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AFFIRMATIONS AND SELF LOVE
Why Female Suffering Deserves Its Own Language, Its Own Care, and Its Own Honor
Why is one person’s discomfort treated as urgent while another person’s safety is treated as negotiable? And beneath that question liv [...]
WE Survive Abuse Podcast Episodes (during the summer months we focus on reading to kids)
How to Really Let Go of Past Mistakes and Heal (audio)
How to Really Let Go of Past Mistakes and Heal [...]
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 [...]
A Journey to Finding Our Voices Through Personal Stories (podcast/audio)
Your Survivor story has the power to heal. On this episode of We Survive Abuse, Tonya GJ Prince reveals how sharing our truths can empower others to d [...]
FAQ About Trauma, Abuse, & Violence with Gary Jones LCSW (audio)
FAQ About Trauma, Abuse, and Violence With GaryJones LCSW [...]
HEALING

Healing is Yours: Beware the Micromanagers of Your Journey
Pain hurts like hell.
Let people heal.
As someone who has stood on both sides of the battle for healing—as a Survivor and an ad [...]

5 Great Reasons for Survivors to Keep a Journal
Survivors can benefit greatly journaling. There are so many benefits gained from taking [...]
CHILDREN DESERVE SAFETY
30 Signs of a Dangerous Person: How to Protect Yourself from Manipulators & Predators
Unsafe people don’t always reveal their true nature immediately. They test boundaries, manipulate emotions, and gain trust before showing their worst [...]
BECAUSE SHE IS SOMEONE
Before Social Media, Women Told Stories—Did We Forget How to Listen?
Before critique culture.Before hot takes. Before performance listening.Before everyone felt required to [...]
Creating Safe Spaces to Heal: How Black Women Make Room for Ourselves When the World Won’t
We weren’t handed safe spaces.We’ve had to build them from scratch— with whatever was in our hands,whatever [...]
Myth: “If Women Just Spoke Up Sooner, They Could Have Stopped the Abuse”
Reality: Abusers Cultivate Silence, and Society Punishes Women Who Speak
One of the most insidiou [...]
You Deserve Safety—Even When You’re 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.T [...]
END FEMICIDE
Weaponized Moralism: The Silence That Screams
They call it compassion.But only when it protects male access.
They call it justice.But only when women are a [...]
The Cage Looks Different, But It’s Still a Cage
Some men enforce gender roles by pushing women into cages:
Be obedient. Be soft. Be nurturing. Be silent. [...]
Imagine How Women Escaping Domestic Violence Feel
Mom, 34, Allegedly Killed by the Father of Her Children During a Custody Swap After the Kids' Christmas Vi [...]
Male Violence Against Women: Males with Disabilities #RIP Yazmen Williams
We will never end male violence against women if we continue to give cover to males the general populati [...]
END RAPE
Fire Test: When You Ask Women to Support Violence
You are sending forth aspiring leaders who have no history of standing against violence, no record of d [...]
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 paus [...]
“Why Are Women Still Told to Have Faith in Men Who ‘Rebrand’ Themselves?”
“If his change requires your suffering to prove it, it isn’t change — it’s another performance.”
— WeSurviv [...]
How Some Teachers Are on the Frontlines of Fighting Child Sexual Abuse
Did you know that some victims of child sexual abuse prefer to confide in teachers rather than parents? Even [...]
THE SHOP
🌿 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 [...]
LOVING SAFELY
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 discrimination. While the [...]
LEGAL/COURTROOM

Diversity Is Not the Magic—The Work Is
We don’t automatically grow just because we’re more diverse.🌱 Diversity is not the finish line. It’s the starting bell.
We grow when we choose to r [...]

The Distortion of Gender: How a Controversial Psychologist Reframed the Conversation
Only some people use their knowledge and intelligence for the betterment of humanity.
Some people use their knowledge and intelligence to destroy it [...]

🧩 REARTICULATION: When the System Repackages Harm in New Clothes
WARNING TO THE LOVING, THE NURTURING, THE HEALERS:
The systems we fight do not always come with burning crosses or slurs. Sometimes, they show up a [...]
HERSTORY/HISTORY
Silence Keeps the Cycle Alive. Love Tells the Truth.
When scandals break — like the recent Young Republicans (ages 18-40 including many influential professionals) chat leak — the pattern is familiar. The [...]
The Global Attack on the Voices of Female Human Beings: Afghan
Terrifying. Horrific. Inhumane.We live on this planet at the same time as women and girls in Afghanistan.No need to catch folks up on days that [...]
What May Come When You Say “No”
Things That May Happen When You Say "No" by Tonya GJ PrinceTo authentically be YOU, you must say "no" to some things. 10 Affirmat [...]
MANIPULATION
Can We Have a Diverse Society and a Trusting One?
That’s not deep thinking. That’s dressed-up racism.
Let’s get right to it. There’s a question floating around that sounds intellectual, but it’s r [...]
How Abusers Place Themselves Above Accountability
✦ by WeSurviveAbuse.com
One of the most dangerous traits of an abuser is not just the harm they cause—but the belief that they should never have to a [...]
🕯️ The Truth About “Victimhood” as an Insult
There is a lot going on in the world. But crimes against women—especially stalking, coercive control, and violence—don’t take time off. They don’t pau [...]
ART IS HEALING

You Can’t Reason With People Who See Facts as a Personal Attack
One of life’s hardest lessons is this: you cannot reason with people who treat facts and reality as a personal attack. No ma [...]

They Loved the Style, Not the Black Woman: Esther Jones and the Betty Boop Lesson
updated from 11/1/23
Exploitation is a handthat smiles while taking.
It praises your light,then sells your [...]

Sexual Violence at American Festivals: Prevention Tips for Organizers
Festivals, concerts, and other large gatherings are prime locations for people to come together and enjoy themselv [...]

Jenifer Lewis Talks About Sexual Assault and Dealing with a Con Artist | Studio Q
This is a mighty woman! She survives AND she does the work to heal. A mighty woman indeed. Check out these jewels in the for [...]

How Vanessa Williams Overcame Bias and Industry Backlash to Reinvent Herself—and Win Anyway
This is how you do it!
It was 1984. Vanessa Williams was surrounded on all sides. Some people were angry when she [...]

CLOSED FOR RIOTS: How One Black Woman Riots Against Racism
Update: This was published August 30, 2015. Remember that day? I do. Driver Samuel DuBose was shot in the head by a ca [...]

The Truth From Pam and Aunt Esther: Naming the Disrespect Women Were Taught To Ignore
There are men who speak to women with deep disrespect — regularly.
And we rarely show it honestly.
Some folks will get off [...]

Around These Parts We Support Survivor Megan Thee Stallion
Megan Thee Stallion is more than a chart-topping artist—she's a symbol of resilience, strength, and unwavering courage. In [...]

Uncovering Our TRUE Stories: Docs and Movies Featuring Whistleblowers, Informants, and Teachers
In 1975, school teacher Marva Collins took $5,000 from her retirement fund and opened the low-cost Westside Preparatory Scho [...]

Pam Taught Us Some Things: Why Tichina Arnold Always Deserves Our Love
I grew up in a generation that was outside. Young people watching Stranger Things still ask: "Were 80s kids really outsi [...]

Fair is Fair: What The Legend of Billie Jean Teaches Us About the Inversion of Reality”
Imagine you’re watching a movie where a sneaky character does something mean to a classmate, like stealing their lunch. But [...]
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