Tonya GJ Prince

updated from June 2025 This history is not symbolic. It is specific, embodied, and carried forward through language. For many Black American women, forced renaming has never been a side …

Years ago I wrote that sometimes we women in the West move like we have so many rights that we have “spare rights” or something. We do not. It is …

1. Post-separation violenceWomen are worried about what happens after leaving, filing for divorce, requesting protection, or cutting contact. The danger often rises when an abusive person feels control slipping. This …

  Introduction The issue is not that mothers will stop being mothers in real life. Women will still carry babies through morning sickness, back pain, swelling, fear, hope, and those …

But self-knowledgeBut self-knowledgeThe reason I refuse diluted language is because I have watched institutions dilute women’s experiences for decades. In fact, just yesterday I was scrolling online when I came …

Some of us were never told that we deserved to feel safe.We were told to keep going.To be strong.To not make a scene.To forgive.To forget.To move on. So we did.We …

The recent UK review that found serial rapists and offenders remained in policing despite serious warning signs and vetting failures. Which got me thinking:   In the U.S., one felony domestic …

Another week. More headlines. Three fathers allegedly killed family members. Their ENTIRE family. Communities were left grieving. News reports called the violence “shocking.” (really?) But another word appeared in the …

“Will a highly neutral parentage framework be sensitive enough to recognize unequal power, violence, coercion, reproductive abuse, and sexual assault?” If institutions are going to look women in the face …

  One of the most dangerous assumptions in the world is believing that if a woman does not openly object, she must be okay with what is happening. Many women …