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@1defendyourself

Sharing skills to help those targeted for harassment, abuse, + assault be more safe, more confident, + more authentically themselves. Director: Lauren R. Taylor

 Washington, DC
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Joined August 2014
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Isn't that great!
Roland (@rolandgavince) profile pictureRoland
@rolandgavinceJun 1
Replying to @Her_Nonymous_D
This is why a lot of guys just give up approaching women in public altogether.
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Jenni
@hashjenniMay 16
People dumping Trump over gas prices and not child rape is scary.
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) profile picture
Qasim Rashid, Esq.
@QasimRashidApr 18
To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.
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Annie
@AnnieForTruthApr 7
😡😡😡
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Linx (@LinxFTBL) profile picture
Linx
@LinxFTBLApr 4
People who ask “why didn’t you fight back?” need to watch this once a day.
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One more fantastic example of what I always say in my self defense classes: it's not the size of the dog in the fight. Learn how to be the border collie with us at defendyourself.Org
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@positivityofxMar 15
Viral video of a Border Collie showing a Doberman who the real boss is 😂 nitter.cf/Yoda4ever/status/20300…
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Sophia ❣️ (@KeruboSk) profile picture
Sophia ❣️
@KeruboSkMar 10
If condoms “ruin the mood,” imagine what postpartum depression, torn pelvic floors, and medical bills do.
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Bill Madden
@maddenificoMar 9
A sad truth regarding the wimptitude of far too many men.
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Harry Eccles
@Heccles94Mar 8
Let's celebrate international women's day by arresting the sexual predators and the war criminals
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Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) profile picture
Thomas Massie
@RepThomasMassieMar 5
Today, only 65 of us voted to release names of congressmen who have used the sexual harassment slush fund to pay off claims against them. 357 members voted to “refer it to committee” knowing that resolution ain’t ever making it out of committee. Roll call: clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/rol…
Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) profile pictureThomas Massie
@RepThomasMassie26 Dec 2024
Congress has secretly paid out more than $17 million of your money to quietly settle charges of harassment (sexual and other forms) in Congressional offices. Don’t you think we should release the names of the Representatives? I do.
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DC mobilize now?
Dr. Oye Owolewa (@repoyedc) profile pictureDr. Oye Owolewa
@repoyedcFeb 15
BREAKING NEWS: The Department of Homeland Security is moving forward with the plan to build a $300 million ICE facility in Southeast DC. Everyone in DC, especially those elected, need to oppose these plans for ICE as they tear our communities, racially profile the Latino community and even kill Americans. Please join us and the @pslnational as we plan on our next steps in fighting back!
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Replying to @farhip @washingtonpost
Important fact-checking thread by @farhip: Rather than a layoff of "one third" of Post journalists, as claimed, it's likely well over 40%, perhaps even approaching "nearly half."
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Yves ౨ৎ (@yvessirae) profile picture
Yves ౨ৎ
@yvessiraeFeb 7
Amber Rose said "If 50 men call one woman a 'hoe', you'll believe it, but if 50 women call one man a rapist, you find it questionable? Let's really think about this." ... And wow.
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Revised: BillionAires RAPIST Club
Amber Woods (@AmberWoods100) profile pictureAmber Woods
@AmberWoods100Jan 30
You see Virginia was right. It is and always has been a “Billionaires Playboy Club.”
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With everything that has happened this week, you know what didn’t happen? The release of the Epstein files.
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I had a *great* conversation with Stephanie Klotz of the We Deserve Better Project. I'd love to hear what you think! #boundaries #StopRape Do I Have the Right to Say No? open.substack.com/pub/wedese…
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The question isn't IF every woman has a scary story about a man. The question is HOW MANY each one of us has.
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80% of SNAP households have working class jobs 48% have someone with a disability 47% have children 39% have someone elderly 1.2m are veterans “They should get a job” is some serious “12-year-old theory of governance” at work.
Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) profile pictureAnn Coulter
@AnnCoulter28 Oct 2025
40 million of them could get jobs.
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Readers added context they thought people might want to know
38.8% of SNAP recipients are children. ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nu…
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The Founding Fathers actually foresaw these issues, Hamilton wrote about it in the 1788 treatise "Can the Epstein Files Be Released During a Republican Government Shutdown?"
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