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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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Calling Women “Hateful” for Wanting Safety Is Abuse Dressed in Decorum
Abuse

Calling Women “Hateful” for Wanting Safety Is Abuse Dressed in Decorum

updated from June 3 2025 Let’s name this for what it is: When politicians, media figures, or public influencers call women “hateful” for expressin [...]
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Facing Reality: Identity Does Not Erase Patterns of Male Violence
Abuse

Facing Reality: Identity Does Not Erase Patterns of Male Violence

updated from March 11 2025 We can respect individuals while remaining honest about patterns. Those two things are not enemies. We cannot fix what we [...]
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When “Nothing Will Happen” Isn’t a Safety Plan: Asking About Real Safeguards
Abuse of Power

When “Nothing Will Happen” Isn’t a Safety Plan: Asking About Real Safeguards

updated from February 2026“If your confidence turns out to be misplaced, what protections exist for the people expected to absorb the consequences [...]
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Women Can Become Devoted Guardians of Harmful Systems
Women's Rights

Women Can Become Devoted Guardians of Harmful Systems

This is one of the hardest conversations we rarely have. Violence is not sustained by physically violent men alone. It isn't sustained by escalating [...]
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7 African Women from History Who Organized, Led, and Changed Their Communities
Women's Rights

7 African Women from History Who Organized, Led, and Changed Their Communities

"History did not begin when Europe started writing about women's rights. Across the African continent, women had long been educating, organizing, gove [...]
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Women Are Fed UP with Having Our Own Womanhood Mansplained At Us (w/TikTok creators)
DECEPTION

Women Are Fed UP with Having Our Own Womanhood Mansplained At Us (w/TikTok creators)

We keep doing that thing that we have always done. We are not listening to women and girls. And when we do hear pieces of what they are saying here an [...]
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12 Ways Women Carry Unequal Legal Burdens in Brazil
Abuse of Power

12 Ways Women Carry Unequal Legal Burdens in Brazil

Beautiful Brazil. A country that, like many others, has a long way to go when it comes to how it treats the women and girls who are its citizens.  Wo [...]
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Dating Preferences Aren’t Just Preferences. Women Have Always Been Choosing Something Deeper.
Women

Dating Preferences Aren’t Just Preferences. Women Have Always Been Choosing Something Deeper.

"People online kept saying, 'Preferences are for pizza. Not people.' I understood what they were trying to say. But something about that comparison [...]
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Feminism Isn’t About Hating Men. It’s About Asking Why Women and Girls Keep Paying for Men’s Violence
Female Civil Rights

Feminism Isn’t About Hating Men. It’s About Asking Why Women and Girls Keep Paying for Men’s Violence

Let's talk about the girls no one gives any energy to.Protecting women does not require fearing men. It requires refusing to make women responsibl [...]
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Is “Woke” Just the Newest Word for an Old Fear? A History.
Abuse of Power

Is “Woke” Just the Newest Word for an Old Fear? A History.

Black Americans have seen this rhythm before.There are periods when Black American faces, voices, and stories become highly visible.Film. [...]
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