Category: Affirmations
đ Theyâve Been Ignoring Our Pain for Generations. But We Still Feel It.
On yesterday there was a non-subtle outcry on at least one social me [...]
đ© Red Flag: When Someone Is Offended by Your Boundaries
Pay attention.
If someoneâa person, a group, a movement, a âfriend,â [...]
đ Allyship Is Not a Dating Obligation
Letâs make something abundantly clear:
Being an ally to a group, a [...]
đ« You Can Be in a Movementâand Still Be Submissive
Letâs talk about something that doesnât get said enough:
Just becau [...]
đ Start Noticing: Saying No Is Not Hate
You may want to start observing the number of times men declare that [...]
đŁ A Hard Truth: You Do Not Have to Play the Role They Assigned You
Letâs begin here:You are not required to play a role in someone elseâs [...]
When Black Women Say No: The Punishment Is Public
"If I canât have her love, Iâll go to war against her peace"
Some m [...]
đ© Entitlement to Womenâs Choices Is MisogynyâNo Matter Who It Comes From
Some men hear ânoâ and immediately rewrite the story in their heads:âS [...]
What Stays When You Start Healing
We talk a lot about what you lose when you heal:The people who walk [...]
Who Leaves When You Start Healing
They donât always leave when youâre breaking.Sometimes they leave wh [...]
Youâre Not FailingâYouâre Feeling
A post for Survivors who mistake emotional struggle for regression[...]
Healing Hurtsâand It Hurts for a Long Time
Everyone wants to talk about healing like itâs a tidy process.A quic [...]
Dignity Is Not Bitterness: Elder Women Deserve Safety, Too
Aging should not mean surrendering safety.Growing older should not m [...]
Centering Safety: Honoring the Right to Request Female Carers
Some things should never be controversial.A disabled woman or girl r [...]
She Lied to Herself First: How Women Protect Harmful MenâAnd Turn on Other Women
Thereâs a quiet lie that echoes through many womenâs lives.A lie whi [...]
Your Defense of Them Is a Betrayal of Me
Letâs say this out loudâfor the ones still doubting themselves.For the [...]
Victim-Blaming Is Enabling Abuse
Letâs name it plain:Victim-blaming doesnât protect anyone. It protec [...]
I Donât Owe You an Explanation for Why I Saved My Own Life
They wanted a monologue.A meeting.A âmature conversation.â
They wan [...]
You Canât Unsee What You Survived
They thought if they said sorry enough times,youâd forget how many t [...]
You Donât Owe Anyone Access to the Version of You That Had to Survive Them
There are people who remember you in your survival state.And they ro [...]
