Thank you for providing that link! I need to get updated on the case.

I had that thought, too, that she may have targeted her current husband’s children and spared or ignored her oldest son who had a different father. According to the tv news coverage as of yesterday, Shanynthia Gardner [the suspect] is now being housed at Memphis Mental Health Institute. So there is at least a mental…

I’m from Memphis, and WMC just gave new details on their latest newscast. The children who were killed were aged 4 1/2 years, 3 years, 2 years, and 6 months old. I cannot imagine that there is NOT mental illness involved. It is totally reminiscent of Andrea Yates. Except for the poor 7 year-old who got away.…

I am definitely glad these letters are circulating, as repugnant as they are, just for that purpose, to illuminate the presence of rape culture (for those who previously denied its existence and/or just did not think about it). I am a psychotherapist, and the media coverage of this case, combined with that of the…

Time to head to Hazelden, Johnny. He’s going to have to go there, a non-profit, respected old-school treatment center, not some Malibu swimming with dolphins bullshit. But he won’t.

I am so proud of her too. Great to have a woman of her background who is universally respected speaking up for rape victims. From my memory, it seems her family has always supported her, and that has mitigated the impact of her traumatic experiences.