Tag: domestic violence

• Memoir: a road not taken (1968-72)

  

  My first physical fight with another male occurs shortly after we move to 1022 S. Scoville. I was five years old. In the backyard, under the cherry tree, one of my soon-to-be playmates, a couple of years older than I, had somehow provoked me. We fell to pushing and grappling, and pretty soon he got…

  abendelow

  May 22, 2025

  memoir

  chicago blackhawks, domestic violence, homophobia, irish-catholic, male violence, Marilyn, mysogyny, performative violence, Rhem Park, robert frost, school culture, Scoville, sgt. rock, Shotgun, south oak park, sports, status games, the road not taken, Washington Irving School

• Memoir: My father the war veteran (1970)

  

  Sarah and I exchange a nervous smile. This is so strange! Where is this going?

  abendelow

  November 29, 2023

  memoir

  alcoholism, american football, domestic violence, john wayne, masculinity, memoir, spousal abuse, team sports, usmc, verbal abuse, violence