Esta Soler: How we turned the tide on domestic violence (Hint: The Polaroid helped)

When Esta Soler pushed for a bill banning domestic violence in 1984, one politician called it the "No More Fun in Marriage Act."/"/"If Only I had Twitter at that time/," she mused. This ambitious and optimistic debate traces 30 years of tactics and technologies – from the Polaroid camera to social media – that led to a 64% decline. of domestic violence in the United States.

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