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Category: abuse healing

Healing Changed Me—And Some People Only Loved the Version of Me Who Didn’t Know Her Worth
abuse healing, Body safety

Healing Changed Me—And Some People Only Loved the Version of Me Who Didn’t Know Her Worth

Tonya GJ Prince June 9, 2025
A post for the Survivor who’s outgrowing relationships built on thei [...]
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Healing Hurts—and It Hurts for a Long Time
abuse healing, Affirmations

Healing Hurts—and It Hurts for a Long Time

Tonya GJ Prince June 9, 2025
Everyone wants to talk about healing like it’s a tidy process.A quic [...]
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10 Dangerous Beliefs That Have Harmed Women Around the World
Abuse, abuse healing

10 Dangerous Beliefs That Have Harmed Women Around the World

Tonya GJ Prince April 8, 2025
Some lies don’t look like lies.They wear the clothing of “tradition, [...]
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Inclusion Should Never Cost Girls Their Safety
Abuse, Abuse by Older Children

Inclusion Should Never Cost Girls Their Safety

Tonya GJ Prince April 4, 2025
April is child abuse awareness month. When politicians twist the la [...]
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Creating a Safety Plan: Essential Steps for Protecting Yourself from Stalking and Harassment
Abuse, abuse healing

Creating a Safety Plan: Essential Steps for Protecting Yourself from Stalking and Harassment

Tonya GJ Prince February 27, 2025
When faced with stalking, harassment, or any form of abuse, having a [...]
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Truth is Safety #truth #safetyplanning #safetyfirst
abuse healing, Body safety

Truth is Safety #truth #safetyplanning #safetyfirst

TGJP June 19, 2024
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abuse healing, Health

Business Presentation – Yoga for women survivors of sexual abuse

TGJP March 26, 2024
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Domestic violence survivors heal through yoga
abuse healing, body movement

Domestic violence survivors heal through yoga

TGJP March 16, 2024
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How People Prompt or Lure Women to Prove Their Worth
Disability and Chronic Illness

How People Prompt or Lure Women to Prove Their Worth

"Why doesn't she leave? Why did she go back?" We don't spend a lot of time examining what makes women doubt themselves. I look forward to t [...]
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How Vanessa Williams Overcame Bias and Industry Backlash to Reinvent Herself—and Win Anyway
Celebrity/Fame

How Vanessa Williams Overcame Bias and Industry Backlash to Reinvent Herself—and Win Anyway

This is how you do it! It was 1984. Vanessa Williams was surrounded on all sides. Some people were angry when she won Ms. America including [...]
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Lucy Diggs Slowe: She Protected Us in Silence So We Could One Day Speak
Abuse of Power

Lucy Diggs Slowe: She Protected Us in Silence So We Could One Day Speak

“Because boundaried spaces don’t build themselves—someone has to brave the silence first.”[WeSurviveAbuse.com] Most people will tell you Lucy [...]
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⭐ Why I Resist Diluted Language Like “Birthing People”
Abuse of Power

⭐ Why I Resist Diluted Language Like “Birthing People”

Updated from November 2025 In 2024, Black women had a maternal mortality rate of 44.8 deaths per 100,000 live births, significantly higher [...]
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Using Michelle Obama’s Image to Justify White Supremacy Is a Self-Own—And a Betrayal
Abuse of Power

Using Michelle Obama’s Image to Justify White Supremacy Is a Self-Own—And a Betrayal

  If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others. -Michelle Obama (Why Black wom [...]
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Juneteenth: Proof That Even Our Freedom Is Seen as “Too Much”
Abuse

Juneteenth: Proof That Even Our Freedom Is Seen as “Too Much”

  Juneteenth is not just a holiday. It is a mirror—reflecting how this nation has long believed that Black people deserve nothing [...]
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10 Reasons to Be Outraged about Harvey Marcelin: How the System Protected a Killer Instead of Women
Violence Against Women

10 Reasons to Be Outraged about Harvey Marcelin: How the System Protected a Killer Instead of Women

When a man kills three women over his lifetime, the system did not just fail once. It failed over and over. It was designed this way. Not all [...]
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Why Moral Clarity Still Matters: Remembering the Victims of Jeffrey Dahmer
Advocates/Activists

Why Moral Clarity Still Matters: Remembering the Victims of Jeffrey Dahmer

Connecting with political allies is harder than people admit—especially when your foundation is not hate, not outrage for sport, but a c [...]
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When Someone Refuses to Leave You Alone: Understanding Forced Access
Abuse of Power

When Someone Refuses to Leave You Alone: Understanding Forced Access

When Someone Refuses to Respect Distance It's one thing to talk about the need for and importance of boundaries. We need to talk more about w [...]
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They Want Us to Give Up “Mother” While Rapists Keep “Father”
Women's Rights

They Want Us to Give Up “Mother” While Rapists Keep “Father”

If institutions are going to look women in the face and demand we replace the sacred title of "Mother" with the clinical term "birthing person [...]
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Stop the Ahistorical Comparison: Jim Crow Was Violent, Girls’ Sports Does Not Have To Be

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Grief That Echoes: Honoring the Women Amiri Baraka Lost to Violence

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Lucy Diggs Slowe: She Protected Us in Silence So We Could One Day Speak

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⭐ Why I Resist Diluted Language Like “Birthing People”

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Using Michelle Obama’s Image to Justify White Supremacy Is a Self-Own—And a Betrayal

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Juneteenth: Proof That Even Our Freedom Is Seen as “Too Much”

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Safety Requires Strategy — Not Just “Being Nice”

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