We are not what ignorance calls us.We are not who ignorance says we are. And we no longer owe our silence in exchange for phony belonging.
We are not what ignorance calls us.
We are not who ignorance says we are.
And we no longer owe our silence in exchange for phony belonging.
Women are shedding the old obedience — the one that made us pretend not to see what harms us.
We are done losing sleep, hair, and peace just to be called “nice,” “understanding,” or “progressive.”
That kind of acceptance was a cage dressed up as community.
Because here’s the truth:
We have been trained to believe that being a good woman means being endlessly accommodating — even when it puts us in danger.
We’ve been told to smile while unsafe.
To “understand” when violated.
To share sacred spaces with those who do not honor the boundaries that keep us alive.
No more.
Safety is not a favor.
Safety is not a favor.
It’s not something we negotiate for in whispers or wait for permission to claim.
Safety is a birthright.
And we will have it — with no caveats, no conditions, no strings attached.
There are no men in female spaces.
That is not hatred. That is clarity.
Boundaries are not bigotry — they are the architecture of safety, the structure that keeps survivors breathing, the walls that protect our daughters and our healing.
We have sacrificed enough.
Our health, our joy, our time — all for the illusion of being liked by those who never intended to see us as human in the first place.
Now we choose something real.
Peace that doesn’t depend on pleasing.
Safety that doesn’t depend on pretending.
Sisterhood that doesn’t depend on submission.
Let them say what they will — we’re too busy reclaiming what’s ours.
Affirmation:
I no longer translate disrespect as misunderstanding.
I no longer accept danger as progress.
I was born deserving of safety — and I refuse to bargain for it.