Survivor Affirmations: I Live an Authentic Life, Lessons from Big Mama Thornton (podcast episode)
In this compelling episode of the We Survive Abuse podcast, we dive into the powerful life and legacy of blues legend Big Mama Thor [...]
FAQ About Trauma, Abuse, & Violence with Gary Jones LCSW (audio)
FAQ About Trauma, Abuse, and Violence With GaryJones LCSW [...]
Speaking Truth for Girls in a World that Prefers Silence (audio)
Welcome to We Survive Abuseâa powerful, unapologetic space where Survivorsâ voices take center stage. Hosted by Tonya GJ Prince, a veteran advocate wi [...]
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Big Mama Thornton: I Stand Up for Myself For As Long As I Can
Big Mama Thornton, who originally recorded the classic song "Hound Dog", was a pioneering artist who broke barriers and demanded respect in a ma [...]
People Locked the Door: Why the Voting Rights Act Should Still Exist Powerfully w/audio
Congressman John Lewis was beaten while fighting for voting rights.
On March 7, 1965, during the Selma voting rights march across the Edmund Pettus B [...]
Why You May Want to Unfollow People Who Willfully Turn a Blind Eye to Power Imbalance
As Big Brother Legend on X.com says, "I unfollow (Black) people who don't understand this." At this point in my life, I choose to disaffiliate with [...]
Can White Women Deny Black Women Womanhood? (audio)
Womanhood is about character, lessons, wisdom, & journey but there is a troubling social assertion that white women denying Black women woma [...]
Healing is Yours: Beware the Micromanagers of Your Journey
Pain hurts like hell.
Let people heal.
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As someone who has stood on both sides of the battle for healingâas a Survivor and an ad [...]
Holiday Boundaries: Your Voice, Your Choice, Your Healing
The holidays carry a weight most people never see. For Survivors, gatherings can be a battlefield of memories, expectations, and unspoken wounds. [...]
Money, Morality, and Misunderstanding: Why Women Must See Clearly
Sometimes we align with people because we believe we share values. But values that havenât been tested by deprivation often lack depth.
Women [...]
Even in Progressive Spaces, Systems Still Fail Survivors
In many justice-minded communities, we say the right things:
đŠ Believe Survivors.đŠ Abolish harmful systems.đŠ Center the most marginalized.đŠ Practic [...]
Did Women’s History Month 2024 Bring More Awareness? (Self-Checklist)
Post 2024 Women's History Month Post 2024 Women's History Month by Tonya GJ Prince [...]
Donât Erase Us to Include Others: The Cost of Confusing Oppressions
 âBeware the man who calls you beast â he is preparing to be your cage or your butcher.â
At We Survive Abuse, [...]
When Silence is Taught, Suffering is Inherited: How Childhood Conditioning Sets the Stage for Abuse
Some lessons arenât written in books.Some are taught in the hush of a disappointed glance, a side eye when you [...]
You Can Support Human Rights and Ask for Safety
You are allowed to care about peopleâand care about your own protection.
You are allowed to believe in just [...]
12 Reasons Black Women Have Always Needed Womanism and Feminism
It is so concerning that people who live within community with Black women don't really see or hear us bey [...]
And Why Don’t Black Women Call the Police? (Graphic video posted by Ben Crump)
âThe Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no bl [...]
‘Playing Victimâ: How Racism Silences Black Voices and Blocks True Healing in America
Wherever there is harmâwhether domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking, or racismâthere is often the same [...]
Stephan Smerk Pleads Guilty in 1994 Slaying of Virginia Mother Robin Lawrence
*48Hours had a female FBI expert who shared valuable insight. In her opinion the murder was like [...]
If You Donât Name It, You Canât Protect It
*Note: This horrifying and tragic Dominican Republic story came to my attention because of white adult human f [...]
Women Are Not Required to Be Available
No one could have predicted how this year would end. It bent sharply. Again and again.
Just when peopl [...]
The Benefit of Anger for Survivors: A Fire That Heals
For too long, Survivors have been told to suppress their anger. âBe the bigger person.â âLet it go.â âForgiv [...]
âThe Forgive and Overlook Habitâ: Why the Crisis of Child Predators Isnât Going Anywhere
The crisis of child predators isnât going anywhere. Unless the adults change our harmful ways and change them [...]
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A Sacred Space to Tend to Your Spirit, Breath by Breath
There are moments when the world feels too loud⌠and your nervous [...]
Pet Safety and Animal Support: A Vital Resource for Abuse Survivors
When people discuss domestic violence, they often focus on the emotional and physical impacts on human Survivors. Yet, there is anot [...]
đĽ Hereâs How to Deal with Someone Who Always Chooses to Be Hurt
When someone in your life always chooses to have hurt feelings, especially over things that arenât intended to be hurtful, it can feel like [...]
How to Know if an Abuserâs Remorse Is Real
When Survivors hear âIâm sorry,â it can stir hope. How could it not? There's love or at least caring there.
But apologies fro [...]
Celebrity Trials, Silencing, and the Spectacle of Misogyny
Letâs talk about what we should be learning from these celebrity court casesâabout abuse, about loyalty, and about truth.
Time and again, we see wo [...]
People Donât Fear Your Inner World. They Fear Being Controlled by It.
When I was in college earning my degree in Organizational Management and Development, we were asked to give a presentation about early milestones in o [...]
âShe Was No Angelâ â But What If She Was Hurting?
People say it like a verdict.
âShe was no angel.â
But Iâve sat across from women others were quick to throw away. Once they started speaking and t [...]
đ They Donât Say She Was Loved â They Say She Stayed
Previous generations of women had different concerns because they had fewer options.
Letâs start there. Many of our grandmothers and great-gra [...]
Women Are Not a Collection of Regressive Stereotypes
All gender stereotypes are regressive. To say that a woman is anyone-whether female or male-who instantiates the regressive stereotypes ass [...]
What Does Female Erasure Look Like? You are Looking at It
Do you see it yet?When women and girls can't use words to define ourselves.....When words like"front hole""birthing person""menstruator""vagina [...]
They Want Us Only in the StreetsâBut We Carry Resistance Everywhere
Resistance Wears Many Faces
Too often, when people talk about resistance, they point only to one image: bodies in the streets. Specifically Black [...]
10 Ways Women Are Coerced in Daily LifeâAnd Why Itâs a Problem
Coercion isnât always obvious. It can be subtle, disguised as âconcern,â âtradition,â or even âlove.â Many women experience coercion in daily life wit [...]
The Myth of Racial Harmony (1980sâ2000s): What We Were Told to Forget
𧨠The Dangerous Myth: âWe Were All Getting Alongâ
From the 1980s through the early 2000s, a comforting myth took hold: âWe were united.â [...]
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