light the light was screaming fuck/ they are always watching your…
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When Death Is Best
In life, you can find yourself falling into situations that you don’t want to be in. Sometimes, that situation is life itself. We at Smash Street are using video to explore what this means and how it feels. The medical infrastructure that constitutes facilitating surviving both sexual exploitation and HIV…