Jennifer Joy Freyd
@jjfreyd.bsky.social
Human. Scholar. Activist. Feminist. https://www.jjfreyd.com/
Institutional courage attenuates the association between institutional betrayal and trauma symptoms among campus sexual assault survivors. Adams-Clark, A. A., Barnes, M. L., Lind, M. N., Smidt, A., & Freyd, J. J. (2026). psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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Research from my lab group: Pledged into harm: Sorority and fraternity members face increased risk of sexual assault and sexual harassment. Barnes, M.L., Adams-Clark, A.A., Rosenthal, M.N., Smith, C.P, amp; Freyd, J.J. (2021). digitalcommons.uri.edu/dignity/vol6...
Pledged into Harm: Sorority and Fraternity Members Face Increased Risk of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment
The purpose of this manuscript is to examine the risk of sexual exploitation (both assault and harassment) associated with sorority and fraternity membership on U.S. college campuses. The results from...
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I received a mug in the mail and I love it. It was made by Cathy S Harris. www.wokeandsubversivemerch.com
More about DARVO www.jjfreyd.com/darvo
DARVO — Jennifer Joy Freyd, PhD.
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Jennifer Joy Freyd@jjfreyd.bsky.social · 2w agoA few days ago I learned that DARVO, a word I coined and first published in 1997, is now in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. I'm astonished. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/D...
A few days ago I learned that DARVO, a word I coined and first published in 1997, is now in the Merriam-Webster dictionary. I'm astonished. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/D...
Definition of DARVO
manipulative tactics that are commonly used by wrongdoers (such as those accused of physical, sexual, or verbal abuse) upon being confronted or accused by their victims and that consist of denial of w...
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"Things are going badly for team Trump—and better for our side—every day. We should be encouraged by that! But even if that weren’t the case I’d still have tons of good news for you. " @jesscraven101.bsky.social chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Extra! Extra! 9/22
Yes! Good things ARE STILL HAPPENING! 👏🏼👏🏼
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Thank you for doing this. Your courage and your effort are so important!
Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD@arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 2w agoI am suing the NIH. As part of a class action with the ACLU and 16 other plaintiffs, we are challenging the thousands of unlawful grant terminations in an effort to get them all reinstated. Whatever happens, at the very least, no one can say I sat back and watched while they destroyed science.
Thank you @jesscraven101.bsky.social for another great list of good things that have happened this past week. chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Extra! Extra! 9/13
Yes! Good things ARE still happening! 🎉🎉
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We have two new resource pages on the Center for Institutional Courage website. One is a database of 74 articles about DARVO research. More here: www.institutionalcourage.org/courage-in-a...
DARVO Research, Institutional Courage, and Gloria Steinem | Center for Institutional Courage
We announce new resources for DARVO research and for tracking applications of institutional courage research. We also express our gratitude for Gloria Steinem.
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"Enjoy this week’s looooong list of improbable victories, incremental steps forward, and time-earned wins!" @jesscraven101.bsky.social chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Extra! Extra! 9/6
Yes! Good things are STILL happening! 🎉🎉
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"As I write this, the world seems in a tailspin. Many feel that all the progress we’ve made is being reversed. When you’re lucky enough to have lived a long life, as I have done, your role as an older person is to remind us how far we have come." - Gloria Steinem www.newyorker.com/culture/life...
Gloria Steinem’s Final Essay
Gloria Steinem writes about what she meant when she called herself a feminist.
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I so appreciate @democracydocket.com. Resistance persistence. It doesn't always work but it frequently does. And going along with tyranny is guaranteed to lead to more tyranny. Here, one of many great resistance victories: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In major win for voters, judge blocks Trump’s mail voting restrictions for midterms
"The court concludes that disenfranchisement for Plaintiff Organizations’ members, regardless of residence, is practically inevitable," the judge wrote.
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Call for submissions: Special Issue on Institutional Betrayal in Journal of Child Sexual Abuse Jennifer Gomez & Alexis Adams-Clark, editors. • Abstract Deadline: 1 Oct 2026 • Submission Invitations: 1 Nov 2026 • Full Manuscripts: 1 Feb 2027 Call: files.constantcontact.com/ccd1b400301/...
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"Ron DeSantis and friends expertly employ DARVO" by Stephanie Hayes in the @tampabaytimes.bsky.social More about DARVO: www.jjfreyd.com/darvo www.tampabay.com/viewpoints/2...
