SOME THINGS IN LIFE WE JUST KNOW ARE TRUE
"THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN LIFE WE JUST KNOW ARE TRUE" I love Mariska Hargitay on LAW & ORDER: SVU. She's a wonderful actress who's able to get across a lot of subtleties. As a former actress myself, its not easy to show inner conflict without looking like you are needlessly chewing the scenery. But Hargitay pulls it off. Beautifully. I also have a tremendous amount of respect for her using her celebrity to help end sexual violence and assist exploited women in their quest for healing. Her character on SVU, Olivia Benson, is a child of rape. A tough spot for any one to be in and a clue that her character's job may be a way of working out her inner demons about her origins. I understand this personally as a survivor. I know I will never ever again be able to trust my 'gut' or trust that I know a good person from a bad. When you are raised believing that abuse is o.k., its impossible to ever really know when you're being exploited. Even after...