🧭 QUESTIONS TO DETECT REARTICULATION IN ACTION

1. Who is this “solution” really for?

• Does it center women and girls, or just placate the powerful?

• Who is being protected, and who is being managed?

2. What kind of harm is being renamed instead of removed?

• Are words like “rehabilitation,” “empowerment,” or “accountability” masking punishment, control, or surveillance?

3. Is this reform designed to disappear people or center them?

• Are certain groups (Black girls, Black women, poor mothers) still being policed under the new policy or program?

• Are we inviting them in—or removing them “for their own good”?

4. Is this change structural, or just symbolic?

• Are institutions shifting power, or just shifting language?

• Who holds decision-making authority after the “change”?

5. Who is profiting, getting praised, or receiving funding?

• Is there a new nonprofit, tech platform, or “initiative” built on managing the same crisis instead of ending it?

6. Who was at the table when this was created?

• Were survivors, grassroots organizers, and impacted women meaningfully involved—or just surveyed after the fact?

7. What histories is this erasing or ignoring?

• Are elders, ancestors, or historical patterns being invoked—or conveniently forgotten?

• What stories aren’t being told?

8. Does this demand compliance or encourage liberation?

• Are people expected to behave better within the same system—or being supported in imagining a new one?

9. What does my body say about this?

• Does it feel tight in your chest? Nausea in your belly? Trust that. Our bodies often know before our minds do.

10. If this had existed 40 years ago, would it have protected my grandmother in this exact scenario—or punished her?

• This question time-travels power. It helps us see whether we’re moving forward or just looping.

💞 A Loving Reminder:

You don’t have to answer all of these at once. Let them live on your altar, your group chat, your journal, your staff meeting. Pull them out like tarot cards when something feels “off.” Pass them around like bread when your community is hungry for clarity.

Rearticulation thrives in confusion. Your clarity is resistance.

🧩 REARTICULATION: When the System Repackages Harm in New Clothes