When we talk about violence, we rarely talk about what the financial costs. Not just the broken bones or the heartbreak — but the billions of dollars society pays every …
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Fire Test: When You Ask Women to Support Violence
You are sending forth aspiring leaders who have no history of standing against violence, no record of defending women or children, no evidence of compassion, protection, or justice — and …
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Avoid Praising Harm: How Women Can Break the Cycle of Defending Those Who Do Damage
When women defend harmful behavior, they lose their sense of safety. Learn how awareness, honesty, and discernment can help break the cycle and restore inner power.
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Why Leaders Who Excuse Abuse Can’t Build Safety—They Recreate Harm
When someone dismisses violence, mocks Survivors, or excuses abuse, they’re not neutral. They’re signaling the kind of safety they intend to build—one where harm is tolerated and truth is silenced. …
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When Women Excuse Violence, Everyone Pays: The High Cost of Ignoring Abuse
In politics, too many women of privilege in America give violent men a pass. They vote for them. They praise them. They scold other women for not leaning on wisdom …
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Unbalanced: Society Polices Women and Pardons Men
We still live in a world where people –including women– nitpick women for their personal choices — what they wear, whether they worship, whether they marry, whether they have children, …
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We Warned You: The Deadly Price Black Women Pay for Social Justice Experiments by The Way She Came
One thing I have learned about life on this planet, people just act like it goes against everything that they believe to listen to Black women. Then, when it all …
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We Don’t Police Each Other—We Challenge Power
Power.That’s the word they fear most when it rises in a Black woman’s mouth. Our liberation will never be foundin tearing down each other’s choices.Not in policing another woman’s healing,not …
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When Leaders Forget Autonomy: A Reminder from Survivors Who’ve Had Enough
For Survivors, who are used to having their autonomy taken or dismissed, this can feel particularly uncomfortable.Leaders — whether public figures, advocates, or policymakers — would be wise to remember …
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Boundaries Are Freedom in Disguise: Reclaiming What History Tried to Take
We talk about boundaries so often here because for women—especially Survivors—boundary setting is not just a life skill. It’s liberation. For centuries, laws, customs, and traditions were built to erase …