Why Boundaried Spaces Matter for Women and Girls
Spaces Are Seldom Neutral
Every room, circle, or gathering carries intention. A healing circle, a classroom, a women’s group—it’s not ju [...]
Pimps Are Always Bad: The Unseen Ways Men Traffic and Exploit Women
Pimps are not icons. They are not comedic relief. They are not "cool." They are not "bosses." They are exploiters, traffickers, and predator [...]
Keep Sweet, Pray and Obey on Netflix
I believe that watching and reading stories about abuse of power and indoctrination should be required for people; even more so if you've ever b [...]
Surviving Abuse Daily: Women and Children Trying Hard Not to Lose
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Beliefs vs. Facts: A Roadblock to Women’s Rights
Belief vs. Fact — What’s the Difference?
1. What is a Belief?
Definition: A personal conviction, opinion, or interpretation that someone accep [...]
Surviving Abuse Daily: Factitious Disorder
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You’re Not Failing—You’re Feeling
A post for Survivors who mistake emotional struggle for regression So often, when the tears come back, when the triggers resurface, when the grief [...]
You Are Worthy Now and You Were Then: Featuring Brielle Fowler (audio/podcast)
In this empowering episode of Survivor Affirmations, we emphasize the power of uplifting unheard voices and celebrate resilience. Join us as w [...]
19 James Baldwin Truths and Affirmations That Still Strengthen the Human Spirit (on audio)
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19 James Baldwin Truths and Affirmations That Still Strengthen the Human Spirit [...]
Naming Ourselves: The Right of Women to Define Our Power and Purpose (audio/Podcast)
In this episode of the We Survive Abuse Podcast, host Tonya GJ Prince shares a personal story of reclaiming power in the face [...]
How We Villainize Black Women Who Disagree with Males: C. Delores Tucker
How We Villainize Black Women Who Disagree with Males C Delores Tucker
When history talks about hip hop, C. Delores Tucker’s name oft [...]
Girls Do Not Owe Anyone Sexual Reparations (audio)
Girls Do Not Owe Anyone Sexual Reparations (audio recording) [...]
When Survivors See Through Lies, We Refuse to Pretend (audio/podcast)
In her career, Tonya GJ Prince has had the honor of encountering thousands of bold and courageous Survivors. With discretion, she shares one [...]
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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 [...]
🎯Weaponized Hypotheticals Are Not Harmless — They’re Punishment for a Woman’s Freedom
updated from June 9 2025
Weaponized HypotheticalsDefinition: When people—often men—create imagined stories about a woman’s love life (“She probably [...]
You Didn’t Just Stay Silent—You Helped Silence Others
When people are finally exposed for being abusive, manipulative, or harmful, we often hear the same tired phrase: “Well… they had us [...]
“Why Is Women’s Health Still Being Ignored by Mainstream Medicine?”
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Retro Report: The Domestic Violence Case That Turned Outrage Into Action
Generation X was not ready for this story but we needed it! Our Boomer parents were not ready either but they most definitely needed it. [...]
I Will Survive: How Survivor Gloria Gaynor Keeps Inspiring Decades After the Release of Grammy Winning Song
originally published 2/8/ 2016At First I Was Afraid... When we have been wounded we must heal. To do that, I think we all use a combination of&n [...]
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Women’s News: Mid Week, Mid March, Mid Treatment of Women and Girls
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Facing Evil with Survivor Maya Angelou
The future is shaped by the hands of empathetic, morally upright, and wise women who dare to build it. [...]
Weaponizing Fear: How the ‘Die Alone’ Myth Is Used to Control Women
“Fear is the tool of the tyrant and the weapon of the weak.”
— African Proverb Fear as a [...]
🧩 Oppressive Systems Are Built to Erase Specificity
We must say it plainly: Oppressive systems are designed to flatten, generalize, and erase.
They pretend to be [...]
🔇 Respectable-Silencing Is Still Silencing
🔇 Respectable-Silencing Is Still Silencing
And it’s one of the most dangerous kinds.
Some people won’t yell over you.They won’t insult you.They wo [...]
They Called It Victimhood. I Call It Rising.
After abuse, it’s common to be met with silence when you’re hurting — and then judgment when you begin to glow.
They did not think this part through [...]
The Power of Unapologetic Truth: Fannie Lou Hamer and Zora Neale Hurston (audio/podcast)
In this episode of We Survive Abuse, we explore how women like Fannie Lou Hamer and Zora Neale Hurston resisted the systemic micromanagement of [...]
Nell Carter: A Voice That Refused to Break
When I was a child, Nell Carter was one of my favorite entertainers. She still is. I had to share her with millions of other people though. [...]
Why “The Last RECORDED Lynching” IS NOT the Same As “The LAST Lynching”
White Americans desire to be free from a past they do not want to remember,
while Black Americans remain bound to a past they can never forget."
— [...]
They Tell Us We Don’t Belong in What We Built (featuring K.Michelle short)
Some people may see this clip of K. Michelle as just a moment.
But we see history.
Few dare to understand what it is like to come from a people—Bl [...]
🌿 My Self-Soothe Journal
🌿 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 [...]