Tonya GJ Prince

We’ve said it before:What happens in media doesn’t stay in media. When journalists, commentators, celebrities, and influencers: Mock women who speak about harm Call Survivors “hateful,” “jealous,” or “crazy” Stay …

We were told more women in power would mean more safety for all women.We were told that when women rise, we all rise.But too many of us are still in …

When women cry out for justice, safety, healing, and the right to exist without fear, the response is too often not action—but distraction. Instead of addressing the harm, society interrogates …

We need to name it. The media—mainstream and social—isn’t just failing to protect women.It’s teaching us to be quiet.To question ourselves. To shrink.To smile through what we know is wrong. …

It’s an old tactic.Polished. Weaponized.Still as effective as ever. When someone—especially a woman, especially someone from a minoritized group—asks for the truth, the pushback is swift: “You’re being divisive.” “That’s …

When women speak, we are not guessing. We are remembering.We are connecting dots.We are drawing from lifetimes of warning signs ignored. So when the world silences women—and especially when high-profile …

She didn’t ask for special treatment.She didn’t ask for a platform, a parade, or a prize. She asked for safety.That’s it. That’s all. But the answer? Shame. Ridicule. Silence. Gaslighting. …

How to Stay Safe When You’re Judged Instead of Believed In the quiet corners of our communities, there are Survivors who never got justice—not because there wasn’t harm, but because …

If you’ve ever had to convince someone that what hurt you was actually wrong… this is for you. Some people don’t deny that harm happened.They just go straight to justifying …

🔇 Respectable-Silencing Is Still Silencing And it’s one of the most dangerous kinds. Some people won’t yell over you.They won’t insult you.They won’t throw slurs. They’ll just gently, subtly, consistently …