Lee ShevekPlaying With Power: The Essential Differences Between Kink and Abuse12 min read·Jan 9, 2024--1--1
Lee ShevekCry Like A Fag, Scream Like A WomanCis men’s emotions — what they are, how they feel them, how they deal with them, what patriarchy expects from them — have been treated as…7 min read·Oct 30, 2023--2--2
Lee ShevekMasculinity: Contested TerritorySo frequent is the assertion in feminist discourse that masculinity is inseparable from patriarchy that many feminists use “masculinity”…7 min read·Oct 2, 2023----
Lee ShevekThe Point of DARVODARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender) is a common tactic deployed by abusers to co-opt one of the few (potential) sources of…6 min read·Jul 3, 2023--1--1
Lee Shevek“Anti-Sex” and the Real Sexual Politics of the RightSo common is the conceptualization of reactionaries as having “anti-sex” politics that it is hardly remarked upon.6 min read·May 17, 2023--3--3
Lee ShevekTactics for the Fight Against Abuse: Learning from Anti-FascismOur fight is not unidirectional. It is against all forces that wish to constrict, co-opt, and wipe out the autonomy of others.14 min read·Apr 11, 2023----
Lee ShevekThe Right-Wing Hates Children: The Weaponization Of “Groomer”CW: This essay includes discussion of child sexual abuse and rape.6 min read·Feb 15, 2023--5--5
Lee ShevekIntimate Authoritarianism: The Ideology of AbuseFor far too long have radical communities and their discourses treated domestic violence and abuse as external from the considerations of…10 min read·Jan 11, 2023----
Lee Shevek“Why Don’t They Just Leave?”: Entrapment as the Context of AbuseWhen faced with the stories of physical and sexual violence, manipulation, gaslighting, and coercion that survivors tell from their…5 min read·Oct 10, 2022--1--1
