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The Dance that Doesn't End
The complicity of the people and institutions that surrounded Jeffrey Epstein is not unique. As shown in this Op Ed from the Minneapolis Star Tribune, written by the team that created Magic and Monsters, the documentary about the child sexual abuse scandal of the Children's Theatre Company (CTC), complicity is more like a protective commodity. The documentary exposes the long-kept secrets of sexual abuse at this beloved theater back in the 70s and 80s, the arrest of John Clar

Laura B. Stearns
Apr 26 min read


Setting the Standards
Thank you to MN Playlist for publishing the following article on its website 11/16/21. To see the original posting click here. Local...

Laura B. Stearns
Nov 16, 202110 min read


A Pandemic of Harm
I was honored with the request to submit a letter to the Public Safety Committee of the Minnesota State Legislature last week, as they...

Laura B. Stearns
Mar 8, 20214 min read


DANCING ON LANDMINES
DANCING ON LANDMINES: The Continuing Saga of CTC I saw a photograph the other day that sent me directly to the core of my trauma. An old...

Laura B. Stearns
Dec 30, 202012 min read
THE WORST KEPT SECRET
There are a few books I can’t bring myself to read. Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is one of them. There is nothing in me that...

Laura B. Stearns
Feb 23, 20209 min read
THE NATURE OF TRIGGERS:
THE NATURE OF TRIGGERS: Triggered adjective 1. (of a mechanism) activated by a trigger. "a triggered alarm" 2. (of a response) caused by...

Laura B. Stearns
Jan 29, 20204 min read
The Downgrading of Trauma
THE DOWNGRADING OF TRAUMA Last week I watched my friend as she listened to the MPR story about the abuse she suffered as a child at the...

Laura B. Stearns
Dec 28, 20196 min read
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