Advocates/Activists

There is a larger conversation we cannot afford to keep avoiding. Women who advocate for women’s rights and safety are frequently accused of being hateful, divisive, selfish, or unreasonable simply …

Most people are perfectly capable of thinking, reasoning, and making thoughtful decisions. We do it every day. We manage families, solve problems at work, care for loved ones, and navigate …

It isn’t hard for leaders to protect girls, but they have to act. To whom much is given, much is expected. We gotta start expecting more from leaders when it …

If you are in danger right now, call 911. You can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788, 24 hours a day. If someone …

  updated from May 12 2024 Child advocacy should begin and end with the well-being of children. Their safety, dignity, health, education, and future should guide the decisions we make …

  updated from April 4 2025 Generation X was not ready for this story, but we needed it! Our Boomer parents were not ready either, but they most definitely needed …

I don’t think people understand that working in a women’s shelter means keeping others, including children, safe. There is a woman in Alaska named Sherrie Laurie whose story deserves more …

Emotional abuse can be difficult to explain in a society that struggles to respect women’s safety boundaries in the first place. So much of emotional abuse involves someone knowing what …

A woman does not become hateful because she refuses to believe what someone else believes. Her mind is not public property, and her agreement is not a debt she owes. …

I did not arrive at female boundaries because I assumed every male was dangerous. I arrived there because I knew what society does to women and girls when the dangerous …