🧬 Hope’s Name Was No Coincidence: How One Woman’s Tragic Murder Changed Forensic History
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Her name was Hope Denise Hall.And in life, she embodied it.In death, she redefined it. 🎙️ Who Was Hope?
Hope was a 22-year [...]
Pap Smear Tips for Concerned Female Patients (10 videos)
Nope, it isn't "your imagination" and you are not "making a big deal out of nothing." Pap smears are extremely necessary and extremely uncomforta [...]
Sisterhood Isn’t a Cage: Reject the Love Bombs That Protect Male Violence
Some women will drench you in compliments, promises, and affection —not to celebrate you,not to empower you,but to disarm you.
They come smiling, arm [...]
“Why Are Women Still Cleaning Up the Violence Men Refuse to Name?”
🩸 Say It Plain.
The crimes that males commit?They’ve become unsayable on social media—but not uncommittable in real life.
Every day, som [...]
Title IX: ‘Revolutionary’ legislation but inequalities still exist 50 years later | USA TODAY
original post 5/4/ 23We must keep fighting for women and girls to have expanded opportunities, awards, and sponsorships in sports. -TGJP Equality [...]
Motherhood in the Shadow of Violence
Motherhood has often been romanticized in myths and sentiment, yet the brutal reality remains: for many women, pregnancy and early motherhood are hig [...]
Male Violence Against Women: Youth Is Not a Shield
Young people must not fall for the lie that only older women protect abusers.
The truth is, younger women—especially young Black women—are at the hi [...]
🔥 The Price of Loyalty to the Lie
Some silence isn’t ignorance. It’s allegiance.
There are women who didn’t know.There are women who didn’t see.There are women who were misled, manipu [...]
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 [...]
“But Is It Abuse?” — The Quiet Ways Harm Hides in Plain Sight
Every day, people ask themselves:"Is this abuse?"
Because sometimes the harm doesn’t leave bruises.It doesn’t scream.It doesn’t break doors or raise [...]
Holistically Rah: You need to stop being nice and start being selfish
Like Holistically Rah, I once built my whole personality around being nice and got the same results. I like people. Stories. Laughter. How we experien [...]
“Can an AI Aunt Teach Humanity the Compassion It Forgot?”
In South Africa, a woman built an AI “Aunt” — a digital guide designed to support women facing violence. It’s a beautiful innovation born from heartbr [...]
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⚖️ How Alternative Justice Can Mimic Harmful Forgiveness Pressure
We live in a world where speaking out against violence—especially violence against women and children—should be a righteous act. A protected act. A [...]
Survivor Affirmations: As a Woman, I Am Powerful When I Heal Just for Me, Myself, and I
Women can't heal on behalf of everyone else, nor should we be expected to.Let others do their own homework. Healing Just for YOUAffirm [...]
10 Reasons Men Invading Women’s Spaces—No Matter How They Identify—Is Abusive, Misogynistic, Gynophobic, and Sexist
Women’s spaces exist for safety, healing, solidarity, and empowerment—yet, men demanding access to these spaces is a continuation of male entitlement, [...]
Male Predators Are Male: Why Language Matters for Survivor Justice
He raped her with his maleness, and now that he is in court (that in itself is a miracle because very few rapists are ever prosecuted), no one can ack [...]
When Silence is Taught, Suffering is Inherited: How Childhood Conditioning Sets the Stage for Abuse
Some lessons aren’t written in books.Some are taught in the hush of a disappointed glance, a side eye when you spoke up, punishment for being a natura [...]
You Don’t Have to Prove Your Worth: Reclaiming Women’s Right to Safety, Dignity, and Respect
Dominance:
Turning every women's space into
"his" too but in different font. Too often, women are pushed into defending our own dignity. [...]
Leaving Isn’t Just Courage. It’s Conditions.
They tell women:
“If it was bad enough, you would have left.” That sounds like truth. You don't have to be fooled, though. It isn’t. Leaving is [...]
When They Don’t See You as a Person, They Don’t Protect You as One
The objectification of Black people doesn’t stay on screen.It follows us into courtrooms, hospitals, shelters, and survivor services—places where safe [...]
Injustice Trauma: When the Violence Isn’t the Only Wound
There is a kind of pain that cuts deeper than bruises.A wound that doesn't show up on x-rays or medical reports.It's called injustice trauma—and it ch [...]
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 matter how carefully you exp [...]
10 Ways Society Trains Women to Doubt Their Own Safety Instincts
Many women can remember a moment when their instincts spoke clearly. A feeling in the stomach.
A tightening in the chest.
A quiet inner voice say [...]
Truth Heals: Why Forcing Survivors to Lie About Identity is Harmful
Survivors Deserve to Speak the Truth
Survivors of abuse, assault, and violence have long been silenced—by shame, by fear, by systems that prioritiz [...]
🤲🏽 What Is Self-Trust? (And Why Is It So Hard After Abuse?)
Self-trust is the sacred belief that your own voice is worth listening to.It’s the quiet knowing inside that says: “I believe myself. I can rely [...]
The Voices We Don’t Hear Are Still Speaking
In our fast-moving world, where everything from news to justice seems to depend on who has the loudest microphone, I want us to remember something sac [...]
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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Keeping Children Safe in School: Body Safety
Learning from the Loudon County Tragedy (updated) | WE Survive Abuse WE Can't Afford to Repeat the Mistakes of (PIE) Paedophile Information E [...]
Don’t Erase Us to Include Others: The Cost of Confusing Oppressions
“Beware the man who calls you beast — he is preparing to be your cage or your butcher.”
At We Survive Abuse, we speak truth — even when it’s uncomfo [...]
Not All Prosecutors Are the Same: Why Survivors Must Look Deeper
In Survivor Advocacy, Complexity Matters In today’s climate, it’s easy to fall into “for or against” narratives—especially when it comes to the jus [...]