Your Self-Righteousness Will Not End Domestic Violence
So you were “right.”You “saw the signs.”You “told her he wasn’t good.”You “would’ve left sooner.”You “would never let that happen to you. [...]
Stop Telling Black Women to Be Silent—Our Bodies Are Paying the Price. (podcast episode)
Black women are not “overreacting”—we are responding to what our bodies have been forced to carry for generations. The pressure to ignore racism, to s [...]
They Loved Ms. Foxy Just Fine -Until She Spoke Truth (podcast episode)
From WE Survive Abuse Podcast
They will celebrate you as long as you are palatable.As long as your strength entertains them.As long as your t [...]
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 [...]
12 Unapologetic Truths: Your Rights as a Woman Are Unconditional (Audio/podcast)
Your rights as a woman are not up for debate. You don’t need permission, validation, or a committee vote to own your power. In this b [...]
✋🏽10 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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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 2022 Th [...]
What is Going on with Social Media Influencers and Domestic Violence?! Part 2
Hell is Truth Seen Too Late.
Thomas Hobbeselink.io | See Original
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Say It With Your Chest: Black Victims Deserve Justice—No Exceptions
Stop weaponizing white men’s impunity to excuse Black men’s predation.Accountability for Black predato [...]
6 Common Behaviors of Female Enablers of Abusive Males (infographic)
When a woman stands up for herself and her rights,
be a good person and get the hell out of her way.
This [...]
Unloving the People We’re Told to Never Give Up On
“But That’s Your Family…”
There’s a sacred pain that often goes unnamed.The kind of pain that comes from re [...]
Dr. Angella Dorothea Ferguson: The Woman Who Refused to Let Sickle Cell Patients Be Forgotten
Calling Things by Their Proper Name: Honoring Dr. Angella Dorothea Ferguson
“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.” [...]
Myths and Facts About Fairness in a World Trying to Silence It
Myth 1: “Talking about unfairness is divisive.”
Fact: Silence does not create unity. It only hides the wound.
When people name unfair treatment, the [...]
Gender Critical Thinkers: How Can We Speak of Freedom When So Many Women Still Can’t Speak at All?
A womanist does not enter this conversation as a spectator — we enter it as those who have lived inside the body that the world debates.
Long before [...]
12 Ways Women Carry Unequal Legal Burdens in Brazil
Beautiful Brazil. A country that, like many others, has a long way to go when it comes to how it treats the women and girls who are its citizens.
Wo [...]
The Neuroscience of Political Tribalism | Why You Can’t Think Straight
You saw it too.I was watching clips from Jesse Jackson's homegoing service. Then all of a sudden, people who openly despised this man and ALL that [...]
Why Is Black Women’s Truth Treated as Disloyalty?
There is a name for what happens when Black women are pressured to abandon our Blackness in order to be accepted as “real” women.
Racial Gatekeeping [...]
No More Empty Promises: What It Really Means to Support Prostituted Persons
Supporting Prostituted Persons Means More Than Just Words
"Shaming women doesn't work because that is not t [...]
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 [...]
I’m Not Angry at Other Women — I’m Committed to the Whole Truth
I'm not angry at other women.Not even the ones who shame, silence, or mock.Not even the ones who call truth-te [...]
10 Ways Men of Any Identity Still Treat Women Like a Resource Instead of a Human Being
Identity is not a shield. A label is not a character reference. A man can be kind in public and entitled in private. A man can understand oppression a [...]
Lessons from the Murder of Tonie Nicole: The Family Shares
I came across and compiled this years ago. I was struck by how the family members brought her to life for us....shared her with us. It saddens me that [...]
Because She Sang, We Speak: Honoring Billie Holiday’s Legacy of Truth
If you are silent about your pain, they will kill you and say that you enjoyed it.- Zora Neale Hurston
Before there were hashtags.Before there were v [...]
What Does It Cost to Constantly Prove You Know Your Own Life?
It costs energy—the kind your body needs to rest and repair.
It costs peace—the quiet that allows your nervous system to settle.
It costs [...]
10 Facts about Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls
10 Facts About MMIWG by Tonya GJ Prince
Exploring the Dark Side of Festivals: Uncovering [...]
Why Women Protect Single-Sex Spaces—Even from “Nice Guys”
Women aren’t being mean. We’re being wise.
We’ve learned—through generations of harm—that safe spaces must be protected. Not just in theo [...]
What Happens When the People Stop Listening to Women
These stories are unsettling. I do hope that male podcasters, influencers, and journalists are covering these [...]
RECANT: She Just Wanted Her Life Back
There is a lot going on in the world. But the pain of sexual violence, and the complicated aftermath that fo [...]
The Right to Say “NO” is Mine: Youth Edition (video)
Same Game, Different Day: Violating Women's and Children's Rights | WE Survive AbuseIsn't It Refreshing When a [...]
A Spell Too Far: Protect Children or Leave Them Alone
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🌿 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 [...]
Let’s Make It Plain: Jim Crow and Sex-Based Boundaries Are Not the Same Thing
Some people are confused.Some were misinformed.Some are using half-truths to guilt others into giving up spaces that were built for survival.
So let’ [...]
Black American History Lesson: What Happened to the First Private Black School for Girls in Connecticut?
I hope that these last few weeks have taught us to take history as a tool for learning lessons .....for everyone. Education is never a "scam".The [...]
American Violet and the Fight to Remain the Expert on Your Own Life
Control rarely begins with chains. It often begins with convincing people that their own eyes, ears, memory, and judgment cannot be tr [...]
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