Category: Abuse

Truth Shouldn’t Require a Protest: Journalism, Institutions, and the 12 Events That Changed History
Truth telling is not a luxury.
It is not a reward.
It is the baselin [...]

Jim Crow Was About Stripping Boundaries-Not Setting Them
Someone is telling on themselves....... In Jim Crow America, Bl [...]

We Don’t Close Doors Around Here: When Women’s Privacy Becomes Negotiable, Women Are in Danger (w/affirmations)
Living in the West is not what makes a woman safe. Privacy is not [...]

Her Name Is Mary Turner. Her Story Still Speaks.
We can’t have an honest conversation about why our grandmothers—and th [...]

Maleness Is Portable Power: 20 Reasons Women Are Still Asked to Move Over
updated from June 22, 2025
Nina Simone's song, “Four Women," is pow [...]

How Abusers and Systems Use “You Have It Good” to Normalize Deprivation
You ought to be thankful for the little things.
But little things are [...]

Where “Bidirectional Abuse” Comes From and Why It Can Mislead People About Black Women
I was astonished that in a season where we had a string of Black femic [...]

When He Throws Things, Destroys Your Work, or Punishes Your Silence: These Are Red Flags
Too many women have called a hotline or support number that I was work [...]

📢 Hidden Herstory: The Leesburg Stockade Girls
In the heat of July 1963, a group of Black girls in Americus, Georgia— [...]

What Is DARVO? How It Harms Black Women and Black Girls
DARVO is a pattern some harmful people use when they are confronted.
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