by Loren Keeling | Dec 8, 2025 | Human Rights of Women
Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) The ability to speak out against injustice is fundamental to a free and equitable society. Yet, for many women, raising their voice against abuse, misconduct, or corruption is met with a chilling legal...
by Loren Keeling | Nov 17, 2025 | Toxic Relationships
Intro: When “The End” is Only the Beginning Most of us view the end of a relationship as a painful but definitive conclusion. However, a “discard” is not a normal relationship break-up. A normal break-up is a chapter closing, a period of grief...
by Loren Keeling | Oct 6, 2025 | Toxic Relationships
My lived experience. I now call the abrupt termination of the relationship a four-sentence discard speech. Here are the words he used to end a relationship that spanned eleven years. In fact he denied that we had a relationship. I now do not want to refer to it as a...
by Loren Keeling | Sep 29, 2025 | Human Rights of Women
The court hearing June 10th 2022, is the day of the verbal hearing in the Civil Court in Cartagena. I turn up at the court a little early. I’m wearing a long, blue, sleeveless silk dress with a long jacket to match. On entering the courthouse, there is police...
by Loren Keeling | Aug 31, 2025 | Human Rights of Women
The use of precarious eviction ( desahucio por precario ) in Spain to evict a long-term unmarried partner, particularly when the woman was financially dependent, raises significant moral and ethical concerns, even if it may be legally permissible under certain...
