It isn’t hard for leaders to protect girls, but they have to act. To whom much is given, much is expected. We gotta start expecting more from leaders when it …
Tonya GJ Prince
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Why Is Strangulation Rising? What Experts Say About Choking, Porn, and Domestic Violence in 2026
Content note: this post discusses strangulation, sexual violence, and domestic homicide. If it feels like everyone is suddenly talking about strangulation, it is not your imagination. Police departments are reporting …
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Shelter Full or Closed? Where Survivors Can Still Find Help in 2026
If you are in danger right now, call 911. You can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788, 24 hours a day. If someone …
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We Followed Farrah Fawcett. Then The Burning Bed Showed Us a Horror That Was Happening in Real Homes.
updated from April 4 2025 Generation X was not ready for this story, but we needed it! Our Boomer parents were not ready either, but they most definitely needed …
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Women’s Safety Is Not “Fascism.”Prevention Is What Laws Are Supposed to Do.
We cannot treat the freedom to consume something as automatically more important than the safety of people who may suffer from its production or normalization. The fans of strangulation in …
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“She Knew What She Was Doing.” Why Do Adults Say This About Abused Children?
If there were no rapist in the vicinity, the child would not have been raped. There is a phrase that has always bothered me when people use it to talk …
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A Book and Film I Recommend: Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
Another book from my personal shelf… Some books stay with you long after you’ve finished reading them. Bastard Out of Carolina (1992) is one of those books. But I want …
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Stop Shaming Women for Protecting Themselves
updated from September 24, 2025 Too often, when a woman dares to speak up about her own safety needs, she is shamed. Other women tell her she’s “overreacting,” “paranoid,” or …
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Why Is Everybody Debating What a Woman Is Instead of Asking Why People Fear Male Violence?
You don’t have to worry about who we women are—since you don’t seem to know—because we are not the people behind the violence. Men need not keep speaking publicly about …
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If Men Can Organize to Challenge Women’s Boundaries, Why Can’t They Organize to Challenge Male Violence?
I am interested in the men who are willing to challenge male violence with the same confidence they use to challenge women’s refusal. It’s interesting to watch entire panels of …