RED FLAG:đ© Quick Love Can Be a Cage
When Fast Turns to Fear: What Weâre Not Talking About Enough
They came on strong.Said all the right things.Made you feel seen, heard, [...]
Difference Does Not Erase Consent: What Princeâs Refusal Teaches Us (w/audio story)
I've listened.
Far too many people within the LGBTQ+ community respond to Prince's response insist that he had no right to say no because he was per [...]
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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 [...]
Medical Sexism and Misogyny: The Harm in “Assigned Female at Birth”
Often used in medical and social contexts, this phrase can inadvertently reinforce harmful stereotypes, limit individu [...]
The Hidden Law: Child Marriage is Still Legal in 37 U.S. States
Child marriage is often mistakenly viewed as an issue exclusive to the Global South, but it persists significantly across the West, including the Unit [...]
12 Unapologetic Truths: Your Rights as a Woman Are Unconditional (Audio/podcast)
 Your rights as a woman are not up for debate. You donât need permission, validation, or a committee vote to own your power. In this b [...]
From Objectified to Empowered: Womenâs Rights in Medicine Inspired by Henrietta Lacks (podcast/audio)
 Henrietta Lacksâ story is a stark reminder of the injustices women, especially Black women, have faced in the medical field. Her [...]
10 Excellent Memoirs about the Sexual Violence Survivor's Journey
Glad to see that we are in a season of listening to the powerful voices of Survivors. Excellent! What is most unfortunate is that there ar [...]
FALSE! FAKE! FRAUD!: Some of Us Have Seen This Before
I'm learning that many of us who lived through the 1970's, 1980's, & 1990s psychiatric and abuse scandals see many of today's social issues [...]
You Can Love People and Still Set Firm, Protective Boundaries
Theyâll tell you that love means saying "yes".That love means flexibility.That love never closes a door.
But love without boundaries?Thatâs not love. [...]
Letter from an Angry Survivor of Sexual Violence about this Bill Cosby Tragedy
7/7/2015 Tonight I am angry.Â
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That isn't my default setting though. Usually, I smile so much that I have to consciously tell myself not to d [...]
10 Truths About Grooming: What It Is and What It Is Not
updated from March 2, 2025
Grooming is a word we hear often, yet misunderstanding still surrounds it.
That c [...]
Imagine If We Told Men to “Be Kind” as Often as We Tell Women
You can absolutely tell who is male and who is female. Men have been raging at NataleeBFitness all week long [...]
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Why âNot a [Insert Person]â Is Dangerous for Survivors
Letâs tell the truth:Adults have power. Children donât.
Even the most vulnerable adult usually has more acces [...]
âWhy Are Women Still Cleaning Up the Violence Men Refuse to Name?â
đ©ž Say It Plain.
The crimes that males commit?Theyâve become unsayable on social mediaâbut not unc [...]
Motherhood in the Shadow of Violence
Motherhood has often been romanticized in myths and sentiment, yet the brutal reality remains: for many women [...]
Facing Reality: Identity Does Not Erase Patterns of Male Violence
We cannot fix what we refuse to face. And when it comes to the safety of women and girls, sidestepping truth i [...]
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 abo [...]
Exploring the Link Between Enmeshment and Male Violence: Breaking Unhealthy Cycles
"You see one, you see the other."It is so hard to intervene because, by the time people outs [...]
Prevent it-Trauma is Traumatizing.
This poster could not be more correct. You do not do this work without encountering people who do not recover. [...]
Familiarity Doesnât Make Stranger Abuse Irrelevant
Thereâs a manipulation tactic that keeps slipping into our public conversationsâone that says: âMost pe [...]
The Numbers Do Not Lie, So Stop Asking Women to Accept Less Safety (UPDATE)
Organizations around the world have been distracted. Consumed with chastising women and pushing us to "be [...]
5 Reasons Why the Silence Around Abuse Isn't Golden
They say "silence is golden". No, it isn't, it's tarnished and rusty on the edges. At le [...]
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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 [...]
When Chaos Becomes Normal: Relearning the Language of Calm and Boundaries
Some of us grew up learning to breathe in the middle of storms.
We learned to sleep through shouting, to laugh through danger, to keep func [...]
She Knows What Heâs Capable OfâDo You?
Why doesn't she leave?
Because domestic abuse is not a disagreement. Itâs a terror campaign.
Because domestic abuse isnât a disagreement [...]
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There are menâtoo manyâwho believe that a woman harms them simply by refusing to be harmed by them.
She sets a bounda [...]
10 Hard Truths About Men Who Have Been Violent in Relationships
Safety never comes from cruelty. One of the strongest predictors of future abuse is past abuse. Men who have harmed partners before are likely to re [...]
đ Gullible Isnât Always What You Think It Is: 10 Questions to Reclaim Your Mind
Some women believe that as long as they arenât like those religious women, those traditional women, those sheltered womenâthey must not be gullible. [...]
Rest in Peace and Power Detroit Nurse Latricia Green
Phillip Lewis, Ross Jones, and other journalists have kept this very tragic story alive even through the tragedies and chaos of our days so that we [...]
Rise Above Endo Gaslighting:Empowerment Through Endometriosis Awareness
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đ Stop Saying âMen Wouldnât Go That Far to Abuse Women
Please stop telling Survivors that "men wouldnât go through the trouble of dressing up as women just to abuse women."
Weâve heard it too many times [...]
𧩠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 âfairâ by treating everyone the sameâbu [...]
Failure to Listen to Women Is the Red Flag
We talk a lot about red flags.But letâs be honest.Refusing to listen to women? Thatâs the first red flag.
It doesnât always come with shouting or sla [...]
What Happens When Women Reach Their Breaking Point: The Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Cost of Carrying Too Much for Too Long
When a human being, especially a woman who has been carrying others for too long, reaches her breaking point, several things can happenâphysically, em [...]
