You Donât Need Their Explanation to Be Free
You waited for an apology that never came.You held your breath, hoping for an ounce of truth.You thought maybe if you asked the right q [...]
“Lead with Love” Includes Women and Girls Safety Too (short audio message)
Lead with LoveThat's what they say.And when they do, never let anyone tell you that leading with love doesn't include women and girls and our [...]
Spotting the Red Flags: Early Warning Signs of Manipulative and Abusive People (audio/podcast)
Manipulators donât wear name tags, but their actions can reveal their true intentions. In this [...]
âđœ10 Ways Men Have Tried to Define Womanhood (w/audio)
updated from April 18, 2025In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.
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Stop Debating Women Into Danger: Saying You Care Is Not the Same as Protecting Women
When men debate whether women deserve safety, they are not having a conversation.
They are auditioning for authority over womenâs [...]
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 [...]
7 Devastating Truths About the Atrocities Facing Women and Girls in Sudan (and Why the World Must Not Look Away)
Women and girls in Sudan are facing unspeakable violenceâsexual violence used as a weapon of war, mass displacement, and ethnic cleansing. These are n [...]
Unveiling the Truth: Why Women’s Bathroom Rights Matter
When I was a kid, the cartoon Quickdraw McGraw was a must-watch retro cartoon. At 36 seconds you ca [...]
Breaking the silence on sexual violence in Colombia: Fulvia tells her story
Now more than ever, we must listen to the stories of women. And give space for women to say what they ne [...]
Why Are Women Told to Stay Calm About Things That Should Horrify Everyone?
When women, girls, and children talk about boundaries, itâs not hate speaking. Itâs concern. Itâs exhaustion. [...]
Life-Saving Advice for Black Women from The Positive Birth Coach
@thepositivebirthcoach Replying to @MVP I hope this helps, a guide for black women advocating for yourselves i [...]
High Five From WESurvive: Lavon Morris Grant A Spiritual Miracle
In early 2002 or so a group of us Women of Color working in sexual and domestic drove down from Virginia to North Carolina to a two-day conference.&nb [...]
đ Summer Safety Alert: Predators Count on Your DistractionsâDonât Let Them
Yes, itâs summer again.
And while many of us are focused on camps, cookouts, rest, and routine changesâsome people are focused on y [...]
Betrayal Blindness: When Your Brain Protects You⊠by Lying to You
Letâs talk about something real.
Have you ever looked back at a situation and thoughtâ"Wait⊠that wasnât okay. That was messed up"?
Maybe it was a p [...]
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 [...]
You Deserve SafetyâEven When Youâre Just Trying to Keep Going
Some of us were never told that we deserved to feel safe.We were told to keep going.To be strong.To not make a scene.To forgive.To forget. [...]
Male Access Supremacy: When Entitlement Disguises Itself as Equality
updated from July 31, 2025The Space Was Never the Argument. The Entitlement Was.
Survivor Affirmation
Every woman deserv [...]
Twelve Steps to Danger: How Alcoholics Anonymous Can Be a Playground for Violence-Prone Members (from ProPublica)
Karla Brada Mendez thought that she was getting a second chance on life when she started going to AA meetings. [...]
Complacency Around Violence and Abuse: A longtime foe against women and children
At some point, complacency feels like betrayal.It is exhausting and deeply painful to be a witness to comp [...]
When Love Becomes a Warning: The Forgotten Conversation About Parricide and Estrangement
Thereâs a growing trend across online spaces where peopleâespecially younger adultsâdiscuss estrangement from [...]
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 [...]
The Unseen Cage: How Systems Use Coercive Control
When the hands that claim to help you are the ones tightening the grip.
Not all abuse comes from partners.Sometimes, it comes from systemsâthe cour [...]
High Five from WESurvive: 3 Crucial Life Lessons from Survivor LaQuisha Hall
Survivors are my favorite people. Hands down, no contest. I love their war stories, their wisdom, their testimony. They inspire me. I [...]
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 people thought they understood the terrain, t [...]
Before “Domestic Violence”: The History of How Women Finally Named Abuse
For generations, women endured violence that society treated as a private problem. This is the story of how finding the right words changed [...]
The World Loves Powerful Men. Even When Theyâre Violent.
Letâs tell the truth today.
The world loves powerful men. Even when theyâre violent.Especially when theyâre violent.
It doesnât matter i [...]
đŻïž No Screening? No Safety.
âThere is no screening process for the males who are allowed into womenâs spaces. That silence is the policy.â
đŸ 1. The Hidden RealityA [...]
Courtney Stoddenâs Lifetime Movie Exposes the Public Grooming of a Child Brideâand the Cruelty of Celebrity Culture
I wasn't deeply familiar with this young woman prior to watching the Lifetime movie. I'm a bit out of her targ [...]
The âDying Aloneâ Myth: A Fear Tactic to Control Women
One of the most persistent, tired myths used to scare women into compliance is the idea that if we follow fe [...]
When Belonging Breaks: Surviving in Truth When Cultures Defends Abusers
I get when some groups defend some aspects of abusers. I've slipped (more than once) and done it too. I'm a h [...]
Catholic Abuse Crisis Isnât Over: The Urgent Need to Keep Listening to Victims
For decades, Survivors of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church have bravely stepped forwardârisking e [...]
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đż My Self-Soothe Journal
A Sacred Space to Tend to Your Spirit, Breath by Breath
There are moments when the world feels too loud⊠and your nervous [...]
Donât Be Tricked Into Serving What Would Never Save You
Avoid letting any manâno matter how soft his tone, poetic his struggle, or urgent his causeâtrick you into laboring for him, defending him, uplifting [...]
When Stalking Isnât Just “Annoying” â Itâs a Real Threat to Girls and Women
INVESTIGATIVE: One stalking victim's mother speaks after man kills woman, sets himself on fire
Stalking is often dismissed as âharassmentâ or brushed [...]
Weâre Done Paying the Toll for âAcceptanceâ
We are not what ignorance calls us.We are not who ignorance says we are.
And we no longer owe our silence in exchange for phony belonging.
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