Gloria Richardson wasn’t just part of history—she made it. A fearless strategist, unapologetic truth-teller, and radical Black woman who demanded justice on her own terms, Richardson’s legacy offers …
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A Letter to the Young Me Who Didn’t Know She Was Magic Yet
You were never too much.You were never asking for too much.You were never dreaming too loud, loving too hard, feeling too deep. I know people made you question yourself—told you …
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🌿 The Truth About Hate Groups & Their Harm to Women and Children
I speak the truth, even when it shakes the room. My refusal to accept harm is not hatred. It is sacred love. We often think of hate groups as something …
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Calling Out the Undermining of Women and Children’s Rights
“We are living in times so strange that truth sounds like conspiracy, and kindness feels like rebellion.”— Unknown Jonah Wheeler has been lectured and scolded about Jim Crow by a …
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✊🏾 First, We Fight for Our Safety.
Then, We Fight for Our Story.(And We Are Tired.) She survived.That should be enough.But it never is. Because first, women have to fight for our safety.And then—if we’re lucky enough …
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We Told You.
We told you.We warned you.We begged you to listen. We tried to explain what was coming down the road.We cried out when the signs were subtle, when the red flags …
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“They’ll Be Raped Anyway” Is Not a Strategy—It’s Cowardly a Surrender
Some people are not “foxhole” people. They surrender mid-battle. You say,“Well, women will be raped anyway…”as if that justifies handing predators the keysto every room we bled to build. You …
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We Called It Rape Culture for a Reason. And That Reason Still Exists
There was a time when we named things clearly. We called it rape culture. Not to be provocative. Not to shock. Not to divide. But to survive. We used that …
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Don’t Erase Us to Include Others: The Cost of Confusing Oppressions
“Beware the man who calls you beast — he is preparing to be your cage or your butcher.” At We Survive Abuse, we speak truth — even when it’s uncomfortable …
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Your Mind is Your Strongest Weapon—Keep It Sharp, Keep It Healed
Self-mastery is the foundation of the most powerful and effective advocacy. Survivor, before you fight for others, before you take on the weight of the world, before you march into …