Ren Jender - xoJane

It Didn’t Happen To Me But It Did Happen: Sexual Abuse In The Buddhist Community Is Not A New Phenomenon

Ren Jender — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:30:00 -0400

I wonder what would happen if the Western Buddhist community came completely clean and freely admitted to all the sexual harassment and abuse that has gone on for so many years.

When The Stupidity About Rape Wouldn't Stop, I Quit A Movement I Loved

Ren Jender — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:00:00 -0500

That room was full of “cool” guys, progressives, radicals even. And still they saw the world as an episode of Perry Mason where men accused or convicted of crimes against women and children were innocent, and the truth would come out in the end.

Five Cyclists In My City Are Dead And I Feel Like I Could Be Next

Ren Jender — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:30:00 -0500

I used to point out all the stupid shit that I saw other cyclists do. After about the third death this year, I stopped. I didn’t want to give any more ammo to those who rush to blame the victim.

Stop Blaming Mom: For Nancy Lanza And All Women Who Share A Home With Someone With Mental Illness

Ren Jender — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:00:00 -0500

When a story about family violence makes the news, I’m really not interested in how the victim could have behaved better. Maybe because I used to have a spouse with a mental illness who I feared would kill me.