Category: Black femicide
We Can Care About the World Without Ignoring the Harm Shortening Lives Here at Home
Every month, an average of more than 70 women in the United [...]
Stop the Ahistorical Comparison: Jim Crow Was Violent, Girls’ Sports Does Not Have To Be
updated from March 28, 2025
This is so cruel.
There’s a new [...]
When Black Women Speak About Violence, Too Many People Attack the Voice Instead of the Harm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsk8VmR4KCA There is something v [...]
When He Stops Hiding the Harm, Start Protecting Your Life
When an abuser stops caring that people know, a restraint has fallen a [...]
Her Name Is Mary Turner. Her Story Still Speaks.
We can’t have an honest conversation about why our grandmothers—and th [...]
Alanda Cuffee Deserved Safety: When “A Small Argument” Reveals a Deadly Entitlement
Alanda Cuffee’s death is deeply sad, and the reported details are chil [...]
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 [...]
Aline Borel Was Not Just a Meme: When a Woman Is Misread, Labeled, and Killed
I've seen the meme of her so often. You may have too.
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A Mother Daughter Team Teaching Lessons on Teen Dating Violence: Carolyn Mosely and Ortralla Mosely (Resting in Power)
updated from 2/5/25
I exchanged emails with this mother, [...]
10 Ways Violence Against Black People Is Dehumanized, Dismissed, and Minimized
“It is a peculiar cruelty to demand extraordinary proof from
those w [...]