Black Women Have Always Spoken Truth to Power — and We Still Will
In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are
equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.
Shirley Chisholm [...]
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 [...]
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Autonomy in Dating and Partner Selection is Our Birthright (audio/podcast)
Autonomy in Dating and Partner Selection is Our Birthright" explores the powerful intersection of history and empowerment. In this episode [...]
The Empty Chair: When Solidarity Does Not Require Self-Abandonment (audio)
What happens when the desire to stand with others becomes a demand to disappear?In this episode of We Survive Abuse, “The Empty Chair” explore [...]
When Someone Else’s Path Becomes a Rulebook for All Women
This audio recording took me back. It took me back to the much larger circle of people I socialized with in my 20's. I'm grateful it was full offor t [...]
As a Woman, You May Find It Challenging to Stand Up for Yourself If..(video & audio)
“I’m interested in women’s health because I’m a woman. I’d be a darn fool not to be on my own side.”
– Maya Angelou
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By the Power of Self-Protection (podcast/audio)
In a world that often tells women to shrink, to please, and to ignore their instincts, self-protection is a revolutionary act.Join Tonya GJ Prince in [...]
Reclaiming Anna Julia Cooper: Why Black Women’s Liberation Is Not a Call to Self-Sacrifice
1. The Distortion of Cooper’s Vision
Some have taken Cooper’s line to mean that Black women must always be the “gateway,” carrying everyone else on [...]
When Healing Language Gets Mocked: Gaslighting by Cultural Delegitimization
They asked you to speak. Or, it is time and space designed for speaking.
To be honest. To open up. To tell [...]
Hidden Hurt: Domestic Violence is Stealing Our Educators
elink.io | See Originalhttps://wesurviveabuse.com/2025/03/stop-dismissing-us-women [...]
Alanda Cuffee Deserved Safety: When “A Small Argument” Reveals a Deadly Entitlement
Alanda Cuffee’s death is deeply sad, and the reported details are chilling.
Public reports say Alanda Cuffee, [...]
May We Never Forget the Battles: When Pregnancy Was a Fireable Offense
It has gotten to the point where many of us in the West were not there in the days when a woman could be fired [...]
What Does a Feminism That Includes You Actually Require?
It requires wholeness, not performance.
A feminism that includes Black women does not ask us to arrive as fragments—carefully edited, s [...]
💔 When Sisterhood Is a Silencer: Spotting the Wounds Behind the Smile
Some women walk with us in sisterhood—but not in solidarity.
They speak our language. Quote the affirmations. Light the candles. Clap at the empowerm [...]
The Truth We Carry, the Healing We Deserve
updated for 2025There’s something we don’t always say out loud, but it matters deeply:The pain of the past doesn’t go away just because we bury it [...]
Gynophobia: The Fear That Shapes Our Stories and Our Lives
In a world full of contradictions, there is one fear that rarely gets named, but is woven into the seams of our cultures, systems, and stories: gyno [...]
When Survival Is Mistaken for Consent: Black Women, Weaponized Ignorance, and the Right to Refuse
It is not normal for people to know little to nothing about you—and still demand your allegiance.
Your loyalty.
Your sacrifice.
Your fighting spir [...]
When Children Ask for Safeguards: Reflections on the Supreme Court, Safety, and Respect
In the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision around parental rights and school curriculum, the conversation has grown louder. But beneath the nois [...]
How We Villainize Black Women Who Disagree with Males, Violence, & Abuse: C. Delores Tucker
How We Villainize Black Women Who Disagree with Males C Delores Tucker
updated from March 21 20 [...]
🪞When Her Mirror Is a Mask: The Women Who Reflect Us—But Don’t Stand With Us
Not every woman who looks like she’s with you is for you.
Some women mirror your words, your struggles, your [...]
From Koketia King to Lisa Marie Riley: The Danger Didn’t End. It Just Changed Addresses.
In 2010, Florida boxer Yathomas Riley was arrested after his then-girlfriend, Koketia King, was shot in the he [...]
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 [...]
When They Blame You for Asking, Then Blame You for Fixing It Yourself
The Trap in Toxic Relationships and Systems
"Fine. I will do it myself." Ancient Black women's proverb.
At first, she thought the pr [...]
Even When They Didn’t Hear Your “No,” You Still Deserve to Be Heard
Sometimes the harm didn’t stop when you said no.Sometimes the people who should have protected you didn’t pause, didn’t question, didn’t care.And beca [...]
No Test Can Measure What Women Have Been Enduring
If the public tantrums around males being tested could stop, that would be great because biological tests, some extremely invasive, have always been a [...]
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Believing Everyone Plays Fair? Here’s How It Backfires (Infographic)
Believing everyone respects boundaries is a hopeful but dangerous assumption in a world where power dynamics, intent, and experiences [...]
When Love Puts You in Danger: How Domestic Violence Impacts Friends
One day we will
learn to stop
blaming women and
girls for the safeguarding and
boundaries we deploy
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Why Declaring Women’s Right to Privacy and Safety Means Rejecting Male Entitlement
When we declare that women and girls have the right to privacy, dignity, and safety, we are also declaring something deeper:🚫 What [...]
Putting an End to Useless Debate: Listening to the Voices of Violence Survivors
Over the years, society has been engaged in countless debates surrounding issues such as violence, abuse, and [...]
🛑 Summer Safety Alert: Predators Count on Your Distractions—Don’t Let Them
Yes, it’s summer again.
And while many of us are focused on camps, cookouts, rest, and rout [...]
Highlighting Stories Calling for An End to Violence Against Women and Children in 2023 Part 1
There has been debate around Black victims of domestic and sexual violence withdrawing support from writ [...]
The Damage You Can’t See: Confronting Non-Physical Child Abuse
Too many people are sharing news articles all around social media about church leaders, police officers, and t [...]
🌿 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 [...]
Boundaries Are Living Proof That You Believe Your Life Is Worth Protecting
Systems will tell you that you are safe.Systems will tell you they exist to protect you.But when danger comes, when violence shatters lives, when harm [...]
Holding Truth in Unequal Times: Responding to False Comparisons While Still Healing
Speaking truth while living through it takes courage — and grace that history rarely sees in real time.
False equivalence can be extremely effective, [...]
Sister Souljah — The 1992 Moment That Shifted Political Language
Forget the people telling you: "There was racial harmony before we had a Black president.""Before Obama all was great."They are telling lies [...]
