Missing Black Girls: Still Invisible
How dare you make laws and policies that make our girls less safe!-Tonya GJ Prince Every single year, thousands of Black girls vanish from our comm [...]
đż The Truth About Hate Groups & Their Harm to Women and Children
I speak the truth, even when it shakes the room.
My refusal to accept harm is not hatred. It is sacred love.
We often think of hate groups as someth [...]
When They Say âAll Women,â Listen Closely to Who Is Missing with Reflecting Questions
Because clarity is how women find themselves againwhen the world keeps speaking fluently in half-truths.
There is a kind of languag [...]
They Werenât Just ControllingâThey Were Consuming
Survivors often face: the coercion to disappear inside someone elseâs reflection.
Some people werenât looking for love.They were looking for someon [...]
Unlearning Loyalty to Those Who Ask You to Lie
âPower borrowed from fear never lasts"
There comes a time when your soul grows too heavy to carry the weight of someone else's lies.
At first, i [...]
đ© When His Praise Requires Another Womanâs Demeaning: Thatâs Not a ComplimentâThatâs a Red Flag
At first, you felt flattered.He spoke highly of you. Said you were different. Said you were âbetterâ than the women of his own race. Smarter. Softer. [...]
When Technology Becomes a Weapon: What You Need to Know About Cyberstalking and Deepfake Abuse
People like to be casual about it, but cyberstalking is a crime. Cyberstalking looks like: Following you from platform to platform, even after [...]
Silencing Is Always the First Strike
Survivors of violenceâwhether in war zones or in personal lifeâoften face silencing first.
Before the bruise,before the strike,before the world sees [...]
đ Summer Safety Alert: Predators Count on Your DistractionsâDonât Let Them
Yes, itâs summer again.
And while many of us are focused on camps, cookouts, rest, and routine changesâsome people are focused on y [...]
When the Mask Matters More Than the Truth, Survivors Are Asked to Disappear
There is a reason people cling so tightly to labels when harm is exposed.
Often, it is not confusion.
It is fear. Fear of admitting they were mis [...]
Catholic Abuse Crisis Isnât Over: The Urgent Need to Keep Listening to Victims
For decades, Survivors of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church have bravely stepped forwardârisking everything to tell the truth. Their testi [...]
Austin Wolfe Sentencing: What It Means for Survivors, Justice, and the Black Gay Community (w/audio)
The news of Austin Wolfeâs sentencing has landed heavily. Once a visible figure in the adult entertainment industry, he now faces the consequences o [...]
The Blurry Woman: How Society “Forgets” the Definition the Moment We Ask for Rights
When she is a target for control or harm.
Forced Sterilization (The Global Eugenics Playbook): From the targeted sterilization of Indigenous women in [...]
You Didnât Just Stay SilentâYou Helped Silence Others
When people are finally exposed for being abusive, manipulative, or harmful, we often hear the same tired phrase: âWell⊠they had us all fooled [...]
When âI Amâ Becomes a Demand
âI amâŠâTwo of the most powerful words a person can speak.
In the right hands, they build identity.They anchor us in truth.They tell the world who weâ [...]
How to Stop Pouring Into What Doesnât Grow
Water does nothing for fake flowers. So why are women still told to pour?
Women are always told to give.To support, love, uplift, and protectâespecia [...]
Manhood Wonât Shatter If We Tell the Truth
There are men who prey on men. Go ahead and get the gasp out of the way.
Because this seems to be a truth everybody sees but is afraid to say out lou [...]
This Is Not Confusion. It Is Memory: Black Women, Language, and the Right to Self-Definition.
This history is not symbolic. It is specific, embodied, and carried forward through language. For many Black American women, forced renaming has ne [...]
Real Activism Protects Children, Not Egos
If the full extent of your âactivismâ against grooming is railing against age-gap relationships between older women and younger men,
you might want t [...]
