Abuse of Power

  Updated from November 2025 How hard is it to just say “mothers and…..?”   In 2024, Black women had a maternal mortality rate of 44.8 deaths per 100,000 live …

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 what happens when people ignore …

  Some injuries announce themselves with bruises. Others move in quietly, sit behind the ear, ring through the night, and make a woman wonder if she is “just stressed.” That …

“Because boundaried spaces don’t build themselves—someone has to brave the silence first.”[WeSurviveAbuse.com] Most people will tell you Lucy Diggs Slowe was a tennis champion.That she was the first Dean of …

  If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others. -Michelle Obama (Why Black women must speak for ourselves, gatekeep our image, …

  People tend to move on and forget the people we lost during the seasons when deception and manipulation reigned…… So many, too many Survivors have been hurt in these …

There are wounds that don’t stop bleeding just because the headlines fade.There are names that deserve to be spoken with reverence—not only in tragedy, but in truth. We know Amiri …

It changes its name.It stops saying, “Control women,” and starts saying, “Protect tradition,” “protect families,” “protect morals,” or “protect everyone, protect us all.” “The good of all.” “The greater good.” …

  Remember that race where the person winning started celebrating ….but forgot to officially cross the finish line and win the race? And then the person in second place came …

  Some people do not grow, evolve, and change. They rebrand. In this episode of the We Survive Abuse Podcast, Tonya GJ Prince explores a familiar pattern in abuse, sexism, …