Tonya GJ Prince

Like most acts of violence against women,invasion of boundaries doesn’t just show up with brute force.It counts on betrayal.It counts on a hand extended, not in sisterhood, but in sabotage. …

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, arms wide open, calling you “sister,”only to …

You ever feel like you’re being nudged, guilted, or flat-out pushed into saying “yes” when your soul is screaming “no”?That’s not just pressure. That’s social coercion—and it’s more common than …

When someone pressures a woman to lie, to go against her beliefs, her conscience, her values, her faith, or her integrity—that is not love. That is coercive control. It doesn’t …

We need politicians who center women. Full stop. Not just women who marry.Not just women who mother.Not just women who serve the goals of men. We mean all women. Women …

There is a silence that wraps itself around certain women like a shroud—thick, suffocating, strategic. It’s the silence reserved for women who are poor, prostituted, racialized, addicted, mentally unwell, undocumented, …

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, manipulated, used. But then—There are women who knew.Who …

The illusion of neutrality is a weapon. When harm is done—when a woman speaks her truth and dares to name what broke her—there is always a moment. A moment where …

When protecting him means punishing her. Some women aren’t silenced by men.They’re silenced by other women. Not with fists.But with sideways glances.With “I thought you were over that.”With “Don’t bring …