A Society That Centers Harmful Males Will Never Have TrustâAnd It Doesnât Deserve It
Trust is not a gift.Trust is built.Earned.Sustained through action, protection, and accountability.
But what happens when a society builds its laws [...]
â FAQ: What Do Terms Like Gaslighting, Emotional Abuse, Grooming, and Coercion Really Mean?
Language is power. Survivors often feel the harm long before they can name it. Having the right words is not just about vocabularyâitâs about dignity, [...]
đ„ The Price of Loyalty to the Lie
Some silence isnât ignorance. Itâs allegiance.
There are women who didnât know.There are women who didnât see.There are women who were misled, manipu [...]
What Does It Really Mean To Be Socialized As a Woman?
To be socialized as a woman means to be trained â subtly and overtly â in what the world expects from those born female. Itâs a lifetime of unspoken l [...]
Words Matter: Why Calling ALL Older Woman-Younger Man Relationships “Grooming” is Harmful
Language matters. It shapes how we think, how we write laws, how we protectâor fail to protectâthe vulnerable. Thatâs why we must [...]
Abuse Isnât About Rage. Itâs About Control.
đïž See It Clearly Watch who people protect â and who they hurt.
Watch who they challenge â and who they stay silent around. Women.
Children.
[...]
When Love Is a Lie: Understanding Grooming Beyond Childhood
Because grooming doesnât stop at 18. It just gets harder to prove.
We are taught to see grooming as something that happens to children.But many Survi [...]
People Donât Just âIgnore Red Flagsâ â Theyâre Protecting Something
When someone stays silent about abuse, overlooks harm, or rewrites the story to sound softer than it wasâitâs easy for outsiders to say:
âWhy [...]
Stop Calling Children âUnderage Womenâ: How Language Is Used to Soften Harm Against Girls
No.
We are not doing that word-washing anymore. Not after what we had to read. Not after people had to live through.....or not live thr [...]
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 the root of the problem." -Tonya GJ Princ [...]
â ïž Sometimes Male Agitation Is Not Just a âBad Moodâ
It Can Be a Ramp-Up to Violence. Especially Against the Vulnerable. Too often, male agitation is brushed off.Heâs âjust stressed.âHeâs âhad a rough [...]
When âNothing Will Happenâ Isnât a Safety Plan: Asking About Real Safeguards
âIf your confidence turns out to be misplaced, what protections exist for the people expected to absorb the consequences?â When certainty replaces [...]
You Were Seeking Safety, Not Sex: A Truth for Survivors of Childhood Abuse
When a child is sexually abused, too much of the truth gets twisted by more vocal and crafty adults. And children and those who are now adults strugg [...]
Courtney Stoddenâs Lifetime Movie Exposes the Public Grooming of a Child Brideâand the Cruelty of Celebrity Culture
I wasn't deeply familiar with this young woman prior to watching the Lifetime movie. I'm a bit out of her target age range. But being a teenager and t [...]
Say It With Your Chest: Black Victims Deserve JusticeâNo Exceptions
Stop weaponizing white menâs impunity to excuse Black menâs predation. Accountability for Black predators is notâ and will never beâmeasured ag [...]
Grooming by Environment: When the System Softens the Ground for Abuse
When most people hear the word grooming, they imagine a single predator targeting a personâsaying the right things, isolating them, offering gifts, br [...]
They Know Exactly Who They Are
We like to believeâmany of usâthat if people only knew the truth about someoneâŠ
âŠthat theyâre abusive.âŠthat theyâre a predator.âŠthat they hurt wome [...]
Inclusion Should Never Cost Girls Their Safety
April is child abuse awareness month.
When politicians twist the language of âinclusionâ to force girls to surrender their safe spaces, they are no [...]
The Magic Trick: How Grooming Feels in the Beginning
They welcome you in with warmth, with open arms. They set the table with love, dignity, and safetyâjust long enough for you to believe it's real [...]