How to get away with stealing $10 million | Column
Gov. Ron DeSantis and friends expertly employ DARVO in the Hope Florida scandal.
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Call for papers on institutional courage - for a special issue of the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, & Trauma. think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
Institutional Courage
Call for abstracts: Special Issue on Institutional Courage. Submit research on institutional responses to violence across educational, workplace, healthcare, and justice settings.
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Each time someone chooses to act with courage, she plants a seed that may change the world soon - or perhaps decades later. Thank you Patricia Douglas. Thank you @ninasiegal.bsky.social and NYT for make her courage known. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/o...
Overlooked No More: Patricia Douglas, Who Challenged Hollywood’s Culture of Abuse (Gift Article)
Eight decades before the #MeToo groundswell, she took MGM to court after alleging she was attacked at a studio party in 1937.
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"In a statement, Mr. Eisen called the decision “a landmark victory for one of our nation’s crusading journalists.”" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah (Gift Article)
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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"As usual, a lot of good stuff happened this week. It’s tempting to only focus on Trump’s attempted torching of our democracy—because of course that happened again, too—but if we don’t stop to celebrate the wins we will absolutely burn out." @jesscraven101.bsky.social
Extra! Extra! 8/23
YES! Good things ARE still happening! 🙌🏼🙌🏼
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"Brianna Delker, Carly P. Smith, Marina N. Rosenthal, Rosemary E. Bernstein, and Jennifer J. Freyd documented what they called "family betrayal" — the parallel to institutional betrayal, applied specifically to close family members who fail to prevent or respond supportively to abuse."
TAKE IT DOWN Act Binds Platforms; Jaden Newman's Father Faced No Law After August 18 Stream
TAKE IT DOWN Act gives NCII victims a 48-hour right to platform removal of intimate imagery, but Jamie Newman’s lie detector livestream on August 18 revealed the law’s structural blind spot: betrayal ...
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Every day Robert Hubbell produces a pro-democracy newsletter chock-full of news and insights. Every day he also provides many inspiring photographs of pro-democracy activism from around the country. @roberthubbell.skystack.xyz Resistance persistence. roberthubbell.substack.com/p/in-despera...
In desperation, Trump will ask North Korea to voluntarily surrender its nuclear weapons.
August 19, 2026
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"The Supreme Court for a second time refused a request by President Trump to review a $5 million civil judgment against him after a jury found in 2023 that he had sexually abused and defamed the writer E. Jean Carroll. . . .There were no noted dissents." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u...
Supreme Court Again Rejects Trump’s Appeal of $5 Million E. Jean Carroll Payment (Gift Article)
The court declined President Trump’s long-shot request that it reconsider his appeal. He has separately asked the court to overturn a much larger 2024 award.
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"Lots of good stuff happened this week . . . Remember, none of us has to do everything to save democracy, but if each of us just does something, wins like these will keep happening." From @jesscraven101.bsky.social List is here: chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
"The F.D.A. approved Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine. The agency had initially refused to even review the application but reversed course after a public outcry." Resistance persistence pays off. More in @jesscraven101.bsky.social good news. chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Extra! Extra! 8/9
Yes! Good things are STILL happening! 👏🏼👏🏼
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"It’s been, as usual, a chaotic, frustrating, and occasionally painful week. Fortunately we’ve also seen Americans fighting back, courts holding MAGA to account, and [more.] So . . . check out this long list of what went right this week. " @jesscraven101.bsky.social
Extra! Extra! 8/2
Yes! Good things did happen this week! 🙌🏼🙌🏼
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"Just 28% approve of his handling of the situation in Iran, 25% on inflation and 21% on gas prices, with significant pockets of disapproval even among his supporters." www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Record high strongly disapprove of Donald Trump in new poll
In a new CNN/SSRS poll, President Donald Trump gets a 34% approval rating. The portion of Americans who strongly disapprove is at a career high.
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"A federal judge ordered the EPA to administer a $2.8 billion climate grant program that the Trump administration had rescinded. " And so much more from @jesscraven101.bsky.social list of good news events for the past week: chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Extra! Extra! 7/26
Yes! Good things are happening! 🥳🥳
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DARVO: Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender. @jjfreyd.bsky.social named it in 1997. It never argues the facts. It attacks whoever raises them. The accuser becomes the accused; the question dies. You can't out-argue it from inside. astamenos.substack.com/p/the-reversal
