Category: Abuse of Power

Twelve Steps to Danger: How Alcoholics Anonymous Can Be a Playground for Violence-Prone Members (from ProPublica)
Karla Brada Mendez thought that she was getting a second chance on lif [...]

✊🏾 Since When Did a Man Saying He’s Changed Become a Gospel Truth?
She called me because I was serving as her victim advocate: His fam [...]

“Why Are Women Still Told to Have Faith in Men Who ‘Rebrand’ Themselves?”
“If his change requires your suffering to prove it, it isn’t change [...]

“Why Do We Treat Male ‘Change’ Like a Sacred Revelation Instead of a Responsibility?”
A man "changes". Why do we women receive this as our "marching orde [...]

How Many Warnings Does It Take Before We Protect Women Like Sonya Massey?
You know what?
We can’t afford to look at these cases as “isolated in [...]

Red Flags: Why Do Some People Refuse to Challenge Systems of Harm — and What Does that Reveal About Them?
Women’s safety movements grew from necessity — from the silences of la [...]

Who Protects the Women Whose Stories Don’t Trend
The work of women's safety, women's rights, women's liberation and wom [...]

Abuse Isn’t About Rage. It’s About Control.
👁️ See It Clearly Watch who people protect — and who they hurt.
Wa [...]

💔 “I Was Coerced by Someone I Trusted. I Didn’t Say No. Is It Still Assault?”
This is one of the most common — and most heartbreaking — questions Su [...]

🖤 Why Would Anyone Be Against Your Empowerment?
If someone has a problem with you being empowered, you have to ask [...]