Category: Black femicide

Risk Doesnât Rise by AccidentâWhat Happens When Care is Uneven for Black Women
Risk for harm grows where care is uneven.And for Black women, car [...]

Calling Women âHatefulâ for Wanting Safety Is Abuse Dressed in Decorum
updated from June 3 2025
Letâs name this for what it is:
When poli [...]

Nellie Jackson: After All Her Yeses, They Still Could Not Honor Her No
Because access is not respect. And entitlement is not love.
E [...]

Erin Justice: The Worst That Could Happen
updated from May 31, 2023
Women and [...]

Deannaâs Law: 12 Systemic Failures That Changed 911 Response
The tragedy of Deanna Cook is a painful, textbook [...]

You Deserve SafetyâEven When Youâre Just Trying to Keep Going
Some of us were never told that we deserved to feel safe.W [...]

The Murder of Sakia Gunn: Why the World Looked Away, and Why Her Community Refused to Forget
It was just past midnight on a Sunday in May 2003 when fifteen [...]

Grief That Echoes: Honoring the Women Amiri Baraka Lost to Violence
There are wounds that donât stop bleeding just because the [...]

This Is No Time for a Victory Lap: 35 Modern Dangers Women Are Still Being Pushed to Tolerate
Remember that race where the person winning started ce [...]

Stop Debating Women Into Danger: Saying You Care Is Not the Same as Protecting Women
When men debate whether women deserve safety, they a [...]